National Outlooks
Welcome to Cornerstone EMEA!
EMEA is a jigsaw puzzle of varying and often divergent views and outlooks.
There are 44 — 51 countries in Europe; the exact count varies according to various standards of nationhood applied by different agencies. The European Union (EU) is made up of 27 countries. These countries vary in economic status/outlook, corporate structures, salary levels, client expectations, etc. This complex picture is probably more intricate than ever, given the ramifications of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Cornerstone’s EMEA region is now comprised of more than 25 locally owned search firms that help clients fill key positions wherever they have a need. Whether supporting clients in their own local area, working with other members in the region, or networking globally with other Cornerstone members, Cornerstone firms provide their clients the highest level of service. For more than 30 years we have had a strong presence in the Executive Search industry, leading searches for companies across a variety of industries, functions, and locations.
We know every search requires a dedicated team that understands the needs and goals of each client. Our success is proven by the many clients who repeatedly return to us for their recruiting requirements. Why? Because we provide best-fit candidates that positively impact their organizations for years.
As part of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC), we hold ourselves to the highest quality standards. We search both locally and around the globe to deliver leaders of the highest caliber to our clients.
In addition to providing top-notch talent to our clients, we also offer Leadership Development and Executive Coaching services. We believe organizations need outstanding resources to retain and develop great talent, and we make these resources available to our clients. These include Executive Coaching, Assessments and Board & CEO Advisory Consulting.
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Hungary
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Italy
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Romania
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Kania, Joanna
Senior Executive Search Consultant Joanna’s obtained her master degree in French Philology at the Cracow University in Poland. She aimed to continue to develop her professional skills within HR field while at the same time developing her professional French knowledge. Joanna’s work experience has situated her in the fields of HR consultancy in French personnel…
Shapira, Efrat
Founder & CEO at Human Impact, High End HR services, company mostly provides professional services in the following areas: Worldwide recruitment and employment solutions HR consultancy and outsourcing services Professional assistance for global organizations to establish in Israel Partner and founder of Rosh Technologies, company expertise in outsourcing of data verification projects Former Executive Vice…
Cornerstone Helsinki
Cornerstone Helsinki is one of four members offices of Cornerstone International Group covering the primary Scandinavian markets. Our consultants have a wide experience in several industries in senior management positions. We have a strong understanding and knowledge in Finnish markets. JP Cornerstone Finland is one of the biggest service provider in the field of Executive…
Cornerstone Tel Aviv
Human Impact, a member of the Cornerstone International Group, provides high-end consulting services and human resource (HR) solutions throughout Israel from its base in Tel-Aviv. The firm addresses the needs of companies ranging from multinational corporations to small scale businesses seeking to expand or enrich their operations. It offers the multidimensional advantage of in-depth experience, …
Sahi, Markku
Markku brings over a decade of board and executive search experience. His recruitment expertise is mainly in the field of professional & business services, ICT & media, banking, finance & insurance, manufacturing & transportation, and FMCG. Prior to joining Cornerstone International, Markku has been a Member of the Executive Management Team in several companies in…
Cornerstone Warsaw
Cornerstone Warsaw, locally known as Business Consulting (search & selection), is a boutique style, executive search company established by its founder Iwona Szybka in 1999 and operating on the whole Polish market as well as on the international level. Team: We are three Senior Executive Search Consultants supported by in-house Researchers specializing in various industry…
Dantinger, Josef-Maximilian
Josef-Maximilian is the founder and managing director of PAB HRconsulting, the member office of Cornerstone International Group in Regensburg, Germany. He founded the firm in 1994 with little except the fascination of being a recruiter. His instincts resulted in a steady supply of candidates excellently suited for each task and his low-key, unpretentious style rapidly…
Cornerstone Regensburg
Cornerstone’s member office in southern Germany is PAB HRconsulting, based in Regensburg, Bavaria. Since 1994 — with passion The firm was founded in 1994 and recruiting top talent has been our passion ever since. These are the people who are always in demand. They are the engine and the spine of every organization and it…
Pasat, Cristina
Cristina’s expertise is focused on two main areas: organizational design and development and complete staffing projects. In terms of organizational design and development expertise, her background includes managing one of the main HR organization in Romania and expanding its reach on the international market over the last 15 years. She also coordinates local and international…
Dissen, Jon
Jon is a graduate from Handelshoyskolen BI in Oslo (Norwegian School of Management) and has broad experience from various CEO positions within information technology, online media, software, and professional services in Scandinavia. Specialties include Executive Search in the Nordics for management and director positions, succession planning, management assessment, and audit.
Cornerstone Oslo
Cornerstone Oslo is one of four JP Cornerstone offices in the major Nordic Capitals. Offices in Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm serve executive search needs in the Nordic Countries with network connections worldwide. We dare to say that our combined experience from qualified Executive Search assignments is matched by few. We have completed assignments placing…
Day, Ian
Ian has over 23 years’ experience in executive search and has been a Director of Cornerstone (UK) since 1994. For Ian, success means simply: ‘recruiting candidates who exceed expectations and therefore add more value’. Many functional leaders recruited have progressed to general management, including a managing director who recently completed 10 years, having led a…
Cornerstone Riga
Europersonnel is Cornerstone’s member office in Latvia, helping Russian, Latvian and International clients with executive search and the selection of highly qualified Top personnel since 1996. We also have an office in Moscow. We specialize in the selection of both local and expatriate personnel for various lines of business. Not only do our long-term clients…
Cornerstone Moscow
About the Company Since 1996 Europersonnel has been helping Russian, Latvian and International clients with the executive search and selection of highly qualified Top personnel. We specialize in the selection of both local and expatriate personnel for various lines of business. Not only do our long-term clients confirm the quality of our work, but so…
Cornerstone London
Cornerstone London is a long-established, owner-managed Board & Executive Search practice delivering business-critical results through commitment to the mastery of sourcing, assessment and client engagement. Client demand has extended our activity into the provision of Interim Executives and to Executive Coaching. Established nearly 25 years ago, our work is founded on active listening – to…
Benneck, Gerhard
H. Gerhard Benneck, founder and manager of the company is an American national. He grew up in Germany, France and the United States, thereby speaking all three languages (albeit French is a bit rusty). Gerhard attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute studying mechanical engineering before moving on to George Washington University and gaining a degree in Business…
Cornerstone Copenhagen
Cornerstone Copenhagen is one of four JP Cornerstone offices in the major Nordic Capitals. Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm serve executive search needs in the Nordic Countries with network connections worldwide. We dare to say that our combined experience from qualified Executive Search assignments is matched by few. We have completed assignments placing several hundreds…
von Schenck, Patrick
Patrick is a graduate of the Stockholm School of Economics with a 20 year career spanning media & entertainment, Internet, venture capital and the hedge fund industry. He has held a number of senior management positions at Kinnevik / MTG and Schibsted and was CEO at the Internet startup Bidlet, leading its growth into the…
Baraldi, Simonetta
Simonetta graduated in Psychology of Employment and Organisations at the University of Padua and is accredited by the Order of Psychologists of Lombardy as an expert in the field. She began her career in consulting as a partner at a leading recruitment firm in Milan. For many years she has held the position of Project…
Lazzari, Tommaso Maria
After obtaining a Degree in Science Philosophy from the State University of Roma “La Sapienza”, Tommaso began his work experience with the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Council). His specialization was New Technologies of Information. Tomasso filled several Management positions in the STET Group of companies. He became Director of Programs and Production of…
Perri, Gianni
Gianni Perri is Managing Partner of Cornerstone International in Italy. He works with customers from leading organizations mainly Aerospace & Defense, Transportation, Professional Services, Consumer Products, Media & Entertainment, and Oil & Gas. Leveraging his extensive HR Management experience, Gianni focuses on C-level and second line assignments for Italian organizations as well on Organization Development…
Campellone, Giuseppe
Based in Rome, Giuseppe Campellone is Managing Partner of Cornerstone International in Italy. He works with customers from leading organizations mainly in Aerospace & Defense, Logistics & Infrastructure, Professional Services, and Oil & Gas. Calling upon his extensive management and search experience, Giuseppe focuses on C-level and second line assignments for Italian and International organizations….
Cornerstone Rome
Cornerstone International Italy was founded in May 2009 by owners Gianni Perri and Giuseppe Campellone who left Boyden Executive Search to branch out on their own. The practices served by Cornerstone in Italy are: Executive Search, One-to-One and Collective Assessment, Organization, Coaching, Agile consulting and Development Courses. Over the years we have completed assignments placing several hundreds…
Prokhorova, Natalia
Based in Moscow and Riga, Natalia Prokhorova is Managing Partner of Europersonnel / Cornerstone Moscow in Russia, CIS & Baltic. Founded in 1996, her team works mainly for western companies operating in the territory of former USSR. The client list includes companies from Automotive, Construction, Engineering, Production, Oil& Gas, IT, Retail, and other industries. Previous…
Terol, Elena
Elena Terol is the Founder Manager of Excellent Search & Selection. She has developed more than 20 years experience in Executive Search companies as Russell Reynolds, Seeliger y Conde and Accord Group. She is used to working for multinational companies and has become a specialist consultant in Financial Services, Consumer Goods, Luxury, Real Estate, Retail…
Cornerstone Madrid
Cornerstone’s member office in Madrid is ExcellentSearch, a firm of professionals that bring together over 20 years in the recruiting sector. We are dedicated to provide fast, effective solutions to clients, thanks to an exhaustive knowledge of the labour market in all business sectors. We watch out for the interests of our clients, above all…
Farell, Mattias
Mattias has worked in leading sales positions in various technology companies since 1995. Mattias has worked with executive search for over 10 years, mainly in the TIME sector (Telecom, IT, Media, Internet). The positions have been primarily leaders and high ranking professionals. Mattias is certified in SHLs assessment tools and has a commercial airline pilot…
Cornerstone Stockholm
Cornerstone Stockholm is one of four JP Cornerstone offices in the major Nordic Capitals. Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm serve executive search needs in the Nordic Countries with network connections worldwide. We dare to say that our combined experience from qualified Executive Search assignments is matched by few. We have completed assignments placing several hundreds…
Jansson, Goran
Managing Partner Göran is a graduate from Stockholm University and IFL with more than 20 years of experience from positions as CEO, CFO and CHRO in several industries and organisations, listed as well as unlisted. Göran has an expertise in recruiting to senior general management positions as well as the functions CFO, CSO and CHRO….
McLaughlin, Neil
Neil’s principal recruitment activity is focused on appointments at Board and senior executive level – across all functions and industries, and including public sector and not-for-profit organisations. He has continued to practise as an executive and performance coach and is also is currently Managing Partner of Kavelle Executive Coaching, a specialist coaching firm. Previous Experience…
Yannoulatos, Nikos
Nikos’s principal recruitment activity is focused on appointments at Board and Senior Executive Level – across all functions and industries and including the public sector. He has an established record of more than 20 years in the recruiting field and is the Managing Partner of Cornerstone in South East Europe. Previous ExperienceHe has been with…
Cornerstone Vienna
Cornerstone International Group is represented in Austria by Lehner Executive Partners, a leading retainer-based executive search firm originally founded in 1983 and located in Vienna. Our experts utilize a unique methodology to assist companies in the critical task of recruiting business leaders, based on solid business know-how and the experience of serving clients across a…
Cornerstone Istanbul
Cornerstone International Group’s member in Istanbul, Turkey is GH Executive Search, a vibrant, young and highly agile company specialized in “scarce skills” placements It is the fastest growing Executive Search firm in Turkey, excelling in finding the exceptional talents needed to drive businesses forward. The company was established in 2012 by a team of experienced…
Cornerstone Budapest
EastEuroCo Executive Search Group (EastEuroCo) is Cornerstone’s member executive recruiting firm in Budapest Hungary. The firm was established in 1991 by Hungarian professionals in order to supply human resources to international companies. We have 22 years of experience in doing business in Hungary and also in the region as we have extended our operations to…
Cornerstone Bucharest
Cornerstone’s member office in Romania is Professional Executive Search, which operates through a network of a dozen associated offices in Serbia, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldavia as well as Romania. We have successfully collaborated with Cornerstone for more than 10 years and are constantly committed to providing the best results in complex projects implemented…
Cornerstone Greece
Cornerstone’s powerful presence in south east Europe is provided by Cornerstone SEE, an Executive Search organization with offices in Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldavia, Montenegro and Serbia. Each office has more than 10 years’ experience in its respective country and altogether the region has 14 offices with a total of 20 consultants. All Cornerstone SEE offices are committed…
Julia Atkinson, PCC
Typical Clients For over 10 years I have provided successful executive coaching and leadership team development in various multinational and Fortune 500 companies like Adidas, AstraZeneca, Bayer, BMW, COACH, ComEd, Citrix, Diesel, Ford, Golin, L’Oreal, STMicro, Swarovski, Ubisoft and more. Having lived and worked in Europe, Asia and the USA for extended periods of time,…