August Leadership Expands in Mexico City
March 28, 2025 – Executive recruitment firm August Leadership has expanded with the addition of Victoria Hyde as partner based in Mexico City. “Please join us in welcoming Victoria Hyde to the August Leadership team,” the firm said in a LinkedIn post. “A certified independent chair and board recruiter, Victoria is known for structuring high-performing boards, standardizing processes, and fostering operational alignment. She is also a trusted coach to CEOs, helping leaders navigate complex challenges and drive sustainable growth.”
Ms. Hyde brings over two decades of expertise in executive search, board leadership, and governance, with deep expertise in private equity, venture capital, financial services, and family businesses, helping build investment and high-yield management teams, and advising funds globally.
Ms. Hyde began her executive search career at PER, expanding the firm into Latin America and managing projects across Asia, Europe, the U.K., and Mexico. Following PER, she was an associate principal in industrial, energy and private equity at Heidrick and Struggles, and later served as principal at CTPartners, where she helped establish the firm’s financial services, private equity, and energy practice in Mexico City. After that, as a partner at Caldwell, she specialized in financial services, private equity, and industrial practice areas. Before joining August Leadership, Ms. Hyde founded Hyde & Seek, an executive search and leadership advisory firm.
Founded in 2020, New York City-based August Leadership’s clients range from global multinationals to mid-size fast-growth organizations to pioneering start-ups. Its team includes those who have been in search for their entire careers. Others joined after holding leading roles in start-ups or large corporations. A number are considered among the more influential search executives in the world.
Asad Haider is founder and CEO of August Leadership. He is a trusted advisor with deep global experience and knowledge of emerging markets, high growth companies, and high-potential diversity candidates. Mr. Haider has worked across the globe and within a wide range of industries. His career highlights include his various turnaround projects with Procter & Gamble as well as helping PepsiCo achieve record market share in international markets. His search career began as an entrepreneur, building one of Asia’s largest region-wide search boutiques.
Recent Addition in Thailand
At the end of last year, August Leadership of Wolfgang Heinrich as partner in Thailand. Mr. Heinrich is a seasoned executive and business economist with over 30 years of management experience, specializing in the direct selling industry and global market expansion. His track record spans over 300 search assignments across 20 countries, and his industry expertise covers consumer goods, FMCG, automotive, defense, direct selling (B2B/B2C), retail, transport, equipment & tools, and biotechnology. Mr. Heinrich set up numerous subsidiaries in Asia, located and appointed strategic sales partners for growth champions and played a key role in strengthening their brands and position in the region. He has experience with global know-how transfer, detecting local business practices, formulation of workable growth strategies, including global account management, and winning over and retaining local talent.
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Mr. Heinrich has extensive experience as both a consultant and at the C-level ensures top-tier results in international search assignments, change management (IM), and talent acquisition management, particularly in Asia and Eastern Europe. “Wolfgang is highly regarded for his practical mindset, ability to steer diverse teams towards common goals and achieving sustainable recruitment for rapidly growing companies, which are all crucial aspects of his C-level know-how,” August Leadership notes. “His reputation as an authentic leader with comprehensive business skills and tailored value-added services is well-established on the international stage.”
Last year, August Leadership also added Glenn Tannous as partner in New York. Mr. Tannous is an advisor with over two decades of experience in placing legal counsel in major corporations and law firms across diverse industries, including biotech, pharmaceuticals, high-tech, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, fashion, entertainment, consumer goods, manufacturing, software, and private equity.
Before joining August Leadership in June to spearhead the firm’s legal offerings, Mr. Tannous was previously with Major, Lindsey & Africa where, for 13 years, he leveraged his relationships with senior management and partners at law firms across the U.S. to enhance the success of individual lawyers’ goals, as well as firms’ business and legal objectives, including expanding the legal offerings and sectors that they serve. In the law firm arena, he collaborates closely with firm leaders to drive growth and strategic initiatives, facilitating group transitions and spearheading the establishment of new offices in the U.S., Europe, and Asia for AmLaw 100 and 200 clients.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
