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Leadership. Impact.
Founded in 1957, Alexander Hughes is an international Executive Search firm advising senior management on key talent acquisition supporting their firm’s success: Executive and non-executive Directors, senior managers and recognized experts.

Alexander Hughes is one of the few independent European headquartered groups in Executive Search able to offer globally high level of quality and commitment to the most exacting clients.

With more than 50 offices, Alexander Hughes, headquartered in Paris, has a fully owned worldwide coverage offering local expertise combined with global capabilities. The team includes 130 consultants operating in 11 practices, from Financial Services and Technology to Life Sciences, Industrial Manufacturing or Consumer Markets.

Managers by Alexander Hughes is the fully owned subsidiary specialized on the searches for key managers, specialists and high potential future leaders through the same quality search-only approach.

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With more than 50 offices, Alexander Hughes, headquartered in Paris, has a fully owned worldwide coverage offering local expertise combined with global capabilities. The team includes 130 consultants operating in 11 practices, from Financial Services and Technology to Life Sciences, Industrial Manufacturing or Consumer Markets.

Solutions And Expertise

With 54 offices, Alexander Hughes, headquartered in Paris, has a fully owned worldwide coverage offering local expertise combined with global capabilities.

The team includes 130 consultants operating in 11 practices of Excellence, ranging from Financial Services and Technology to Life Sciences, Industrial Manufacturing or Consumer Markets.

Solutions
  • Assessment
  • Board Services
  • Executive Search
  • Recruitment Research
  • Succession Planning
Industries
  • Advertising/Marketing
  • Aerospace/Defense
  • Agriculture
  • Asset Management
  • Automotive
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemicals
  • Clean Tech./Sustain.
  • Construction
  • Consulting
  • Consumer
  • Consumer Products
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering & Archit.
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • Government
  • Healthcare Services
  • Industrial
  • Insurance
  • Internet
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Life Sci./Healthcare
  • Luxury
  • Manufacturing
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Medical
  • Medical Devices
  • Mobile
  • Natural Resources
  • Non-Profit
  • Oil & Gas
  • Private Banking
  • Private Equity
  • Professional Services
  • Retail
  • Software
  • Supply Chain
  • Technology
  • Transportation
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
Functions
  • CEO/President
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Information/Digital
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Risk Management

News Briefings

The Impact of Technology and the Recruitment Process

The recruitment cycle has undergone a significant transformation in recent years, with technology playing a central role in the process. While it  has undoubtedly made recruitment more efficient and streamlined, there are concerns that the increasing reliance on technology may be affecting the human interface and potentially leading to a decline in good leadership in

Alexander Hughes Adds Three Former HR Executives

Paris-headquartered search firm Alexander Hughes has added three former HR executives with the appointments Roland Karsenty, Jorge Garabentos, and Guy Bernfeld as client partners. “It is with great pleasure that we expand our team of experts with these experienced specialists,” said Gérard Guilbert, managing director of Alexander Hughes Paris. “I am confident that their extensive and

Executive Search Firms Continue to Adapt to Economic Conditions

Beyond the health crisis it created, COVID-19 in many ways changed the world. In business and our work lives, the pandemic sparked and accelerated shifts that had already been stirring, driving them to the forefront, from the rise of technology and remote work to a greater emphasis on work-life balance. Concern about supply chains, meanwhile,

Why Organizations are Hiring for Skills Over Experience

COVID-19 has forced companies to rapidly adapt to changing talent needs. More than 70 million U.S. workers filed for unemployment insurance from March through December last year. Now, more organizations are converting what were furloughs early in the pandemic to permanent job losses, according to a new report by McKinsey & Company. “While many companies

Press Releases

Alexander Hughes Group Announces the Addition of New Client Partners to Paris Office

Paris, France – Alexander Hughes Group, a leading global executive search firm, announced the addition of new Client Partners to the Paris office. Roland Karsenty has joined Alexander Hughes as a Client Partner. A graduate of ESIGELEC and SUPELEC, Roland has extensive experience in organizational transformation, re-engineering, and digital HR and IT applications in large

Alexander Hughes Announces a New Managing Partner to its London Office

Alexander Hughes is proud to announce a new Managing Partner to its London Office. Alexander Hughes today is one of the few, fully integrated search firms offering Executive Search and other leadership services on a global basis. Joanne Macris appointment as Managing Partner is part of Alexander Hughes’s growth plan in Great Britain, a high-potential

Alexander Hughes East Africa Ppens an Office in Nairobi

We are pleased to announce the joint venture between Alexander Hughes and Dawson Slater (a regional consulting firm); with the purpose of providing both support to Alexander Hughes globally, as well as providing a new link to the fastest growing economies of the East African region. The region is composed of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia,

Alexander Hughes opens an office in Tunis

We are pleased to announce that Alexander Hughes has expanded its global coverage by adding a new office in Tunisia. Haykel Barbouch is appointed Managing Partner, a seasoned expert in both profit and nonprofit organizations in North Africa since 2007. He will develop the Tunisian team to serve clients mainly in automotive and consumer goods

Alexander Hughes Expands its Operations in Greater China

PARIS, France, October 30, 2017 – Alexander Hughes – the global Executive Search firm headquartered in Paris celebrating its 60 years’ anniversary this year, expands its organization in Greater China. While Alexander Hughes has been operating in Greater China – Shanghai, Taipei and Hongkong – since 2011, today, the firm strengthens its commitment to the Chinese