About Us

Founded in 1972, IMD International Search Group is one of the top 15 global search organizations with more than 40 offices in major markets and business centers throughout the world, providing instant access to a world-class executive talent pool serving the global economy. Its executive search professionals, many of whom held senior positions in the industry sectors they now serve, conduct hundreds of senior-level searches for clients worldwide each year.

Operating through a matrix structure and organized by geographic and industry specialization, IMD International Search Group is ideally equipped to satisfy the talent acquisition requirements of those organizations seeking to acquire and retain high impact executives.

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Founded in 1972, IMD International Search Group is one of the top 15 global search organizations with more than 40 offices in major markets and business centers throughout the world, providing instant access to a world-class executive talent pool serving the global economy. Its executive search professionals, many of whom held senior positions in the industry sectors they now serve, conduct hundreds of senior-level searches for clients worldwide each year.

Solutions And Expertise

Operating through a matrix structure and organized by geographic and industry specialization, IMD International Search Group is ideally equipped to satisfy the talent acquisition requirements of those organizations seeking to acquire and retain high impact executives.

Solutions
  • Advisory Services
  • Assessment
  • Board Services
  • Culture Shaping
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Interim
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • On-Demand Recruiting
  • Onboarding
  • Org. Chart Mapping
  • Succession Planning
Industries
  • Advertising/Marketing
  • Aerospace/Defense
  • Agriculture
  • All Industries
  • Alt. Investments
  • Asset Management
  • Associations
  • Automotive
  • Biotechnology
  • Chemicals
  • Clean Tech./Sustain.
  • Clinical Research
  • Cloud Based
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Commercial Banking
  • Communications
  • Construction
  • Consulting
  • Consumer
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Cultural Arts
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data & Analytics
  • Devices
  • Education
  • Energy
  • Engineering & Archit.
  • Faith Based
  • Family Offices
  • Financial Services
  • FinTech
  • FinTech
  • Foundations
  • Global Markets
  • Government
  • Healthcare Services
  • Hedge Funds
  • High Tech
  • Industrial
  • Industrial Products
  • Insurance
  • Internet
  • Investment Banking
  • Investment Mgmt.
  • K-12
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Life Sci./Healthcare
  • Luxury
  • Machine Learning
  • Manufacturing
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Medical
  • Medical Devices
  • Mobile
  • Natural Resources
  • Non-Profit
  • Oil & Gas
  • Payments/Processes
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Private Banking
  • Private Equity
  • Professional Services
  • Quantitative Finance
  • Restaurants
  • Retail
  • Software
  • Sovereign Wealth
  • Sports
  • Supply Chain
  • Technology
  • Trade Finance
  • Transportation
  • Travel, Hosp. & Leisure
  • Utilities
  • Venture Capital
  • Wealth Management
Functions
  • Advertising
  • All Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Customer Service
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Government
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Invest. Mgmt./Banking
  • Investor Relations
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical
  • Research & Develop.
  • Risk Management
  • Supply Chain

News Briefings

IMD International Search Group Adds New Member Firm in Denmark

Global executive search consortium IMD International Search Group has strengthened its presence in Scandinavia with the addition of Nordic Search Group in Denmark. This strengthens the IMD Scandinavian team, which is composed of Panamera|IMD in Norway, Lisberg in Sweden and IMS Talent in Finland. Birgitte Dyreborg, managing partner at Nordic Search Group, has 14 years of executive search

IMD International Search Group Adds New Member Firm in Singapore

Global executive search consortium IMD International Search Group has expanded in the Asia-Pacific region with the addition of I Search Worldwide in Singapore. Singapore sits at the crossroads of the world’s largest and fastest growing region straddling China, India and the ASEAN countries. A modern cosmopolitan city with a strong reputation as a major player in the

IMD International Search Announces New Board

Global executive search consortium IMD International Search Group has elected a new board member and prolonged the mandate of two others at its annual general assembly in Paris. Simona Cremascoli, partner at Milan-based member firm Carter & Benson, joins the IMD board as director in charge of internal communication. “I am very satisfied with the long-lasting international

IMD International Adds New Member Firm in Spain

With recruiting assignments increasingly coming in from around the globe, executive recruiters are developing new practices, hiring recruiters and opening new locations. While the uptick in business has proven to be good for virtually every search firm, global recruiting consortiums seem well-placed and well-anchored to take advantage of some geographic areas that once seemed to

Press Releases

IMD International Search Group meets at Annual General Meeting in Barcelona

Zurich, Switzerland (June 1st, 2022) – IMD International Search Group members gathered again after two long years of not seeing each other apart from virtual meetings online. Participants were happy to meet in Barcelona, Spain, on April 7-9. Meeting attendees represented the following IMD members: Alder Koten | Bakker & Partner | Carter & Benson

IMD International Search Group Adds Partner in Spain

Zurich, Switzerland, December, 19, 2018 – IMD International Search Partners are pleased to announce that Robert Allen has joined the organization after the recent Meeting of IMD in Boston. Robert Allen was created in 1989 and has offices in both Barcelona and Madrid. The four Managing Partners: Miguel de Gomis, Javier Beneyto, Joaquin de Juan

IMD International Search Group Partners Announce Winners of Member of the Year Awards

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, June 1st, 2018 – IMD International Search Group Partners gathered on May 3-5, 2018 in Vienna, Austria for their Annual General Assembly. During this meeting were handed two awards for Member of the Year: ❖ DR. HEIMEIER & PARTNER, IMD Germany, was for the second year in a row awarded the International Business

IMD International Search Group Partners Meet in Vienna, Austria

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, June 1st, 2018 – IMD International Search Group Partners gathered on May 3-5, 2018 in Vienna, Austria for their Annual General Assembly. The busy agenda for this meeting focused on: ▪ Sharing business ideas through interactive networking sessions and best practices, ▪ Working together on solving case studies with concrete situations in difficult

IMD International Search Group Announces Re-election of President and Several Re-elections to the Board

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, June 1st, 2018 – IMD International Search Group Partners were gathered in Vienna, Austria on May 3-5 for their Annual General Assembly. They elected a new board member and renewed the mandates of four others. Responsibilities were redefined within the Board. The IMD International Search Board is therefore composed as such: Dr. Matthias