About Us

Signium is a global executive search and leadership consulting firm, helping clients around the world make the right decisions at moments of strategic importance.

With more than 50 years of experience, we are experts in helping clients recruit, develop and retain the best leadership teams. This means we don’t just find talent – we advise senior business leaders on developing their skills, their people and their organisations.

Our clients operate all around the world, and so do we. With offices in nearly 30 countries, we combine global reach with deep local knowledge to exceed our clients’ needs – whenever, wherever, whatever. During periods of significant change, we give our clients the edge when shaping their futures.

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Signium is a global executive search and leadership consulting firm, helping clients around the world make the right decisions at moments of strategic importance.

With more than 60 years of experience, we are experts in helping clients recruit, develop and retain the best leadership teams. This means we don’t just find talent – we advise senior business leaders on developing their skills, their people and their organisations.

Our clients operate all around the world, and so do we. With offices in nearly 30 countries, we combine global reach with deep local knowledge to exceed our clients’ needs – whenever, wherever, whatever. During periods of significant change, we give our clients the edge when shaping their futures.

Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • Assessment
  • Board Services
  • Culture Shaping
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Leadership Develop.
Industries
Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • CEO/President
  • Finance/Accounting
  • GM/Operations
  • Government
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Risk Management
  • Supply Chain

News Briefings

Signium Adds Marketing and Communications Specialist

Marketing and branding professionals are playing increasingly vital roles at executive search firms as recruiting outfits push into new lines of business, evolve their brands and rev up their social media presence. Recently, executive search consortium Signium added Amy Fuentes as its new marketing and communications specialist. In her new role, Ms. Fuentes will be responsible for executing all

Signium Expands in Sweden

In an effort to further strengthen its capabilities in the Nordic region, executive search consortium Signium has expanded in Sweden with the addition ofJ Eng Consulting. Founder Johannes Eng joins Signium as a partner. Mr. Eng has more than 15 years of experience in staff-leading positions and as a board director. His experience includes business development, working with

Signium Names Life Sciences Practice Group Leader

Executive search consortium Signium has appointed Consuelo Pizzo, director in Signium Italy’s Milan office, as life sciences global practice leader. Ms. Pizzo takes over from Signium Germany’s Angela Westdorf, who co-founded the practice in 2008 and took on sole leadership of it in 2013. Ms. Westdorf will continue as a Signium board member, and as part of

Signium Opens Office in Rio de Janeiro

Executive search consortium Signium has opened a new office in Rio de Janeiro. It becomes the organization’s second office in the region, joining its location in São Paulo “It was a great experience to be in Brazil at an exciting time as their national election concluded,” said Alastair Paton, chairman. “We are incredibly proud of the speed with

Press Releases

Latest Research From Signium Reveals the Underestimated Value of Intuition in Recruitment

CHICAGO, March 13, 2019 – A new report, ‘The Intuition Index: The Critical Role of Intuition in International Business,’ has shown that intuition is regarded as a vital asset in hiring and promoting staff, with 96% of business leaders reporting that intuition is important in these tasks. Global executive search firm Signium set out to

Signium Elects Two New Members to its Global Board of Directors

CHICAGO, IL, February 15, 2019 – Global executive search and leadership consulting firm Signium announced today the election of two new board members: Partners Peter de Jong based in Amsterdam and Felipe Rivelles in Mexico City. Peter de Jong has been elected as Vice President Marketing. He has been active in Executive Search since 2000

Signium Leveraging Hogan Assessment Throughout its Global Network

CHICAGO, IL, Nov. 5, 2018 – Chicago headquartered Signium, one of the world’s leading executive search and leadership consulting partnerships, has recently strengthened its leadership consulting offer by adding Hogan Assessments to its range of solutions. This fusion of intelligence and intuition will allow Signium to further develop its robust global leadership consulting practice. “Signium agreed three

Signium Expands Services and Presence in the United States With Addition of Two New Partners in Boston

CHICAGO, IL, August 3, 2018 – Signium is very pleased to announce Gabrielle Jenkins and Merrill Mahoney have joined the Signium Global Partnership with a new presence in Boston, Massachusetts. Gabrielle and Merrill have 25 years of diverse experience in Fortune 500 and entrepreneurial environments in public and privately held organizations spanning the manufacturing, biotech, retail, supply chain, and financial

Signium Announces New Consumer Goods and Services Practice Group Leader

CHICAGO, IL, May 14, 2018 – Signium, one of the world’s leading executive search and leadership consulting partnerships, proudly announces the appointment of Annelize van Rensburg as Leader of the Global Consumer Goods and Services Practice.  She celebrates twenty years of executive search as one of the founding members of Talent Africa that became Signium Africa in 2017. Annelize is fulfilling a