Frazer Jones Opens In Milan

February 15, 2017 – Executive search firm Frazer Jones, part of The SR Group, has opened a new office in Milan. This will be the SR Group’s second offering in Italy following its Taylor Root subsidiary launch in early 2016. Frazer Jones will focus on the HR market in Italy and will also take on searches in Southern Europe.

The team will be headed up by Gaia Rossi who has moved back to Milan after spending several months in the firm’s London office. She started her career as an HR consultant in Italy advising on career counselling, training and coaching. She then moved to a leading boutique fashion recruitment firm based in London focusing on international assignments. Most recently, she served as a senior consultant at Freedom Recruitment. Ms. Rossi specializes in HR mandates across Southern Europe.

“Italy and South Europe is a very exciting market for us,” said Michael Illert, a partner with Frazer Jones. “Italy has a high density of heavily internationalized companies and equally a large number of global companies have regional headquarters there. The Italian HR community is striving for excellence and innovation and we aim to become an integral part of that.”


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Italy has a capitalist mixed economy, ranking as the third largest in the Eurozone and the eighth largest in the world. The country is well known for its creative and innovative business, a large and competitive agricultural sector, and for its influential and high-quality automobile, machinery, food, design and fashion industries.

With offices in the U.S., London, Düsseldorf, Munich, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney and Melbourne, Frazer Jones specializes in HR and human capital consulting, and executive recruitment. Its clients range from international financial institutions, professional services organizations and blue-chip multinational companies to government and not-for-profit organizations.

Continued Expansion

The firm just recently strengthened its U.K. team with the addition of Dona Battat as director, global HR executive search. With over 22 years of experience gained within global HR boutique executive search firms, Ms. Battat has worked extensively with senior HR talent to develop their international HR careers and has delivered global and regional HR leadership assignments across all HR disciplines. Her expansive international HR network covers Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and North America across a diverse array of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, FTSE firms and niche businesses.

Ms. Battat built her career predominantly with Digby Morgan, most recently as an executive director and board member, where she was instrumental in building the business from a niche boutique to a global business across three continents.

Frazer Jones also recently added Diah Fawnia as a consultant in Singapore. She started her search career at Olympus where she served as an in-house talent acquisition professional. Ms. Fawnia then joined a multidisciplinary recruitment firm and spearheaded the setup of its HR practice there. She brings strong experience in placing mid to senior leadership roles into global MNCs and SMEs across various industries within south east Asia.

This past fall, Frazer Jones named Michelle Jackson as head of HR recruitment for North Asia. Based in the firm’s Hong Kong office, she is focused on building the Frazer Jones brand throughout the region. Ms. Jackson has strong experience placing senior HR executives – typically up through Asia Pacific head level across all sectors and a myriad of disciplines. She was previously the human resources practice head at ALS International.

Contributed by Dale M. Zupsansky, Managing Editor, Hunt Scanlon Media

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