Sectors

Global, intelligent and specialist search and selection capabilities

For ambitious organisations, finding world class business leaders is a challenge critical to commercial success. Each organisation has a unique set of needs which must be met if they are to find the correct solutions. By identifying and solving these needs we help clients to realise their ambitions.

Our search and selection capability encompasses developed and developing markets and covers a wide geographical area including Continental Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Africa, and both the Middle and Far East. In each of these markets we divide our business down into four main practice areas: financial services, commerce & industry, legal and interim management.

Interim Management

The JBS Associates executive interim management team is highly experienced at providing solutions for the short-term assignment of a proven heavyweight executive to manage transition, crisis or change within a company. Many JBS Associates clients have found interim management to be a powerful resourcing tool, providing:

• Speed - Interim managers can be in place within days as opposed to months.
• Experience - Interim managers are over-qualified for their assignments. They step down in responsibility, bringing valuable experience which enables them to be immediately productive.
• Objectivity - Interim managers provide a fresh perspective and are free to concentrate on delivering results.
• Accountability - Unlike advisors or consultants, interim managers are responsible and accountable line managers who will implement and manage a business or project in their own right.
• Effectiveness - Operating at senior management level gives interim managers the authority to effect significant change or transition within a company.
• Commitment - Interim managers are committed to an interim career. They enjoy the challenge of different assignments and take great pride in maintaining the highest standards.

The JBS Associates team has experience of dealing with a wide range of business situations that have resulted in the need for an interim manager. Typically, these tend to be: crisis management, sudden departure, managing change, MBOs, IPOs, mergers, acquisitions or project management.

Financial Services

JBS Associates dedicates its largest team to providing international executive search solutions to the Financial Services sector, with particular expertise across the Equities, Fixed Income, Investment Banking, Asset Management and Private Banking / Wealth Management markets. Staffed by consultants with direct experience of working within their markets, we collectively house 50+ years of financial services executive search experience. Operating on a proactive headhunting basis we are particularly adept at sourcing senior-level bankers for emerging markets.

Commerce & Industry

JBS Associates has a highly experienced Commerce & Industry capability. The team has extensive experience of working and building business partnerships with both Fortune 500 organisations and SME's around the world. Using a pro-active, industry-intensive approach, our consultants typically deal with multi-faceted search assignments focussing on the provision of executive talent into commerce and industry in both established and emerging markets.

Legal

JBS Associates has a dedicated legal executive search team, staffed by experienced, international legal recruiters. The international markets in which we operate continue to grow and prosper, as does the need for good lawyers. We have considerable presence in the legal marketplace, fully understanding and appreciating the complexities of legal recruitment. With an enviable client list made up primarily of US and European law firms we are able to provide executive search services for mid to senior level lawyers, working on a proactive, headhunting basis. In addition to Private Practice we also source and recruit senior level in-house lawyers with a particular niche of identifying and securing counsel for the investment banks.