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September 2025
Pedersen & Partners Paris recently hosted an exclusive event, “Rethinking Tomorrow, Thinking Differently”, exploring how global transformations are reshaping leadership.
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October 2025
By Denisa Volekova, Principal at Pedersen & Partners.
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September 2025
CMS MENA and Pedersen & Partners were delighted to co-host in Abu Dhabi the 5th GCC Private Markets Investment Breakfast, bringing together leading voices from across the Private Equity, Private Debt, and Venture Capital landscape.
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September 22, 2025 – London, United Kingdom – Pedersen & Partners, a leading global Executive Search and Leadership Consulting firm with 56 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, welcomes Jessica Leroy as Principal in the Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice.
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September 2025
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September 12, 2025 The Ukrainian public service is experiencing significant shifts in staffing trends. Every day, over 100 new employees join, reflecting both high turnover and the need for qualified personnel. While traditionally challenging to attract top talent, certain factors are now increasing the appeal of public sector roles, particularly for managers moving from the private sector.
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4th September 2025 – Oslo, Norway
Norway’s leading media outlet Kampanje reports that ESG People, an Executive Search firm focusing on sustainability, is becoming part of Pedersen & Partners. The founders, Fredrik Torp and Henriette Salvesen, will lead the firm’s new Global ESG Practice. With this step, Pedersen & Partners strengthens its presence in the Nordics and positions itself to deliver ESG leadership solutions across 50 countries.
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4th September 2025 – Oslo, Norway – Pedersen & Partners, a leading global Executive Search and Leadership Consulting firm with 56 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, announces the strengthening of its team in Norway and the launch of a dedicated Global ESG Practice.
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September 2, 2025 - Chicago, United States – Pedersen & Partners, a leading global Executive Search and Leadership Consulting firm with 56 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, welcomes Kristin Gupta as Principal to its team in the United States.
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September 1, 2025 - Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Pedersen & Partners, a leading global Executive Search and Leadership Consulting firm with 56 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, welcomes Alexander de Freitas as Principal to its team in the Netherlands.
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September 8, 2020 – Istanbul, Turkey – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 54 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, is pleased to announce that Ceren Donmez has rejoined the firm as a Consultant in Istanbul, Turkey.
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7 August 2020 – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 54 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, is pleased to announce that it has launched its Global Business Services Practice Group to serve companies worldwide. Paul Inman, a seasoned Executive Search and Shared Services professional has been appointed as the Head of the new Practice Group.
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May 5, 2020 – Singapore – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 54 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, is pleased to announce that Jonathan Whitehead has joined the ASEAN Team as a Client Partner.
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March 16, 2020 – Vienna, Austria – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 54 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, is pleased to announce that Katharina Kaiser has been promoted to the position of Country Manager for Austria. Josef Buttinger, who has led the Vienna office since he joined the firm in 2015, will move on to global Industrial Practice and will focus on developing the client network and business in addition to supporting clients headquartered…
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16. März 2020 - Wien, Österreich - Pedersen & Partners, ein führendes internationales Executive Search Unternehmen mit 54 eigenen Büros in 50 Ländern, freut sich, die Ernennung von Katharina Kaiser zur Country Managerin bekannt zu geben. Josef Buttinger, der das Wiener Büro seit seinem Eintritt ins Unternehmen im Jahr 2015 geleitet hat, wird ins globale Industriesegment wechseln und sich auf die Entwicklung des Mandantennetzwerks und des Geschäfts konzentrieren sowie Klienten mit Sitz in…
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January 15, 2020 – Prague, Czech Republic – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 54 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, has appointed Gabriela Trojáková as a Principal within its Prague team.
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January 13, 2020 – Riga, Latvia – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 54 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, is pleased to announce that Partner Evita Lune has been appointed Global Head of the newly-launched FinTech Practice Group. Evita will also keep her position as Regional Head of the Baltics.
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January 10, 2020 – Madrid, Spain – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 54 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, is pleased to announce that Partner Alvaro Arias Echeverria has been appointed Global Head of the Private Equity Practice Group.
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January 8, 2020 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Pedersen & Partners, a leading international Executive Search firm with 54 wholly owned offices in 50 countries, is pleased to announce that Client Partner Lydia van der Meulen has been promoted to Head of the Life Sciences & Healthcare Practice Group.
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Prague, Czech Republic – The Pedersen & Partners Prague team welcomed HR directors and talent management experts from leading Czech businesses to a Recruiting for Agility event. Participants included executives from the financial services and payment solutions industries, who gathered to discuss and highlight the strategies and tactics aimed at recruiting agile leaders who drive corporate performance.
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Vilnius, Lithuania – Technological developments in the workplace and the general acceleration of the pace of life have encouraged companies to choose younger candidates for general management positions. Executive Search experts note that top executives need management skills as well as technical know-how, but that the lack of the former skill is a challenge for young executives aspiring to the C-suite.
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Ljubljana, Slovenia – The search for CFOs and Financial Directors becomes more and more complex every year, and most companies do not want to increase CFO compensation. Slovenian companies are recruiting finance professionals through ads in public media, and more discreetly, through specialised Executive Search companies. Corporations are aware that a good CFO contributes to successful operations, with good risk and finance management necessary to assure good relations with banks and provide…
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Kiev, Ukraine – Here in Ukraine, the talent pool of top managers is very small. Entrepreneurs run the risk of losing out on the best talent.
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Phoenix, USA – While developing an Executive Search business across emerging markets, I always received exaggerated respect from locals for my achievements in handball and alpine skiing, sports that most of them know nothing of.
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Kiev, Ukraine – Large Ukrainian agricultural companies are suffering from a shortage of good executives. AgroPortal.ua asked Vladimir Kolomoets, Country Manager for Ukraine at Pedersen & Partners, about the cause of the personnel shortage, and the strategies that companies should adopt in their quest for professional managers.
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London, United Kingdom – Mary Murray, Consultant at Pedersen & Partners, asks: “What’s shaping the future of the global mining industry and how are professionals harnessing it?
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Ljubljana, Slovenia – RTV Slovenia's popular talk show "Polnočni Klub" hosted a debate on the evolution of the recruitment industry and the increased demand for such services on the Slovene market. The discussion was moderated by renowned journalist Zvezdan Martič, and brought together a panel of professional recruiters that included Matej Mrak, Country Manager for Slovenia at Executive Search firm Pedersen & Partners.
Speak up! Eradicating the habit of staying silent in conversations with management, “Dienas Bizness”
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Riga, Latvia – Although we no longer live in times where it is unacceptable to express a negative opinion to management, many employees still have qualms about speaking up, and carefully reflect on exactly what they will say.
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Sofia, Bulgaria – The talent gap in Bulgaria is becoming more and more noticeable across multiple sectors, and the problem will only deteriorate due to demographics, emigration and inadequate education.
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Madrid, Spain - The 1950s and 1960s were a golden age for innovative science fiction. From this era, I fell in love with Star Trek's teleportation concept, which allowed the characters to immediately transport themselves to any location. Older readers will also remember the comic-book hero Dan Dare (Diego Valor in the Spanish translations) who saved the Earth from alien invasions. One of the enemy aliens moved around in a mind-controlled "flying chair."
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April 2025
Pedersen & Partners and CMS Netherlands hosted the second annual Life Sciences Breakfast Seminar in Amsterdam, convening industry leaders and investors to discuss the future of biotech, biopharmaceuticals, complex generics, medtech and healthtech. Under the theme "Accelerating Growth in Life Sciences," the event provided a platform for discussion on innovation funding, regulatory frameworks, executive leadership, and regional competitiveness.
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22nd April 2025
Pedersen & Partners and CMS Saudi Arabia co-hosted the 1st Saudi Arabia Private Markets Investment Breakfast.
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April 16th, 2025
Pedersen & Partners, in collaboration with HA Partners, hosted a breakfast session in Dubai with senior HR leaders to explore how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the future of work and the evolving strategic role of HR.
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Pedersen & Partners and CMS Switzerland co-hosted the Swiss Private Equity Breakfast on April 10th, 2025 in Zurich.
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March 25th, 2025
Pedersen & Partners, in collaboration with CMS, hosted the 2nd French Private Equity Breakfast in Paris. The audience comprised senior decision-makers from private equity and venture capital firms, asset managers, financial institutions, advisory firms, family offices, and portfolio companies.
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March 25th, 2025
Pedersen & Partners, in collaboration with CMS, hosted the Life Sciences & Healthcare Breakfast in Munich, with a focus on Industry Transformation.
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March 26th, 2025
Pedersen & Partners was pleased to host a CEO roundtable discussion in Mumbai, chaired by our CEO, Gary Williams.
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March 24th, 2025
Pedersen & Partners brought together top executives and industry leaders for the Cape Town CEO Roundtable Breakfast, facilitating discussions on scaling growth, retaining leadership talent, and navigating market challenges.
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January 30, 2025
By Lydia van der Meulen, Client Partner and the Country Manager for the Netherlands and Michael Ade, Client Partner at Pedersen & Partners.