Paris, Île-de-France, France
A passionate and innovative Talent Acquisition Director. I have set up both sophisticated and data-driven recruitment operations, for matrix organizations in fast-paced environments.
As France’s Talent Acquisition Lead for Marsh, I am responsible for overseeing all recruitment projects including early career, across 12 offices. I also look after recruitments for KSA and South Africa.
Servicing PwC’s entire group of businesses including Consulting (technology, financial services, finance, etc), Audit, Strategy&, Internal Firm Services, etc. I was promoted to upskill Sourcing Specialists and Managers in order to significantly enhance candidate experience, placement turnaround time, and team motivation. This was done using Executive Search best practices tailored to volumic recruitment - Built a financially relevant executive search power house from the ground up - Hired and trained 5 team members, from entry to Manager level - Organized our talent acquisition activities into two streams: - Executive Search addressing Senior Manager to Partner level confidential assignments - Sourcing addressing Senior Associate to Manager-level recurring recruitment projects - Over 3 million euros of internal billings generated since July 2017 - Developed a full induction program from methodology to a detailed service level agreement in order to build visibility, as well as buy-in from the Partners, and support functions - Focal interlocutor of the firm’s Partners (across all lines of business) when it comes to their Management Group hiring requirements - Over 65 mandates delivered since taking on this role - Devised and carried out detailed research on competition’s teams - Implemented a singular standard for delivering quality searches within a 21-day timeframe - Contributed to setting up an innovative flair to recruitment, by focusing on key talent targeting, as well as ensuring an optimal cultural adherence to PwC from headhunted prospects
I was hired as part of the special assignments team, focusing on time and confidentiality-sensitive search projects. I was entrusted with turning around unfruitful search assignments, as well as creating a talent pipeline at Management Group level. Primary recruitment interlocutor for the consulting business (YoY growth of 10%) Led a team of 4 recruitment consultants addressing hiring requirements from Associate to Senior Manager level Introduced an “executive search” culture by furthering the adoption of a direct approach methodology, instead of solely relying on traditional job boards as well as internal referrals Developed a full-fledged template cloud-based tool-box Weekly reporting to each business unit leader in order to apprise them with searches progress, as well as recalibrating ongoing mandates whenever deemed necessary Contributed to updating the quarterly recruitment objectives versus workforce planning requirements Project leader on developing a preferred supplier list
Setup an executive search firm with a focus on select clients, primarily composed of state-backed institutions as well as large family-owned conglomerates. Sample of delivered searches: 1) For a large GCC-based financial power-house - Head of Market Risk - Head of Operational Risk - Deputy Chief Financial Officer - Deputy Head of Internal Audit - Director of Prudential Control - Head of Payment Supervision 2) For a UAE based Sovereign Wealth Fund (as part of a PMO driven by a Big 4 consulting firm, and directly reporting the the CEO of the SWF, as well as the Minister of Finance) - Hired the COO - Hired the Head of Civil Engineering - Hired the CFO - Hired the Head of Human Capital - Hired the Head of Procurement 3) For a Dubai based tier 1 Business Process Outsourcing group (a subsidiary of a top 3 banking group) - Tasked with building the various seniority layers of the in-house strategy team (mostly from the magic circle of strategy consulting). - Hired the COO of the KSA based business arm, with an auto-loan emphasis and an agenda in partnering with the most prominent dealership groups)
I had the privilege of being hired by Mr. Metin Mitchell, the GCC’s most prominent executive search professional (formerly MD of Korn Ferry Middle-East), to work alongside one of his Client Partners, taking charge of the execution aspect of the mandates the firm was entrusted with. Sample of delivered searches: - Contributed to identifying and ensuring soft landing of a heavyweight CFO, in a private equity context Assisted in identifying and attracting the Head of Corporate Communications for a tier 1 GCC based bank - Delivered comprehensive search material, which led to placing the Head of Corporate Banking for a Pan-Arab banking power house
Directly reporting the the Chief Human Resources Officer, with a dotted line to the CEO on special assignments. Sample of delivered work: - Setup a preferred suppliers list. As I was hired as employee #3, I had the responsibility of managing relationships, delivered shortlists, as well as interview processes directly with the office of the CEO - Special assignments consisted of staffing the second, and subsequent management layers of staff to the heads of business units - Setup of a shared folder recruitment management system in order to facilitate document exchange and hiring process - Led project manager in signing agreements with Control Risks and Kroll with the aim to secure a background check capability - Acted as an executive search arm, servicing the firm’s portfolio companies
Established in November 2007 by Emiri decree, the Emirates Investment Authority (EIA) is the first federal sovereign wealth fund for all seven states comprising the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al-Quwain). The EIA is the sole entity responsible for the future stewardship of federal government stakes in over 30 corporations across the GCC, including Etisalat, Du, Gulf International Bank, United Arab Shipping Company and Gulf Investment Corporation. The objective of the EIA is to achieve attractive financial returns and diversify the government's asset exposure by cultivating sovereign funding arrangements in tandem with first-class investment opportunities in the public and private markets of the GCC and overseas.