PartnerWise, the specialised global executive search, talent advisory and interim recruitment partner for brands and retail has launched PartnerWise Boardroom, a private equity backed initiative which will focus on sourcing highly qualified talent for world class leadership and change solutions for C-Level, executive, board and business leaders, globally.
The PartnerWise Boardroom Team is situated out of the UK & Switzerland and will be led by newly appointed CEO, Salvatore Arico’ from August 2022. Salvatore joins from the travel retail Industry where, in the last decade, he covered executive roles at Nuance Group and most recently at Dufry. At Dufry he was a member of the group executive committee as chief organisation and transformation officer and board member at Hellenic Duty Free. Salvatore has extensive experience in talent acquisition, leadership development, organisation design and organisational readiness, Retail Excellence, Merge and Integration projects, Change Management and Transformation initiatives on a global scale.
“Talent is the lifeblood of business,” Salvatore Arico’ said, “and every successful organisation needs to continuously assess their businesses operating model and organisational readiness to ensure the right profiles, in the right context, at the right time.
“In my experience, an Executive hire is truly great when it fits seamlessly within the context of an executive team and the challenges it faces; brings value to internal and/or external stakeholders, and ultimately drives sustainable growth and profitability.
“In working with PartnerWise from my seat in the boardroom they have the right combination of business experience, professional networks, and technological ingenuity to deliver outstanding results to clients. Now, with private equity investment we can expand even further their approach which combines human touch with the latest AI technologies. I look forward to this exciting new professional journey as CEO of PartnerWise Boardroom.”
PartnerWise founder & global managing partner of PartnerWise Group Ian Williams added: “The PartnerWise ethos mirrors that of successful retailer and consumer brands. For PartnerWise Boardroom we chose to hire an experienced practitioner to further enable us to add unique value, insight and support to the talent, organisation and transformational agendas for all our customers.
“PartnerWise is well known in the Travel, Brands and Retail Search and talent provision at Executive, Operating Board and Functional level,” Williams added. “PartnerWise Boardroom now expands our ability to focus exclusively on executive search by working collaboratively, creating personalised talent solutions and delivering at extraordinary speed using our AI technology.”
