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Global Executives bought by long standing Dutch Interim provider.

Dr Anne Elise van den Berg, Managing Director of the Dutch interim management and consultancy provider Mons Nederland BV and its parent company Mons Interim BV, announces the acquisition of Global Executives Ltd with immediate effect. In a strategic move to broaden the appeal of their already well established European-wide offering, Mons will be adding a substantial and well-run quality database of UK, European and world wide interim executives.

Speaking at her Dutch HQ in Deventer, Dr van den Berg said: "We are delighted to have made this move into the UK market that will enable us to strengthen our overall European appeal. Global Executives Ltd. is a well-established and long respected brand, which has been operated successfully for the last eleven years by Nigel Corby, well known to the UK market and one-time leading member of the Interim Management Association.

"Our plan is to integrate Global Executives into the international activities of the Mons group as consultant managers, interim managers and management developers. Also, Global Executives will play an important role in the implementation of our plans for a centre of excellence and strategic management expertise which we will be launching this summer under the name of Auxilior."

We plan that the Global Executives will be headquartered in the West Midlands from next September she concluded.

Nigel Corby, Managing Director of Global Executives Ltd expressed his real pleasure at the agreement for Mons to take his work forward thus enabling him to retire in due course. "I have known of Mons for many years and in looking for a Company to acquire us, Mons offers just the right profile. I have always been impressed by the care and concern and highly professional way that Mons manages its many clients, and works in partnership with them. I am delighted that the excellent results we have achieved over the years can be continued in a broader and even more client focused way. The plans for growth are exciting and I will be working hard in the coming months to ensure a successful transition.

Mr Corby will be retained as an associate directorof the new operation for the next 12 months at least and will remain available for help and advice as necessary in the next three years.

 

Company information:

Mons Netherlands BV, Consultant Managers

The mission of Mons is to assist organizations in the public and private sector in addressing multidisciplinary, complex strategic management issues. Our established professionals are also able to act as mental coach, counsellor, as complementary managers or if the situation demands this of them as interim manager.

The Mons professionals are highly experienced and educated managers, who know what entrepreneurship entails for their clients and are able to add with their expertise and knowledge innovative and creative solutions for complex issues.

However, starting point is always the expertise and knowledge of the clients organization to which Mons effectively and efficiently adds on. The Mons professionals offer their services made to measure of the demand of the client. They have access and utilize an extensive array of management instruments and techniques, are available at the shortest possible notice and view any issue in scientific and objective way.

Global Executives Ltd…

Founded in September 1996, the company’s expertise lies in rapid and accurate definition of assignment needs and in matching the best available independent executive(s) to that requirement.

The primary purpose is to supply, on a pan-European basis, senior independent executives to companies in need of short-term managerial strength arising in the following circumstances:

  • Covering for senior management gaps, whether planned or not.
  • Providing additional management strength - usually special projects where senior management experience is essential but internal resources are lacking. For example:
  • Take-over defence
  • Acquisition
  • Plant and/or office relocation
  • Market studies
  • Business Process Re-engineering.
  • Company, divisional and functional turnaround

Global Executives Ltd has its current headquarters and administrative core in Odiham, Hants  RG29 1LF.

. Its director has an extensive network of international contacts in both those supplying and those working in the interim management market

 

 

Excellent Trading Results

Since its launch in January 1997, Global Executives Ltd has established its position as an important UK and European interim management supply company. We have seen a very encouraging wave of interest from potential clients and a highly creditable level of sales for a newly established business in this market. Important placements have been made in both the UK and France with both American and UK companies with European interests. UK business represents around two thirds of sales to date. There has been much interest in the executive strength available in the General Management, Production, Sales/Marking and Finance functions. Interest has arisen from industrial, commercial and utility companies as well as the public sector.

Demand is increasing at this time as the word spreads that the quality of our service is among the highest in the industry. We are increasingly recognised as a definitive source of supply for second language executives. Enquiring companies and clients already include many household names, a number of the Top 200 firms and two large Scandinavian groups.

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Database Growth

We are impressed by both the quantity and quality of those registering their interest in assignments - over 1000 names are now available for consideration with more than 30% offering a second language and 20% resident overseas.

Executives are required to register using a bespoke application which allows them to define for us the core experience they offer, industries in which they are broadly capable and those job roles for which they are competent for interim assignments. This assures consistent searching when matching to a specific requirement. Those of you reading this who have so far failed to return their disks should contact us immediately.

It is in your interests to complete these disks, because manual searches through CV's received are only done where electronic searching does not yield sufficient potential. So, it is very important that we receive these back completed. If you have difficulties we can resolve these over the 'phone.


IMA - Interim Management Association

We are committed to the goals and aims ánd the behavioral code of the Interim Management Association. We are keen to see the IMA become more influential. Current work to convene an international meeting of supplier companies is being undertaken with an Italian interim management organisation. Registrants who are new to the interim management market are urged to attend the interim management workshop - a very reasonably priced event.

Details from Eileen Simpson at IMA - +44 0207 323 4300


Business Development for

Global Executives Ltd

The company is about to enter its third phase of development and wishes to involve all our registered interim executives - that means you! Enclosed is our commission scheme and we do encourage you to contact us with surplus leads, enquiries and other contacts which you feel will result in sales and thus mutual benefit. Your interest "link" to these contacts will last for one year, so even if no immediate benefit accrues you could still gain in the longer term. The figures offered in the scheme are standard and we would be prepared to agree different approaches in some appropriate and exceptional circumstances.


We are also seeking a managing director to broaden and strengthen our sales in the UK and Europe.

Essentially, you will need a number of key qualities - interpersonal skills to influence the highest level of decision makers, a track record in growing sales enquiries in a service industry, recruitment company or perhaps financial services and an enthusiasm for the benefits and importance of interim management as a business solution.

These opportunities are for those willing to invest time and effort before reward and will carry long term involvement and additional rewards for success.

If you would like to know more about our current thinking about these new important appointments, please either Nigel Corby (UK) and/ or Anne Elise van den Berg (NL)

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Interim Management Market Survey

Every registrant to the database is invited to respond to a market survey. Over 300 have completed this and the important results are shown hereunder:

  • No of responses to date: 302

  • Average years as an interim manager: 3.5 years

  • % of respondents with < 1 yr. as an interim 22.8%*

  • % of respondents with > 5 yrs as an interim 29.2%

  • [of which 34% offer > 10 yrs.]

  • *The number of registrants who failed to respond to the questionnaire were largely those who were new to interim management which probably means that, broadly, the database comprises those in their first three years as an interim executive.

  • Number of interim assignments in past 5 years: 5

  • Longest Average 15 months

  • Shortest Average 4 months

  • Average utilisation in a year; 74% [circa 140 days per year]

  • [If 200 effective days per yr. available]

  • Average Highest Fee rate attained: £536

  • Average Lowest Fee rate attained: £290

  • Range: £300/day to £1200/day

  • [Exc. Agency fees when applied and known]

  • Average Number of supply companies with which registered: 9

Other questions covered the things which most annoy and please executives about dealing with such companies as ours. This newsletter, in itself, addresses one complaint! Otherwise, these don't easily lend themselves to interpretation but were of value internally. There was much interest in the formation of a professional association for interim managers and these results, when analysed, will be discussed with IMA members to decide the merit of forming such an association.

We thank all of you who have assisted in this survey.

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