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Our global network of Executive Search Partners involved with the Diversity & Inclusion Practice have extensive experience recruiting in an increasingly complex and diverse business community. We are sensitive when working with clients on matters related to:
We not only assist clients with diversity & inclusion people strategies but our global InterSearch Partners are also committed to practicing this within our own organizations.
The IWW Board Practice is also focusing on diversity on a board level. There is a great synergy between the two groups, that is why the Head of Board Practice is always involved in the activities of Diversity and Inclusion Practice.
When talking about diversity in a board or executive leadership context, we usually mean “the accessibility to and application of several different knowledge domains – simultaneously”, and hereby we mean the unique combination of experience, knowledge, and perspective that together form the diversity and the difference from all other unique combinations of the same factors. Every unique combination adds up to a specific identity.
In the recent years, institutional investors have been pushing public-listed boards harder and harder on diversity. Why? It is certainly not about political correctness. It is business. Both investors and CEOs alike are now convinced that appropriate diversity on boards will substantially improve group decision-making and improve performance.
by Derek Gracey; Practice Leader at Charles Aris – the InterSearch member firm in the USA At the beginning of 2022…
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The D&I experts in InterSearch Worldwide already shared a collection of ideas about how to develop diversity a…
As a Partner and key member of the senior consulting team, Lotika has successfully led and executed critical and complex leadership hiring assignments., for multi-national corporations as well as leading Indian organizations.
She has over 15 years experience in the Executive Search industry which primarily spans across the Lifesciences, Pharma, Healthcare, R&D / Innovation, Consumer, Lifestyle and Manufacturing sectors.
Additionally she actively leads the development of knowledge solutions and provides leadership, direction and structure to highly qualified distributed, multi-location research teams.
Previously, she has worked with two leading global organizations, IFC (World Bank) and Airtel, in roles with high external interface and marquee client management responsibilities.
Lotika has successfully completed a post graduation four years Engineering program from the Aptech Institute of India. She graduated from Delhi University, with majors in Political Science.
Jakob Stengel is the Managing Partner of Case Rose / InterSearch and Global Head of Board Practice within InterSearch. Jakob joined the firm in 2012 after 5 years as a partner with some of the other leading global firms of the executive search industry.
Jakob is the founding partner of The Danish Professional Directors Association, Board Network. He is a member of the International Corporate Governance Network; a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute; and a member of several expert groups under the European Confederation of Directors Associations. Further, he is co-editor-in-chief of Denmark’s leading corporate governance and board leadership publication, Board Perspectives.
Jakob holds a degree as Master in Law (LL.M.) from University of Copenhagen, and possesses more than 15 years of experience in serving as chairman and / or non-executive director on more than 10 different Boards of Directors in Danish companies.
Jakob is the bridge between Global Board Practice Group and Diversity & Inclusion acting as a catalyst to harvest and promote the best practices of both the groups.
As a Partner and key member of the senior consulting team, Lotika has successfully led and executed critical and complex leadership hiring assignments., for multi-national corporations as well as leading Indian organizations.
She has over 15 years experience in the Executive Search industry which primarily spans across the Lifesciences, Pharma, Healthcare, R&D / Innovation, Consumer, Lifestyle and Manufacturing sectors.
Additionally she actively leads the development of knowledge solutions and provides leadership, direction and structure to highly qualified distributed, multi-location research teams.
Previously, she has worked with two leading global organizations, IFC (World Bank) and Airtel, in roles with high external interface and marquee client management responsibilities.
Lotika has successfully completed a post graduation four years Engineering program from the Aptech Institute of India. She graduated from Delhi University, with majors in Political Science.
Work Experience:
Since 2005 – Managing Partner DR. PENDL & DR. PISWANGER Romania – Executive Search & International HR Consultancy – Bucharest
Previous experience:
1991 – 1997 – 6 years – Refugees Camps Development – UNHCR – The UN Refugee Agency – Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan
1997 – 1998 / 2000 – 2004 – 2 years and project based – Health Care Administration / Health Care Systems Auditing Consultant – WHO – World Health Organization – Morocco, Algeria
1998 – 2000 – 2 years – General Management – Romania private medical sector – S.O.S. International
2000 – 2004 – 4 years – Financial Consulting – ING Insurance Romania
Education:
1991 – 1993 – The School of Public Health (SPH), Tel-Aviv University, Israel – Bachelor Degree in Nursing & Public Health Management
1993 – 1994 – The School of Public Health (SPH) in conjunction with Boston University School of Management’s Health Sector Management Program, Boston University, USA – MBA/MPH in Health Policy & Management
Certified Profiles International Assessor
Certified PEP® Trainer
CIPD Associate – Level 3 Certificate in Human Resources Practice (QCF)
Certified Executive Coach, ACSTH
Main areas of expertise at P&P / InterSearch:
Business Development and Search & Selection in Romania, Local & International Executive Search
HR-consultancy in: Recruiting and Selection, Job analysis and evaluation,
Management Audit, Assessment / Development Center, Board Efficiency Assessment,
Personal Efficiency Program Training & Coaching
Executive Coaching
Main sectors of expertise:
Manufacturing / Engineering / Technology; Banking and Financial Services
Fast Moving and Durable Consumer goods; Pharmaceutical industry
Real estate / Facility & Property Management / Construction / Infrastructure / Environment
Energy / Oil / Gas & Renewables / Power
Languages:
Romanian (mother tongue); Fluent in speaking, writing, and reading English; Intermediate skills in speaking, writing and reading Hebrew and French
Additional activities:
Collaborator with students associations for trainings focused on developing soft skills (on voluntary bases) and Trainings on recruiting and selection, legal view on HR in Romania, communication skills
Mariano holds a degree in Law and in Political Science and Sociology from the Complutense University of Madrid. He holds an MBA from Instituto de Empresa.
He is certified as a Counselor by the Institute of Directors and Administrators I-CA and Master in Mediation, Arbitration and Compliance by Asemed.
He is also certified as Executive Coach by ICF and Master in Digital Business by The Valley.
He has more than 25 years of experience as Chief People Officer and Legal and Compliance Director in different international companies and in various sectors, such as Pharmaceutical, Industrial, Leisure / Tourism, Renewable Energies or Food, in companies such as Bristol Myers Squibb, Tupperware, Europcar, Gestamp (GRI) or Natra. He is also a Human Resources Mentor at the Endeavor Foundation.
In 2019 he joined Euromanager as Director.
He speaks Spanish, English and French.
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