PartnerWise, the specialist global executive search, talent advisory and interim recruitment partner for brands and retailers, has launched a new initiative titled ‘PartnerWise Boardroom’. The private-equity backed initiative focuses on sourcing highly qualified talent for C-Level, Executive, Board and business leaders globally.
The PartnerWise Boardroom Team, based in the UK and Switzerland, is led by newly appointed CEO Salvatore Arico’ from this month.
Arico’ is a highly experienced travel retail industry executive. Over the last decade, he held senior roles at The Nuance Group and latterly at Dufry.
There he was a member of the Group Executive Committee as Chief Organization and Transformation Officer and Board Member at Hellenic Duty Free. He has extensive experience in talent acquisition, leadership development, organisation design and readiness, retail excellence, merge and integration projects, change management and transformation initiatives on a global scale.
Arico’ said: “Talent is the lifeblood of businesses and every successful organisation needs to continuously assess their business 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 Global CEO & Founder Ian Williams said: “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.”
He added: “PartnerWise is well known in the travel, brands and retail search and talent provision at executive, operating board and functional level. 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.”
