Enters into agreement to acquire Amrop Denmark,
market-leading executive search and leadership consulting
firm
CHICAGO and COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Heidrick
& Struggles (NASDAQ: HSII), a premier provider of executive
search, leadership consulting and culture shaping worldwide, has
entered into an agreement to acquire Amrop Denmark, the leading
executive search and leadership consulting firm in Denmark. The acquisition is expected to close
December 31, 2017.
All five Amrop Denmark partners are expected to join Heidrick
& Struggles' Copenhagen office
as partners. The combined organization is expected to become the
largest leadership advisory firm in the Danish market with nine
client-facing consultants and a total of 37 employees.
"Together with our consultants based in Helsinki and Stockholm, our newly expanded Copenhagen-based team will serve clients
throughout the Nordic region with strategic guidance to address
their talent and leadership needs," said Krishnan Rajagopalan, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Heidrick & Struggles. "Adding the Amrop
Denmark team will further strengthen our ability to serve clients
in the Nordic market with executive search and consulting services
including organization and team effectiveness, leadership
assessment and development, and culture shaping."
Jan N. Lauridsen, Managing
Partner of Heidrick & Struggles Nordic, said: "Our new
colleagues will significantly enhance and complement the expertise
we bring to our clients in Denmark
and throughout the Nordics. Our new consultants are especially
strong in financial services, fintech and technology broadly,
industrial and the public sector, while our legacy Heidrick team is
strong in the industrial, healthcare and life sciences, and
consumer sectors. Additionally, the leadership consulting expertise
of the Amrop Denmark team will benefit from the industry-leading
Accelerating Performance methodology and analytics that Heidrick
has developed, helping us significantly expand our advisory
capabilities throughout the Nordic region."
Peter Christiansen, Managing
Partner of Amrop Denmark, said: "More and more Danish companies
want us to serve them outside Denmark in finding executives for their
international operations. The global footprint and integrated
operations of Heidrick & Struggles provides us with an
excellent opportunity to serve our clients in all parts of the
world with consistency and high-quality service."
About Heidrick & Struggles:
Heidrick &
Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) serves the executive talent and leadership
needs of the world's top organizations as a premier provider of
leadership consulting, culture shaping and senior-level executive
search services. Heidrick & Struggles pioneered the profession
of executive search more than 60 years ago. Today, the firm serves
as a trusted advisor, providing integrated leadership solutions and
helping its clients change the world, one leadership team at a
time. www.heidrick.com.
Contacts:
|
Corinna Christophorou
+44 20 7075 4109
|
Jon Harmon +1
630.815.6586
|
cchristophorou@heidrick.com
|
jharmon@heidrick.com
|
Logo -
http://mma.prnewswire.com/media/563364/Heidrick_Struggles_Logo.jpg