TORONTO, Jan. 14, 2021 /CNW/ - Retained executive search
firm The Caldwell Partners International Inc. (TSX: CWL) announced
changes to its senior leadership team as the company expands
operations after its merger with IQTalent Partners, a
technology-driven talent acquisition and executive search firm.
John Wallace has relinquished the
role of President of Caldwell, and the Board has appointed
Chris Beck in his place. Mr. Wallace
will continue in his role as Chief Executive Officer of Caldwell
Partners and Mr. Beck will continue in his role as Chief Financial
Officer of Caldwell Partners.
In his expanded role, Mr. Beck will be responsible for all
financial and investor relations functions of the enterprise, and
will provide day-to-day leadership and management of the executive
search business. His chief areas of focus are the firm's growth
strategies, processes and fostering a success-oriented environment
inside the firm. He will also continue to lead Caldwell's
diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
David Windley has been appointed
as President of IQTalent Partners, responsible for the day-to-day
leadership and management of IQTalent Partners and focused on the
firm's continued growth. He will also join Caldwell Partners'
executive leadership team.
Mike Falagario has been appointed
Vice President, Finance of Caldwell Partners, responsible for the
finance and accounting functions of both Caldwell and IQTalent
Partners. He will remain as Corporate Secretary of Caldwell
Partners.
"These changes are part of an overall growth strategy as we
continue to transform into a technology-powered talent acquisition
firm specializing in recruitment at all levels," said John Wallace, chief executive officer of
Caldwell. "By combining our two firms' capabilities, expertise,
network, and resources, our teams will have the ability to
strengthen our client offerings and create a seamless recruiting
experience all the way through the C-suite and the boardroom for
our clients. Chris, David and Mike are experienced Caldwell and
IQTP employees who are well-placed to usher in this exciting new
era of growth for our combined organizations and to ensure that our
teams are able to remain wholly focused on one thing: putting
clients together with the right talent to fuel their success."
These changes are effective immediately.
About Caldwell Partners
Caldwell Partners is a technology-powered talent acquisition
firm specializing in recruitment at all levels.
Caldwell, a retained executive search firm, enables clients
around the world to thrive and succeed by helping them identify,
recruit and retain the best people. Our reputation – 50 years in
the making – has been built on transformative searches across
functions and geographies at the very highest levels of management
and operations. We are a leading licensed certified partner of The
Predictive Index (PI), an award-winning talent optimization
platform with a suite of talent strategy and assessment tools that
– when integrated with our search process – helps clients hire the
right people, then manage and inspire them to achieve maximum
business results as fast as possible.
IQTalent Partners offers consulting, candidate sourcing,
candidate research, and full lifecycle recruiting to its clients.
Using a unique on-demand business model, IQTP augments the client's
in-house talent acquisition team in a partnership without
commissions or long-term contracts. Founded in 2009 with a mission
to find a better, more cost-effective, and efficient way for
organizations and candidates to find a match, the company has
partnered with more than 300 corporations from Fortune 500s to
startups. IQTP's IQTalent Xchange is an original market concept
using advanced artificial intelligence combined with human
expertise to create a passive candidate marketplace. The
proprietary talent exchange platform includes more than 300 million
global professionals, offering clients unprecedented access to the
most qualified candidates.
Caldwell's Common shares are listed on The Toronto Stock
Exchange (TSX: CWL). Please visit our website at
www.caldwellpartners.com for further information.
Forward-Looking Statements
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our objectives, plans or goals also are forward-looking statements.
The Company is subject to many factors that could cause our actual
results to differ materially from those contemplated by the
relevant forward looking statement including, but not limited to,
software that we license from third parties, our ability to
successfully recover from a disaster or other business continuity
issues, successfully integrating or realizing the expected benefits
from our acquisitions, adverse operating issues from acquired
businesses, our ability to attract and retain key personnel;
exposure to our partners taking our clients with them to another
firm; the performance of the US, Canadian and international
economies, including the impact of pandemic diseases; competition
from other companies directly or indirectly engaged in executive
search; liability risk in the services we perform; potential legal
liability from clients, employees and candidates for employment;
cybersecurity requirements, vulnerabilities, threats and attacks;
damage to our brand reputation; our ability to align our cost
structure to changes in our revenue; adverse governmental and tax
law rulings; our ability to generate sufficient cash flow from
operations to support our growth and fund any dividends;
technological advances may significantly disrupt the labour market
and weaken demand for human capital at a rapid rate; foreign
currency exchange rate fluctuations; affiliation agreements may
fail to renew or affiliates may be acquired; marketable securities
valuation fluctuations; increasing dependence on third parties for
the execution of critical functions; volatility of the market price
and volume of our common shares; potential impairment of our
acquired goodwill and intangible assets; and disruption as a result
of actions of certain stockholders or potential acquirers of the
Company. For more information on the factors that could affect the
outcome of forward-looking statements, refer to the "Risk Factors"
section of our Annual Information Form and other public filings
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should be considered carefully, and the reader should not place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Although any
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believes to be reasonable assumptions, we cannot assure readers
that actual results, performance or achievements will be consistent
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may prove to be incorrect. Except as required by Canadian
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date made. The forward-looking statements included herein are
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