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President

Mr. Rolf Heeb

AIMS International-Germany GmbH, Germany Austria

PhotoStudies in Business Administration (Dipl.-Betriebswirt) 2 years with a leading German Audit and Management Consulting Company as Junior Management Consultant, (Kontinentale Treuhand-Gesellschaft GmbH, Dusseldorf) 6 years with a leading international Audit and Management Consulting Company as Manager, (Arthur Andersen & Co., Düsseldorf and Chicago) 4 years with a leading German Management Consulting and Headhunting Company as Managing Director, (Baumgartner+Partner GmbH, Sindelfingen) Since 1983 with IFM Institut fur Managementberatung GmbH, Neuss as Founder, Partner and Managing Director Member of the board of public companies and professional management consulting institutes, Board Member of the German professional Institut for Management Consultants (BDU) since 1990. Founder and Managing Director of AIMS International-Germany GmbH and President and Board Member of AIMS International.

Vice-President

Mr. John Poracky

M. Wood Company, USA Austria

PhotoJohn Poracky, newly appointed Vice President of AIMS International and the original Regional Head of the Board for the Americas region, is a Senior Partner with M. Wood Company, a US based executive search and consulting firm.  Before joining M. Wood Company in 1988, he held senior leadership positions in the banking, financial services and information technology industries with companies including Bank of America and Deloitte & Touche.  Poracky’s career spans more than 25 years in strategic development, operations management, consulting, marketing and executive search.

Member

Mr. Svein Iversen

AIMS International Norway, Norway Austria

PhotoSvein J. Iversen,  newly appointed EMEA Board Member, is the Founder and co-owner of AIMS International-Norway. Before founding the company he was Senior Partner with InterSearch and Right Management Consultants after holding the position of General Manager Mammoet Shipping and Smit International in Norway.

Member

Mrs. Judit Simonyi

AIMS-Magyarorszag Kft. Hungary Austria

PhotoJudit Simonyi is the interim Regional Head of EMEA until the regional election will be celebrated during the next EMEA meeting to take place in Zurich in November 2007. Judit is an active member of AIMS Board since 2006 and co-founder and Managing Partner of Simonyi & Tóth Kft., Hungary.

Member

Mrs. Houria Grana

AIMS International Belgium, Belgium Austria

PhotoManaging Director and Senior Consultant of AIMS Belgium; graduated in HR Management and social law; 18 years in the HR Management and Consulting

Member

Mr. Jean Frey

AIMS Switzerland Ltd. Switzerland Austria

PhotoJean Frey was born in 1952. He has studied as an Engineer and an Economist and has occupied several positions as CEO (trade), Sales Manager Europe (investment goods) and Director (wholesale). Jean Frey has specific experience in the selection of executives for positions as CEO, CFO, COO and specialist functions in sales, marketing and finance. His industry-specific experience is in construction and construction materials, engineering companies, investment and consumer goods, as well as finance. Jean Frey speaks German, French and English.

Member

Mrs. Vanessa Moriel

AIMS China / Human Capital Partners China Austria

PhotoThroughout her international career in Europe, Asia and the Americas, Vanessa Moriel’s has helped a number of firms in the Retail, Energy, and Automotive/Industrial sectors build strong teams. For more than a decade, she has been conducting executive searches in Asia and the Greater China region helping some of the world’s largest multinationals extend or turn around their operations. She and her team have been some of the pioneers in executing global, multi-country and regional searches for clients located in Asia. Ms. Moriel lived over 10 years in Asia. Almost 7 of those years were spent in Shanghai where she founded Human Capital Partners (HCP), an executive search company, in 2004. HCP quickly became one of the leading players for searches in Automotive/Industrial, Energy and Retail sectors in China.

In 2008, she became the Asia-Pacific Board Member for AIMS International and moved to Hong Kong. Starting in 2000, she was the Head of Executive Search for China with Fiducia Management Consultants where she built, recruited, trained and grew the China team. Prior to joining the executive search business, Vanessa worked as a consultant with Proudfoot, getting hands-on experience with the whole range of activities in B to B and B to C companies from purchasing, production, and quality, to maintenance, distribution and sales. She helped restructure firms in the Americas where she has worked with companies operating in a variety of fields including: paper, textiles, wharehousing, maintenance, shipping, tabacco, alcohol, ready to wear, retail, homeware, automotive, food, and pharma. Earlier in her career, Vanessa worked for Frito-Lay (PepsiCo) in Mexico where she was charged with monitoring, evaluating and forecasting business results which enabled management to take strategic decisions. Vanessa's experiences with Schlumberger - Coiled Tubing, one of the world's largest oil and gas engineering firms managing day-to-day operations on the field with the engineering team have given her the right tools to understand the intricacies of technologically advanced engineering projects. Her work with Schlumberger brought her to England for training. She was later based in Vechta, Germany.

Vanessa Moriel Studied Chemical Engineer at the Institute of Technology and Superior Studies of Monterrey. She was also a student at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada and at the University of Stuttgart, in Germany. She has published a number of articles in international magazines on challenges with recruiting and retaining key staff in China. She is fluent in German, Spanish and English. As a child, she also lived in Grenoble, France for a short time. Founded in 2004 by Vanessa Moriel, Human Capital Partners quickly became one of the leading executive search companies in China. The firm focuses on:

1).Energy and renewables

2).Retail & luxury

3). Automotive/Industrial.

In 2007, HCP integrated AIMS international, the world's largest executive search organization. Human Capital Partners has been a leading provider of executive search solutions mainly supporting global firms in their China and Asia operations. Our regional offices are staffed with a blended team of Chinese and Western professionals dedicated to recruiting talents and tailor their approach to the specific needs of our clients. Our practice specializes in Senior global, regional (Asia-Pacific) and country appointments in Management, Finance, Human Resources, Sales, R&D and Operations, with dedicated practice sectors in Retail & Luxury, Energy and Automotive/Industrial. With a comprehensive technical expertise and experiential know-how of the local and global business environment, we are committed to deliver placements that fit and stay.