PEDERSEN & PARTNERS opens office in Cairo, Egypt

PEDERSEN & PARTNERS opens office in Cairo, Egypt

• 02.12.2010

Pedersen & Partners, the leading international executive search firm, has opened a new office in Cairo, Egypt, maintaining its commitment to further expand in Middle East & Africa. Ahmad M. Ismail has been appointed Country Manager for Egypt.

Ismail brings a wealth of experience and market knowledge gained from the management consulting sector. He was an Executive Manager at Ernst & Young, heading the Performance Improvement unit in Egypt. Prior to that, he was a founding partner and a senior member of Integrated Marketing Solutions (IMS), Integrated Education Solutions (IES) and Business Development Solutions (BDS) since their establishment in 1996.

In the course of his career, he provided consulting services in areas such as executive recruitment, human capital and organisational development, market studies and industry research, professional training and executive coaching, as well as strategic management.

Michael Al-Nassir, Partner in charge of the Middle East, Africa & India (MEAI) region commented on the event: “We have been closely following the developments in North Africa and saw that our clients in the Gulf and Europe were looking to capitalise on the opportunities presented by this region and its maturing and mobile executive talent. That is why we want to provide our clients with local presence in Egypt, combining our broad international coverage with local market knowledge in order to support them in executive recruitment needs. With such an experienced manager heading our Cairo office, we believe our clients will continue receiving highly competent and professional advice.”

Ismail holds a BA in Economics with a Minor in Computer Sciences, a postgraduate diploma in HR Management from the American University in Cairo, and an MBA from Maastricht School of Management in Netherlands. He is also a fellow member of the Academy of Marketing Science. Ismail speaks native Arabic and fluent English.

The Cairo office address is:
146 Road 27
5th Settlement,
New Cairo, Egypt
T +20 10 5000 911
E: Cairo@pedersenandpartners.com