IRC Recruitment presents a new member firm in Mexico

04.09.2008: Qualifind elected as an exclusive partner firm in Mexico

Continuing its expansion strategy in the Americas region, IRC Recruitment, a leading global alliance of executive search firms, has selected Qualifind, one of the leading search firms in Mexico, as its exclusive member firm in Mexico. The IRC Recruitment Board unanimously selected Qualifind at its recently concluded board meeting held in Toronto. With Qualifind, IRC Recruitment’s global reach extends to 55 offices across the world, providing greater flexibility for its clients to engage IRC Recruitment’s executive search services in almost every major business location in the world.

“We’re delighted to add the exceptionally experienced recruiting consultants from Qualifind to our global IRC Recruitment team,” says President of IRC Recruitment Executive Board Mathias Friedrichs.

“Qualifind is specialized in the search and selection of talented professionals and the firm has developed a reputation for finding and choosing highly qualified business leaders capable of contributing significantly to a management team’s success,” Friedrichs said following Qualifind’s recent election to IRC Recruitment membership.

Qualifind is one of the leading search firms in Mexico with significant presence on the west coast of the USA through their office in San Diego. With leading names on their client list, Qualifind has a team of 5 consultants in Mexico and 7 consultants in San Diego, California serving clients from a wide variety of industry segments.

Qualifind’s leadership team includes Fernando Espinosa, its Senior Managing Partner and head of Mexican operations and Warren R. Carter, Senior Managing Partner and head of the San Diego office.
 
Warren Carter, Qualifind’s founder and Senior Managing Partner stated, “We are excited about joining IRC Recruitment. We found alignment with the values and professional standards of IRC Recruitment’s other member firms. Our client base includes European, Asian, and North American businesses operating in Mexico and our new affiliation with IRC Recruitment will add value to client needs that transcend our market in Mexico. Qualifind Senior Managing Partner, Fernando Espinosa added that, “As our firm has grown from a regional search leader to becoming a leading firm for all of Mexico, we believe that a membership with IRC Recruitment will give us greater global visibility and I have found great synergy with the IRC Recruitment partner firms that I have gotten to know and I’m looking forward to collaborating with them”.

About IRC Recruitment
IRC Recruitment, founded in 1993, is an established name in the global executive search industry with a track record of over 20,000 completed assignments for approximately 500 plus clients in almost every conceivable industry segment, ranging from middle market companies to large multinationals. IRC Recruitment’s worldwide clients enjoy the advantage of working with local firms in almost 30 countries providing them access to the necessary local market knowledge, the agility of boutique firms and the global reach of a large international firm.
With a growing roster of leading executive search firms across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia, IRC Recruitment has embarked upon a very aggressive expansion strategy during the last two years. Ranked amongst the world’s 20 largest retained search firms, IRC Recruitment has been providing consistent and high-performance executive search solutions to its clients.

About Qualifind
Qualifind was founded in 1999 and was initially focused on sourcing managerial talent for manufacturing organizations in Mexico.  The firm has since grown into a full service executive search firm with branch offices in Mexico City and Monterrey serving manufacturing (maquiladora), alternative energy, consumer products/retail, real estate, construction, information technology, and healthcare markets in Mexico.