Pedersen & Partners is celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2021. With 54 wholly-owned offices across 50 countries, the executive search firm was founded in Prague and Warsaw in January 2001. Over two decades, Pedersen & Partners has continued to grow as a highly collaborative, values-driven and dynamic firm. The firm restated its commitment to its founding values on its landmark anniversary: Trust, Relationship and Professionalism. These three pillars have facilitated the firm’s rise: from the early days of two offices and a vision, to today’s extensive footprint with over 350 executive search professionals providing on-the-ground presence across five continents.
Poul Pedersen, Founder and Executive Chairman, Pedersen & Partners, said, “Back in 2001, just over a decade after the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), there was an opportunity in the market. Multinationals wanted an executive search firm with wholly-owned offices across CEE, rather than dealing with network organisations or search firms trying to cover CEE from Western Europe. The clients wanted one account manager who could work with them across CEE, and at the same time, on-the-ground consultants who know the local market. By 2007, we had become the leading executive search firm in CEE and started to replicate that vision across other regions of the world.”
Gary Williams, CEO, Pedersen & Partners, echoed these sentiments and said, “Our highly collaborative culture and shared values have supported our growth during the past 20 years … In early 2020, we launched our revamped Global Practice Groups to provide our clients with Industry and Domain expertise, coupled with our deep geographic experience in growth markets, to drive holistic value to our clients through our approach of ‘Best Team Forward’.”
Paul Arkwright
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