IRC Global Executive Search Partners

IRC Global Executive Search Partners is a worldwide alliance of executive search firms, whose website now presents the network under the name Kestria. It recruits senior people for organisations in many regions, using local partner firms in each market.

What IRC Global Executive Search Partners does

• Executive search: finds candidates for leadership roles across all business functions.
• Local partner offices: member firms handle searches in their own countries, including India, the UAE, Egypt, Germany, Malaysia, Vietnam, South Africa and the Czech Republic.
• Sector coverage: banking and financial services, energy and infrastructure, healthcare and life sciences, not-for-profit, consumer and retail, industrial production and professional services.
• Diversity searches: the Indian member firm describes a focus on hard-to-find diverse talent.

Clients

Employers hiring at chief-executive and other senior levels, from heavy industry to technology, in markets served by its member firms.

Key facts

• Structure: an alliance of independent local firms rather than a single office.
• India member: established in 1989 and described as an early executive search firm in the country.
• Positioning: describes itself as the largest executive search alliance.