verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message aims international industry executive search talent management executive search founded vienna austria 1993 headquarters vienna austria europe revenue eur 82 million 2013 number of employees consultants 353 03.2013 website aimsinternational.com aims international is an executive search and talent management company . their headquarters are based in vienna austria . contents 1 naming and history 2 presidents in historical order 2.1 amateur presidents 2.2 professional presidents 3 rankings 4 organization 5 references 6 external links naming and history edit in 1992 aims was founded by alain nervet france carlos f. ord s spain gerd peter rohde germany kurt schindler switzerland and rod evans uk . the five members signed the foundation protocol in paris march 1 1992 in the escriche hotel . the conversations about the idea of founding a new network took place mainly during the second part of 1992 . the aim of the founders was to master the challenges of the globalisation in the sector of human resources by means of a multi country covering partnership on the one hand and on the other hand to use and maintain the individual strengths of single enterprises . aims international united national personnel consulting firms from different countries which were active primarily in the area of executive search . since november 2004 talent management has been installed as a second common business sector of the partnership . this topic was still focused in 2009 . 1 on may 24 2000 the association was registered as aims associates for international management search verein zur f rderung der zusammenarbeit von internationalen personalberatern . the decision to change the association s name to aims international was taken by the general assembly at the annual general meeting in cape town in 2008 . the application was licensed by the register of associations in autumn 2008 . aims international verein zur f rderung der zusammenarbeit von internationalen personalberatern was founded . presidents in historical order edit amateur presidents edit gerd peter rohde germany rudolf koch switzerland rod evans uk alain nervet france carlos f. ord s spain during the meeting in lisbon held in 1996 the members decided to have a professional president due to the fact that the number of aims members had significantly increased . professional presidents edit partage gustafson sweden christian nitsche austria dan yoleck canada roger cater uk rolf heeb germany daniel ekberg sweden pierangelo favero italy rankings edit the number of partner offices throughout the world has grown rapidly since the foundation of aims . today aims international is at the peak of international personnel consultancy with members in all parts of the world . it was the world s largest global partnership of executive search firms 2006 2 regarding the coverage of countries . with its 92 offices located in more than 45 countries globally in north america latin america europe northern africa south africa the middle east and asia pacific it ranked 1st in the hsz media ranking the global 20 americas leading international search firms issue april 2014 . 3 since 2007 aims international ranks among the top 20 of the largest retained search firms in the world regarding turnover . 4 in the 2009 ranking aims international finished 15th . organization edit aims international is steered by its board of directors . the 8 members of the board of directors are mr. pierangelo favero italy president mr. bernardo entschev brazil vice president and evp americas mr. adarsh matta india evp apac mr. gr goire depeursinge switzerland evp emea ms. cecilia diaz diaz mexico vp south america mr. peter barkhurst germany vp central emea ms. leonie pentz south africa vp south emea and ms. lenka pisackova czech republic vp central east emea . the headquarters focuses on quality management business development and branding issues . international practice groups of industry experts automotive board services energy financial & professional services fmcg & luxury goods industrial it & telecom life sciences talent management references edit heeb rolf . ask the expert . april 16 2009 . esc 100 gumucio pilar . search consult . issue 28 2006 . the largest search firms in the world 2006 hsz media issue april 2014 . the global 20 americas leading international search firms april 2014 kennedy information . april 2009 . executive recruiter news external links edit aims international homepage search consult homepage kennedy information executive recruiter news retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aims international & oldid 739590886 categories executive search firmshidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2011all articles needing additional references navigation 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