| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Executive Search |
| Founded | Vienna, Austria (1993) |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria, Europe |
| Key people | Rolf Heeb President John Poracky Executive Vice President AMERICAS Vanessa Moriel Executive Vice President APAC Judit Simonyi Executive Vice President EMEA |
| Revenue | EUR € 80 million (2008) |
| Employees | Consultants 350 (2011) |
| Website | aims-international.net |
AIMS International is a consultancy and talent management company based in Austria.
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In 1993 AIMS was founded by Alain Nervet (France), Carlos F. Ordás (Spain), Gerd-Peter Rohde (Germany), Kurt Schindler (Switzerland) and Rod Evans (UK). The exactly AIMS foundation date was March 1, 1993, and the foundation protocol was signed in Paris, in the Escriche Hotel, by the five members mentioned above.
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 globalization 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 is still focused in 2009.[1].
On May 24, 2000, the association was registered as AIMS - Associates for International Management Search Verein zur Förderung der Zusammenarbeit von internationalen Personalberatern. The association is headquartered in Vienna. 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 Förderung der Zusammenarbeit von internationalen Personalberatern was founded.
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.
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. Its more than 90 offices are located in more than 50 countries globally, in North America, Latin America, Europe, Northern Africa, South Africa, the Middle East and Asia/Pacific. Since 2007 AIMS International ranks among the top 20 of the largest retained search firms in the World regarding turnover.[3] In the 2009 Ranking AIMS International finished 15th.
AIMS International is steered by its Board of Directors and its President Mr. Rolf Heeb. The 6 members of the Board of Directors are Mr. Mika Hiltunen, Mr. Per Kaalby, Mr. Jean Frey and the 3 Executive VPs Mr. John Poracky, Mrs. Vanessa Moriel, Mrs. Judit Simonyi.
The headquarters focus on Quality Management, Business Development and Branding Issues.
International Practice Groups of industry experts: