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Stuart Gentle Publisher at Onrec

Horton Internationalís Global Partners Meet in San Francisco

Horton International held its annual Global Partnerís meeting in San Francisco on April 27-28, 2007 with 55 representatives from 20 countries in attendance

Horton International held its annual Global Partnerís meeting in San Francisco on April 27-28, 2007 with 55 representatives from 20 countries in attendance.

Robin Billen, Horton International Australia, Global Chairman led the meeting. Reports on regional operations were presented by Regional Directors, John Slater-Europe, Bob Lo-Asia Pacific and Bob Gilchrist-Americas. All reported significant growth in revenues and consultants during the past year.

The Chairman welcomed Alvaro Camarena, a new partner who is opening an office in Guadalajara, Mexico, and David Kim, who is interested in opening an office in Seoul, Korea.

A highlight of the conference was discussion on the continuing development and growth of global industry practice groups. Established practice groups are in the Automotive, Financial Services, Life Sciences, and Media and Printing industries. ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) and, Fashion and Retail are recently formed groups. Presentations were also made by task forces formed to address the areas of communications and quality.

Author and speaker Joseph McCool delivered an excellent assessment of the executive search industry and Horton Internationalís position in the industry.

Horton International (www.horton-intl.com) is a retained executive search firm which recruits senior-level management for all industries. The firmís practice is global in scope and has international offices in 40 locations in Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas.