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About Us

Amrop The Netherlands helps clients to look beyond the limits of their future. By providing the leadership for what’s next. Amrop helps businesses set new horizons by providing leaders that enable the company to steer into the next phase. The time when organizations were one-dimensional is gone. The ‘next’ requires diverse, multi-disciplinary boardrooms with hybrid leaders. Evolution is a team effort! Amrop has designed the principles of matchmaking accordingly. We believe in transcending sector disciplines by combining competences. For each client we assign the optimal cross sector coalition, teaming up with the international network to expand our horizon.

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About Amrop Global

We are one of the world’s largest leadership and executive search consultancies, with office in more than 50 countries and a global team of more than 500 professionals.

Over the past 45 years, we have built a reputation for our focus on quality, talent and agility. At the heart of our business is a deep connection with our clients. Our goal is simple - to help our clients shape sustainable success and be prepared for ‘what’s next’.

Our partnership is distinctive, created over many years by bringing together top local independent search firms across the world. Our strength lies in our collective expertise and track record, rooted in local responsibility and spanning a global network of senior consultants.

Leaders For What's Next

Amrop has a vast track record in helping organizations to navigate change. Leadership for what’s next can be seen as alchemy; each organization needs exactly the right mix of leaders to enter a new phase. We provide a range of boardroom and leadership solutions to accommodate each situation. Transformation needs agility, determination and stamina. We are in it for the long run, and we always stand right beside our clients; we know their business, we know their playing field, we know them and we know which type of leadership they need to shift gears. We are entrepreneurs just like our clients; forward looking and wired to go the extra mile. We are Amrop and we’re always on the lookout for what’s next.

 

 

  • We are forward looking. We constantly look ahead, providing valuable insights to help you attract and retain senior leaders with the vision and drive to help you transform your organization.
  • We are connected. Wherever you are, you are at the heart of our network, connected to experts on the ground in your markets and to a world of leaders who fit your enterprising culture.
  • We are agile. Focused on the unique needs of our clients, we work collaboratively, efficiently and flexibly to provide change-ready leaders who prepare your business for what comes next.

Our History

Amrop is proud to be one of the world's largest international retained executive search networks with the widest geographical coverage in the industry. 2017 marked a milestone in our history as we celebrated the 40th anniversary of our partnership - built on the philosophy that every business, every oppertunity, every candidate and every market is unique and should be treated that way. 

Milestones

  • 1977: Four entrepreneurial retained executive search firms in France, Italy, the UK and the USA united to create a network to serve clients with increasingly international needs for talent. It was called Amrop International. Within a year, Switzerland, the Benelux and Germany joined the growing organization.The founders had strong reputations and adhered to the same rigorous international professional standards and commitment to quality. They shared a flexible and client-centered approach to search. Above all, they each brought deep knowledge of their local markets, befitting firms that had built their businesses there. More than 40 years later, the spirit that characterized Amrop's pioneers continues to drive our organization's entrepreneurial culture. 
  • 1978: Switzerland, the Benelux and Germany join the growing organisation.
  • 1980s: Amrop expands into Asia and South Africa.
  • 1990s: Amrop expanded its footprint outside the US and Europe, partnering with firms in Latin America, Asia and Africa. 
  • 2000: Amrop International merges with The Hever Group, who share the same values, propelling it into the Top 7 worldwide executive search firms
  • 2009: The Amrop Hever Group rebrands as Amrop. This strategic move reflected our strengths as a progressive, cohesive and context-driven global executive search organization.
  • 2011: Amrop forged a partnership with leading business school IMD, and launched its Trusted Advisor Program under the umbrella of Amrop University, to strengthen the development of our Partners and Consultants, our key asset.
  • 2012: Launch of Amrop’s strapline ‘Leaders for What’s Next’
  • 2016: Amrop expands its offering beyond retained executive search and launches Leadership Services and Board Advisory practices.
  • 2017: Amrop defined its new Mission: Shaping Sustainable Success Through Inspiring Leaders, together with 6 Values: Agility, Curiosity, Excellence, Inclusion, Caring and Ethics. In the same year, Amrop marked its landmark 40th anniversary.
  • 2020: Amrop walks the diversity talk, with 8 Board directors from 8 nationalities, including 3 female directors and its first female Chair
  • 2021: Amrop concludes a strategic partnership with JM Search - a premium executive search firm in the USA
  • 2022: Amrop's 45th anniversary

For four decades, Amrop had been advising dynamic organizations on identifying Leaders for What's Next - adept at working across borders, in markets around the world. Looking formward, we will continue expand our ability to access leading knowledge and talent from local markets, working to the very highest standards of global excellence. 

 

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