Nigeria Joins IRC Alliance
Leading Edge Consulting, based in Lagos, Nigeria, has identified with IRC Global Executive Search Partners in a partnership deal that will enable the consulting firm to serve its client globally.
Announcing the new partnership, Managing Director and CEO of Leading Edge Consulting, Dr Ije Jidenma, said: “Nigeria is the largest economy in Africa with the population of 170 million.
She added: “Considering continued growth and diversification in areas such as oil production and agriculture, there is a vast potential for cross border talent search. Our firm also recognizes increasing cross border activities particularly across West Africa, East Africa and other parts of the world where Nigerian companies increasingly have footprints.”
All these developments, the statement added, have immense potential, expanding the cross border executive search requirements.
President of the Board of IRC Global Executive Search Partners, Patrick Westerburger, said: “Nigeria brings our global alliance to 79 offices cementing IRC’s position in top five executive search firms globally. We are pleased that we can offer our clients first class executive search services in one of the most important economies on the African continent. Besides giving us a stronger footprint in Africa, the Nigerian office is bringing deep sector expertise in a range of industries, including financial services, industrial, professional services, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and energy.”
“Becoming a member firm with shared purpose and values is something we greatly cherish as an opportunity not only to uphold the tenets in professional practice, but also a veritable platform to contribute to thought leadership in this vital area. Being globally connected and locally committed at the cutting edge brings unquantifiable value to our clients and to the environment from which we operate”, Jidenma said.
IRC Nigeria is one of Nigeria’s leading Executive Search and Management Consultancy firms based in Lagos. With a PhD in Psychology with specialization in Psychometrics and more than 30 years of working experience in Human Resources and Management in corporations such as PWC and Merchant Bank of Africa, Jidenma has been leading her firm since 2000. With two offices in Lagos, IRC Nigeria serves clients in private and public sectors across all industries as well as international NGOs and multilateral organisations.
Its retained executive search and selection service has remained its flagship offering due to its in depth and exhaustive assessment and selection methodology. Leading Edge pioneered the Training and Certification of Human Resources practitioners in occupational testing together with the Psychological Corporation United Kingdom in the late nineties and has remained a firm of choice via referrals for top-level recruitment.
IRC Global Executive Search Partners is a global professional alliance of executive search firms, united in their commitment to provide the highest possible standards in management recruitment services.
With a growing roster of leading executive search firms across Europe, Middle East, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia, IRC Global Executive Search Partners has more than 300 accomplished executive search professionals in 79 offices across six continents.