Technology and Communications

Marie Guillot is Managing Partner of the EMA Partners Houston office and has been a leader in retained executive search since 2007, following a 20-year career in industry as an executive in high-growth private and public companies. Marie has conducted over 700 executive search assignments including Board & C-Suite, VP, and Director roles for companies operating both domestically and internationally.

Bachelor’s Degree of Business Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Her early career began in commercial and marketing areas in the financial and industrial sector, both in Chile and Brazil.

Since 1999 she is working in human resources consulting, compensation studies, primarily relating to the executive role.

In 2005, starts getting involved in executive search services and opinion studies.

Cecilia is the Founding Partner of TestaNova, focusing on customers´ needs throughout an integral service and shared business vision.

Kathy began her career early as a HR in the IT industry. Following this, she has over 20 years of experience in Executive Search, with a focus on IT, Retail and Luxury industries. She has conducted assignments for Fortune 500 MNC's in China and Globally , to support her clients across industry sectors, in all functional areas ranging from director level to C-suites.

Kathy has an MBA degree from Aston Business School in the UK and is a Bachelor of Computer Science. She is also a nationally registered Psychological Consultant in China.

Prakash co-founded EMA Partners India in 2003, and serves as its Managing Partner. He works closely with clients in the Industrial, Life Sciences & Healthcare sectors across EMA Partners offices in India. His deep expertise in these areas has anchored numerous searches to identify business line and functional leadership. Prakash has conducted numerous technical searches in niche areas within these domains. He works closely with private equity investors to build leadership teams for their portfolio companies.

Phil’s specialist practice areas include Energy and Natural Resources, Board and CEO Services, Industrial, Financial Services and Global Technology and Communications.

Phil started his recruitment career in 1993 before founding his own search firm in 2000. He has helped hundreds of businesses across all sectors to identify and recruit senior-level talent throughout the UK.

Phil is a well-known figure in the UK Executive Search Industry and is regularly quoted in the UK media. He is a graduate engineer with a Master’s Degree in Control with Information Technology.

As Managing Partner, Henrik leads executive searches across industries and functional groups for both Finnish and international companies.

Henrik joined EMA Partners Finland in 2001 as a Senior Consultant. He has previously held senior roles as CFO and CEO for one of Scandinavia’s leading IT wholesaling companies. 

He is fluent in Finnish, Swedish, English, and German.

Monica began her career in marketing at Procter & Gamble (Health & Beauty Division) and Johnson Wax.

In 1989, she entered the brand communications consulting world with McCann Erickson, one of the IPG Group agencies. She supported their primary clients by developing and deploying their communication strategies and advertising projects. In 1998, she opened Calenti & Partners, originally a boutique HR firm specialising in marketing and communication talent searches.

Monica is an ICF certified coach and a certified counsellor.

Lucrecia Airaldi founded Airaldi Smart Human Connections in 2007 and is its Managing Partner. Her specialities are Executive Search, Industry Specific Candidate Benchmarketing, Talent Mapping and Career Coaching.

More than 17 years ago, Lucrecia started a career as Head Hunter & Executive Search Consultant working with strong local firms such as Alex Pitasi & Associates and Bureau Consultants. In time she became a well-known professional among top consultants in specific markets and in 2007 founded Airaldi Smart Human Connections.