Industrial and Manufacturing

With his extensive experience in the financial sector, in 2000, Rudolf began his career as an executive search practitioner where he focuses on managing assignments within the industrial, financial services, and private equity sectors.

Early in his career, Rudolf held a number of positions with the IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG in both Hamburg and Düsseldorf. While there, Rudolf gained extensive experience in corporate banking, corporate finance, product marketing, change management and due diligence for private equity funds.

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.

Paul-Werner, founder of EMA Partners Germany, retired in 2015 and is now acting as an adviser. He specialises in searches in the fields of private equity, consultancies, alternative energy, supervisory board members and family owned companies.

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.

Josefina is a Certified Coach by Newfield Consulting; Associated Certified-Meta-Coach by International Society of Neuro-Semantics; Executive Coach by Salom Change Dynamics; is a designated Team Coach by CCE International Coach Federation; and she has a Birkman Method Certification. She actively participates in career coaching and mentoring programs with executives.

Koichi is an Executive Advisor in Tokyo for the Board & CEO, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Energy & Natural Resource Practices. Concurrently, he serves for a few global energy companies as a board member and is one of the original members of Geniisis in San Francisco that represents people of “genius” such as the heads of major R&D centres, star professors and Nobel prize-winners from the global market.

Chris Reece has been active in the world of Strategic Leadership and Human Capital Management for more than twenty-five years.

Chris supports the New York & Boston offices of EMA Partners. He has conducted over 250 executive searches and numerous organisational assessments and executive and management assessments. Chris has conducted assignments in all functional areas with an emphasis on executive and general management level searches. These organisations have ranged in size from entrepreneurial start-ups to billion dollar corporations.

Danny Zhang has 20 years of experience as an Executive Search practitioner. He also specializes in Talent Mapping, and Business Strategy in the IT, Internet, Manufacturing and Hospitality industries. Over the years, he has worked closely for recruitment with Fortune 500 companies and large private enterprises for positions in top Management, to head sectors like Legal, Human Resources, Sales & Marketing, and Supply Chain, amongst others. 

Alex is the Managing Partner in Tokyo responsible for Consumer, Retail & Services, Industrial (consisting of Performance & Specialty Chemicals), Food Ingredients, Building & Construction, and a member of Government & Non-Profit Practices. He specialises in Management Search & C-suite Retained Recruiting Services.

María Isabel Luna Kanematsu is a Managing Partner. She has experience working across industries and functional area including, Bruno Ferrini-Clarks Groups & Florsheim, Textile ALV, Citibank and Profuturo AFP. She is also a part-time faculty member for Human Resources Management, Training and Development, and Human Resources Processes at the University of Lima.