Hudson RPO buys Dubai-based Striver
Hudson RPO buys Dubai-based Striver
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Hudson RPO, a recruitment process outsourcing provider that is part of Hudson Global Inc. (NASDAQ: HSON), announced the acquisition of Striver, a Dubai-based executive search organization.
The announcement follows Hudson RPO’s acquisition last month of Dubai-based Executive Solutions, which provides recruitment process outsourcing.
Hudson RPO said the new acquisition of Striver strengthens the group’s executive search function on a global scale.
The firm’s executive search efforts in the region will be led by Striver’s founder and current CEO, Toby Simpson, who will take on the role of managing director, executive search at Hudson RPO.
Simpson has extensive experience in executive and non-executive searches in investment banking, asset management and private equity, largely for portfolio companies across a wide range of sectors. He has worked throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council, partnering with boards across investment, private sector and government ventures. He previously worked with Recruitment Entrepreneur and The Gulf Recruitment Group.
“The dynamic nature of the business environment in the Middle East calls for true partnership with clients, offering more intelligent solutions that comprise excellence, value and a more supportive framework of capabilities that help ambitious businesses attract and retain the best leadership on the global market,” Simpson said in a press statement.
“I believe that our team, with decades of appreciation of the culture and dynamics of this market, combined with Hudson RPO’s global support and research platform, will allow us to make a big difference for our clients in the region.”
“We are pleased to continue to expand and enhance our offering in the executive search space,” said Hudson RPO Global Chief Executive Jake Zabkowicz. “This furthers our ability to become and remain a core strategic partner for our clients as we assist them in putting the right people in place at all levels of their organizations to develop and execute a winning business strategy.”
Further financial details were not disclosed.