Excellence in all areas and functions is essential for companies in order to achieve and sustain industry leadership.

There is a pressure on leaders to rethink and improve the business processes connected with their functional area to secure profitability and growth. Thus never before has there been such a critical need for high-performing leaders who possess the ability to think differently and adapt to new conditions.

The Board of Directors, Chief Executive and Corporate Officers, and Country and Divisional Management, all face a wide spectrum of business challenges, just as senior and middle management from marketing to operations is experiencing an increasing stream of demands and pressures.

Each position makes its own specific demands on educational and professional qualifications and experience in the same way as successful leadership requires different personal attributes and skills, and different positions require different personal qualifications. Research and development leaders have to combine patience with brilliance while maintaining a strong focus on reducing time to market in the search for the best solution for innovative product ideas. Sales and marketing leaders need to combine powerful communication skills with a result-oriented business mind in order to secure higher profitability and market shares.

At Friis International we recognize the critical necessity of having in-depth experience in assessing and recruiting leaders in a broad array of areas and functions in order to build leadership teams with complementary competences.

Over the years we have assessed and recruited outstanding leaders who have shown remarkable results in a wide range of management positions.

Typical functions for which we perform assignments are:

• Board of Directors
• President & CEO
• Finance
• Operations
• Sales & Marketing
• Service & After-Sales
• Supply Chain
• Technology