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Tuesday, March 09 2021 - 13:39
AsiaNet
Markus Wiesner to Lead Heidrick & Struggles' Consulting Business in Asia Pacific and the Middle East Region
HONG KONG and DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Heidrick & Struggles ( 
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) (Nasdaq: HSII) has appointed Markus Wiesner ( 
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) as Heidrick Consulting's Regional Managing Partner for Asia Pacific and the 
Middle East region. He will take over from Ian Johnston who served as the APAC 
Heidrick Consulting Lead for the past two years and will continue to focus on 
driving growth and market share for the firm upon his return to Europe. This 
change was effective 1 March 2021.

Based between Dubai and Singapore, Markus had been the Managing Partner of 
Heidrick Consulting's Global Growth Markets for four years before being 
appointed to this role. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, he was CEO for 
the Middle East and Africa at Aon Hewitt. He also spent nine years at Mercer, 
overseeing operations in the Middle East and, before that, Austria. Markus has 
20 years' consulting experience and has spent the last 12 years in the Middle 
East, advising C-suite executives and boards on strategic organizational and HR 
issues.

Andrew LeSueur ( 
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), Global Managing Partner, Heidrick Consulting, said, "Markus has shown 
tremendous ability in growing client relationships and scaling our consulting 
business. We are looking forward to his leadership and having him continue to 
develop and implement the go-to-market strategy and operating model for our 
consulting business in Asia Pacific, along with his ongoing responsibilities in 
the Middle East and emerging markets. Markus' ability to connect clients' 
strategic needs with the firm's ability to deliver our expertise in both search 
and consulting makes him ideally suited for this role."

Markus added, "I am excited to take the reins of the fast-growing Asia Pacific 
and Middle East regions of our consulting business. I hope to continue working 
closely with our search and consulting colleagues to expand our capabilities 
and work with leaders and boards to build organizations that thrive." 

About Heidrick & Struggles
Heidrick & Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII) serves the senior-level talent and 
leadership needs of the world's top organizations as a trusted advisor across 
executive search, leadership assessment and development, organization and team 
effectiveness, and culture shaping services. Heidrick & Struggles pioneered the 
profession of executive search more than 60 years ago. Today, the firm provides 
integrated leadership solutions to help our clients change the world, one 
leadership team at a time.(R) www.heidrick.com 

Media contact:
Lillian Lee 
llee@heidrick.com
 
SOURCE  Heidrick & Struggles 

 

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