Management

 

The Taplow Group is governed by a Supervisory Board and an Operating Board of Directors. While the Supervisory Board focuses on strategic issues and the Operating Board manages operational day-to-day issues, both work closely together and complement each other for the benefit of all our Partner Firms and clients.

Supervisory Board of Directors
The Supervisory Board supervises the policies of the Operating Board of Directors and the general affairs of the company as well as advises the Operating Board of Directors. In discharging its role, the Supervisory Board is guided by the interests of the company and takes into account the relevant interests of the company's shareholders. The Supervisory Board is responsible for the quality of its own performance. Supervisory Board members are independent and cannot be directly responsible for day-to-day operational issues.

Each Supervisory Board member is capable of assessing the broad outline of the overall policy and has the specific expertise required for the fulfilment of the duties assigned to her/him within the framework of the Supervisory Board profile. The composition of the Supervisory Board is such that it is able to carry out its duties properly.
 

• Establish and safeguard The Taplow Group's vision and mission
• Establish and safeguard The Taplow Group's values
• Establish and amend The Taplow Group's By-laws
• Enhance The Taplow Group's Public Image
• Periodically assess the Operating Board's strategies, decisions, strengths, needs and performance
• Serve as a Court of Appeal.

 

Marios Paras - Chairman (British) Founding Partner
Marios Paras was first appointed to the Board of Management of The Taplow Group as Financial Director and then to the Supervisory Board in 2005. His second term will expire in 2013. He is the Supervisory Board’s Chairman, a member of the audit committee and chairman of the remuneration & nomination committee. Marios Paras has over 25 years of international experience in the HR sector, he is the Managing Director of Rowlands International and Tempo-Team Luxembourg, founder and vice-chairman of the executive board of LPRA, as well a Board member of ESSA and a life chairman of the M&M Ch Paras foundation.

Elwin W. Hannock, III – Vice-Chairman (USA) Founding Partner
Terry Hannock served as the first Chief Operating Officer (COO) in 2002-2004, as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in 2005-2006 and joined the Supervisory Board in 2007. Terry Hannock is the owner and president of Flynn Hannock, LLC, a retained executive search firm. Prior to joining the firm in 1980, Terry Hannock served in a variety of corporate human resource leadership positions. He has served on the Board of Visitors of the Barney School of Business at the University of Hartford, the Board of the Seniors Job Bank, the Board of Trustees of the Williston Northampton School and is a past President of the Human Resources Association of Central Connecticut.

George Griffith (USA) Founding Partner
George Griffith was a Founding Partner. He served as Vice President of Membership from 2002 to 2006. George Griffith subsequently served as Chief Operating Officer and was appointed to the Supervisory Board in 2008 where is term will expire in 2011. George Griffith is an Executive with Citibank.


Operating Board of Directors
The role of the Operating Board of Directors is to manage the company, which means, among other things, that it is responsible for achieving the company's aims, strategy and policy, and results. The Operating Board of Directors is accountable for this to the Supervisory Board and to the general meeting of shareholders. In discharging its role, the Operating Board of Directors is guided by the interests of the company, taking into consideration the interests of the company's shareholders. The Operating Board of Directors provides the Supervisory Board in good time with all information necessary for the exercise of the duties of the Supervisory Board.
 
The Operating Board of Directors is responsible for complying with all relevant legislation and regulations, for managing the risks associated with the company's activities and for financing the company. The Operating Board of Directors reports related developments to and discusses the internal risk management and control systems with the Supervisory Board.
 

• Implement and monitor The Taplow Group's Programs and Services day-to-day.
• Ensure effective Organizational Planning.
• Manage The Taplow Group's resources effectively.
• Organize annual meetings.
• Establish and amend The Taplow Group's By-laws.
• Respect The Taplow Group's By-laws.
• Select the Executive Officers.
• Support the CEO and review his or her performance.
• Enhance The Taplow Group's public image.
• Assess the Board’s own performance.
• Elect Board Members, Directors and Committees.
• Serve as a Court of Appeal.

 

Chris Brassinne – Chief Executive Officer (USA)
Chris Brassinne joined The Taplow Group in 2004 and was appointed to his first term in 2006. He was subsequently re-appointed and his current term will expire in 2012. Chris Brassinne is the current Managing Partner of our BeNeLux offices. Chris Brassinne held several management positions with leading consulting, accounting, industrial and IT companies before being a Management Consulting Partner with Ernst & Young.

Hans Holter-Sorensen – Chief Operating officer (Norway)
Hans is managing partner of our Norwegian company, following many years in Norway’s premier consulting firm he founded Taplow Norway based in Oslo.

Mark Firth - Chief Information Officer (British) Founding Partner
Mark was first appointed to the board as The Taplow Group’s first CEO. Following his three-year tenure, Mark joined the Board of Regional Directors responsible for The UK and Ireland. In 2008, Mark Firth was appointed to the  Operating Board of Directors as Chief Information Officer focusing on Marketing & Communication.

From 1978 onward, Mark joined The Firth Davies Consultancy Ltd, an Executive Search firm, now branded as our Taplow office in London,UK, where he is the Managing Partner.

Regional Advisory Board of Directors
The role of the Regional Advisory Board of Directors is to assist the Operating Board of Directors in the day-to-day operation of the company. 
 

• Be the regional representative of the Operating Board.
• Elect Board Members.
• Organize regional meetings.
• Proactively develop synergies within the region.
• Identify and pre-qualify potential new Partner Firms for Board Review.
• Enhance The Taplow Group's public image.

Helmut Boehler – Europe
Helmut Boehler is one of the founding partners of The Taplow Group. Helmut Boehler has been in the search industry for nearly 30 years prior to which he held Senior HR Director positions with international IT/TC and Retail companies in Germany. Before founding his own international search firm in 1997, he was Boyden International Germany’s General Manager. Helmut is the Managing Partner of the Taplow office in Berlin,Germany.

Steve Schrenzel – North America
Steve Schrenzel was elected Regional Director for North America in 2007. Steve Schrenzel is the CEO of our office in NY, USA, one of the earliest Partners of The Taplow Group. Prior to re-joining The company in the early 1990’s, Steve served in a variety of senior management roles with several global financial services and industrial companies including The LTV Corporation, The Rockefeller Group and ManuLife.

Prior consulting experience included Thomas L. Jacobs & Associates and a predecessor to The Governance Group. A graduate of The University of Illinois, Schrenzel served as a Major in the US Army in a number of global commands. 
 
Tácito M. Bocaiuva – Latin & South America
Tacito is the managing partner of our partners in Brazil, the company is one of Brazil’s formost executive search organisations, Tacito has assisted many international firms grow in Latin Americas fasted growth areas.

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