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With a population of about 691,000, Luxembourg has assets of over €8 trillion in its investment funds, thirteen EU institutions, and nearly 40% of its employment is made up of individuals who take the train to work from three other countries each morning.

Boards are no longer asking whether AI belongs in executive search. They are asking whether their next CEO can govern it. The real transformation is two-way: AI is reshaping how C-suite leaders are identified and assessed, while the rise of AI is simultaneously redefining what “executive-ready” looks like.

Almost every leadership team in the world is now running AI pilots. Very few believe their organization is actually ready for what comes next. That gap, not the technology itself, is the real story of AI in the workplace today, and it explains why so many well-funded AI initiatives produce impressive demos and unremarkable results on the P&L.

Most conversations around executive search vs contingency recruitment start in the wrong place, with fees, timelines, or which model a competitor used last time.

Most of the global organizations aren’t lacking a strategy; their leaders have different beliefs about the strategy, which are conflicting.

Most people assume global executive search begins with finding candidates. Ask anyone outside the profession what executive recruitment actually involves, and you'll get some version of "they know a lot of people." That's true, and it's also the least interesting part of the job.

Uncertainty, including unsettling inflation, tariff shifts, geopolitical shocks, and an AI wave. This is not a rough patch you manage through. It is the operating environment now, and it has permanently rewritten what you need from your CFO.

Most organisations can point to their best leader. Far fewer can explain, in specific behavioural terms, what that person does differently from someone who is merely competent.

You’ve invested heavily in technology. You’ve hired the right vendors. Yet your digital transformation still feels stuck.

Belgium is a country of fewer than twelve million people that hosts the political capital of Europe, the continent's second-largest port, one of the world's leading semiconductor research institutes, and one of its densest biotech clusters.

The most resilient boards in 2026 are not asking “How many people do we need?” Their questions are: “What capabilities will add value in an AI-powered business model and how will we capture, purchase, borrow or augment these?”

As per a recent research, more than 82% of sitting CFOs have taken on significant new responsibilities in just the past few years, yet most job descriptions for the role still read like an accounting posting from 2015.