NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 8th February 2007 – MKG & Partners, an Executive Search boutique headquartered in Istanbul, becomes a Gow & Partners member and continues the growing trend for the firm.

MKG & Partners, the first boutique firm to provide Executive Search and Leadership Audit & Assessment services to a wide range of clients in Turkey, is the second recent addition to the Gow & Partners World Team. 

“I think that past performance is a good indicator for the future success of a company and that is why I believe in Roddy Gow and his vision for Gow & Partners” said Murat Kaan Guneri, Managing Partner and founder of MKG & Partners, in a telephone interview today from Istanbul.  “We worked together in the nineties under the same roof for what was at the time the fastest growing Executive Search company of its kind.  I believe that in ten years the Gow & Partners team will have experienced similar growth, and by consistently addressing the changing dynamics and needs of the business world will have become the highest quality search network of its kind.  We are all motivated by and believe in innovation and creation, and this will allow us to realize our vision.”

Murat Guneri’s proven track record as an entrepreneur – he set up the highly successful Turkish office of Amrop International in 1996 and his own firm a few years later – made him a particularly attractive partner in the key Europe, Midde East and Africa market.  “Murat is a dedicated and highly energetic search consultant whose work is consistently of the highest standard,” commented Roddy Gow.  “His enthusiasm and belief in our world team is of great value, and his joining extremeley timely as our group continues to expand and welcome new members.  Murat will help us considerably in executing our plans for the next few years.”

MKG & Partners is a retained search firm focusing heavily on Executive and non-Executive level placements with particular search expertise in knowledge-based industries such as Information Communication Technology.  Gow & Partners was founded in 2002 and is a premier boutique offering clients in-depth local market intelligence and providing outstanding advice and world class candidates globally. Gow & Partners is headquartered in New York and maintains a network of offices in London, Chicago, Houston, Brussels, Istanbul, Hong Kong and Johannesburg.