NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 17th March 2008 -- Roddy Gow, Chairman of Gow & Partners World Team is pleased to announce that The Jenks Group, a New York based Executive Search firm, has joined Gow’s growing network, working  under one international brand to service global clients.  This new collaboration continues the strategic, focused expansion of Gow & Partners World Team, and broadens the service offerings of both firms.

The Jenks Group was founded in 1994 by Shirley Jenks, specializing in the not-for-profit area. The firm works nationally and internationally with a wide array of museums, historic preservation groups, and other cultural organizations; health and human services causes; and educational institutions.

“Shirley Jenks is extremely well-known in the not-for-profit sector and her arrival to help our initiative in this area is an important development,” commented April Gow, President and Co-Founder. “She and I have worked together on many occasions in the past and look forward to a very successful partnership in the future”.

Managing Director Shirley Ferguson Jenks has been in this sector for nearly 30 years, serving in both staff and consultant capacities with a focus on fundraising and development. She has been a chief development officer with the New York Landmarks Conservancy, the Cultural Council Foundation, the American Craft Museum, and the American academy in Rome.

As a consultant to charitable organizations, Shirley has been Senior Consultant with the New York firm of Goodale Associates. In 1994, she established her own fundraising consulting firm, the Jenks Group, LLC.

“I am delighted to be joining Gow & Partners World Team and to be working with this exciting group of consultants around the world,” said Shirley Jenks in New York.

Gow & Partners World Team, founded in 2002, is a premier global executive search firm specializing in the recruitment of key senior executives and board of director members for international clients.  Headquartered in New York with a global network of offices in London, Chicago, Houston, Washington DC, Brussels, Paris, Istanbul, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Singapore, Dubai and Johannesburg, the firm offers clients in-depth local market intelligence and provides value added advice and world class candidates globally.