NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 17th April 2008 -- Gow & Partners World Team is pleased to announce that Positive Moves, a leading Asian executive search firm has joined Gow’s growing network, serving global clients with one international brand.  This new addition continues the strategic, focused expansion of the group.

“We are delighted with this new and important development,” commented Roddy Gow, Chairman and Founder of Gow & Partners. “Positive Moves is a highly professional organization which adds a key component to our global coverage in strategic markets that are important to our clients.”

Established in 1992, Positive Moves is a premier Asian executive search firm and the preferred strategic hiring partner to multinational corporations for their key hiring needs and leadership positions in Asia and the Middle East.  Since its formation, the firm has consistently shown strong growth, playing a pivotal role in the evolution of executive search in India. Today, Positive Moves is known for its excellent knowledge base across a number of segments and its large network among business leaders.  It sources the finest human capital in the executive search industry and delivers global best practices and processes.

“We are extremely pleased to be joining Gow & Partners World Team , working with Roddy Gow and other colleagues around the world to service our global clients,”  said Praveen Malhotra in New Delhi.  “This new partnership represents a continuation of our strategy of expansion to meet human capital needs as they evolve in the emerging markets of South East Asia and the Middle East, and the strong links to the developed markets in Europe and the US.”   

With offices in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Singapore, Positive Moves has successfully completed over 2000 search mandates for clients across diverse functions, industries and geographies, enabling clients to hire the best-in-class talent.  Empowered with the ability to predict and foresee challenges and opportunities created by the rapidly changing business environment, the firm has grown exponentially, by entering new domains and geographies.

Positive Moves now represents Gow & Partners World Team in Asia and the Middle East, with new offices opening in Hong Kong & Dubai.  Focusing on the areas of Insurance, Financial Services, FMCG, Energy and IT & Telecom, the group continues to be a market-leader in completing key executive search assignments for global corporations. 

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