Industry Practices
- Consumer Goods and Services
- Financial Services
- Industrial
- Life Sciences
- Technology and Services
Consumer Goods and Services
Within the consumer sector there is a global shift in spending patterns. The expectations around purchasing and delivery models continues to evolve with companies required to continually innovate to meet these new demands. There is a growing link to the technology sector as the need for online retail marketing, media and distribution expertise increases.
The Consumer Goods and Services practice recruits top performers in the areas defined as:
- Fast Moving Consumer Goods
- Hospitality and Leisure
- Media and Entertainment
- Retail, Apparel and Luxury Goods
Financial Services
Given the financial crisis and its impact the financial services sector more than ever requires leaders who can quickly adapt to change and understand how to manage the new environment as it continues to evolve. All doing so while maintaining high profitability, protecting the brand and seeking new opportunities and frontiers. Industry consolidation, regulatory and structural change further drive the need for executives who can assess clearly the environment and how to adapt to the uncertainty and transition to the next phase of growth.
A worldwide network of specialised experts within the Financial Services practice serves both global and local players in the process of identifying and evaluating the most qualified people in the fields of:
- Asset Management
- Insurance
- Investment Banking
- Real Estate
- Retail Financial Services
- Wealth Management
Industrial
Commonly companies across the industrial sector have historically focused their competitive advantage on building formidable physical assets. In a world of globalization, off-shoring, emerging markets and supply chain capability increasingly leadership talent is required to pull together this complex array of opportunities and challenges to drive their businesses forward. Companies require innovative global leaders who possess the strategic, operating, and financial skills required to win in this environment. The layers below need to add significant value within their areas of focus as well as innovate and collaborate company wide.
Forza’s Industrial practice encompasses all strategic and operational roles critical to our clients’ success across these areas:
- Automotive
- Aviation, Aerospace and Defence
- Chemical and Process Industries
- Construction and Building Materials
- Electrical and Electronic Product
- Machinery and Engineering
- Mining and Metals
- Oil and Gas
- Paper and Packaging
- Transportation and Logistics
Life Sciences
Companies within this sector are transforming themselves in the face of mounting pressures. The needs to innovate product pipelines, address patent expirations, regulatory issues and the move to generic brands as well as capture growth in speciality and biopharmaceutical drugs are ever present. In the Medical Devices and Diagnostics industries innovative next generation products are one of the ways to deliver value to a growing and aging population. Options vary from new and refined strategic focus to growth into related product areas and businesses. All must manage their core markets and enter growth and developing markets.
Our firm has a wealth of experience and depth of expertise supporting clients in the core areas of:
- Biotechnology
- Healthcare Services
- Medical Devices and Diagnostics
- Pharmaceuticals