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Increasing Your Visibility to Executive Search Researchers - A BlueSteps Webinar featuring Boyden's Eric Contreras
Eric Contreras
Delivery & Research Director, United Kingdom
Eric Contreras is a talented and versatile consultant with extensive experience in international executive search and talent acquisition across a range of industries. Having worked with several other top-tier firms, he is adept at engaging clients and other senior stakeholders with the candidate community to enhance executive search and selection processes and align talent with business goals.
Professional Focus
- Nearly 15 years’ experience in executive search
- Generalist with broad expertise encompassing technology/telecoms, financial services, industrials, consumer, healthcare, media, education, public sector
- Substantial experience in EU and Middle East markets
- Business development/sales, C-level relationship management, diversity & inclusion, cross-country team management, commercial/operational alignment
- Extensive background as a researcher and knowledge resource
- Fluent/bilingual English and Spanish
Business Expertise
- Head of Executive Search at a firm focused on diversity & inclusion
- Delivery Director with a boutique executive search firm
- Partner, Director of Research Operations, Middle East and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
- Head of Research, EMEA with another top-tier global executive search firm
- Prior research roles, including Head of Research and Senior Researcher in TMT, management consulting, public sector, financial services
- Senior Consultant with a niche recruitment consultancy operating across Europe and Australia, primary focus on telecoms and IT
- Started career as an IT recruitment consultant
Additional Expertise
- Technology / Telecoms
- Industrial
- Management Consulting
- Financial Services
- Public Sector
- Consumer & Retail
Case Studies
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Strengthening Advancement Capacity and Culture Through a Long-Term Search Partnership
With Boyden’s support, Loyola Marymount University built a high-performing advancement team by filling 15 key fundraising roles over five years, strengthening collaboration, continuity, and campaign readiness.
From Transition to Transformation: CFO Leadership in Premium Wine Operations
How Boyden navigated a high-stakes CFO search for a global wine producer’s U.S. subsidiary.
Accelerating Growth: Building Market Leadership in Southeast Asia
Discover how Boyden recruited a top-tier Country General Manager to lead Southeast Asia expansion and strategic M&A for a global food safety solutions provider, driving rapid growth and market leadership in the region.
Thought Leadership
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Blog Post
Boyden UK Annual Assembly 2019
At Boyden’s UK Assembly 2019, clients, global colleagues and other friends met at London’s Institute of Engineering & Technology to explore Unintended Consequence: The Impact of AI on the Future of Work.
Blog Post
Unintended Consequence | Boyden Annual Assembly 2019 | Key Takeaways
Some key takeaways and perspectives from the Boyden Annual Assembly 2019
Articles & Papers
Why Leadership Capability is now the Defining Challenge for Family Businesses
Voices of Family Business Survey
Articles & Papers
Private Equity's Role in Powering the Energy Transition
As energy markets transform, private equity is driving the transition with diversified portfolios and leaders who can master both legacy and renewable systems.
Media
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Curiosity vs Expertise—Why Leaders Are Generalists with Xenia Wickett Founder of Wickett Advisory
Podcast
Leaders in Focus featuring Chad Hesters, CEO and President of Boyden
Video
Leaders in Focus featuring Mark Russell, CEO, The Children's Society
Video
Leaders in Focus featuring Kath Evans of Barts Health and North East London ICS
Video
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