Executive search and recruitment consulting for managers and senior executives

Founded in 1999, Christian Besnard Conseil supports innovative French and Anglo-Saxon companies as they grow in France and across Europe.

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A lasting fit between a company, a role and a candidate

Christian Besnard Conseil helps companies recruit managers, senior executives and highly specialised profiles. The firm works mainly through direct search, especially when the profiles sought are rare, in high demand or seldom visible on the open job market.

Every assignment starts with an in-depth understanding of the company, its organisation, its culture and what is at stake in the role. Beyond skills and experience, our work is to find a lasting fit between a business plan, a position and a candidate’s professional aspirations.

Our approach rests on a few simple principles.

Understand before searching
Target rather than multiply applications
Assess with rigour
Keep an open dialogue with the company and the candidates alike

Frank Haddad

Recruitment experience grounded in business experience

Frank Haddad has led Christian Besnard Conseil since 2000. Before becoming a headhunter, he held sales and technical positions in international groups, including IBM Global Services, Computer Associates and Oracle.

This background allows him to approach a search not only through the skills required, but also through the operational realities of the role, its management environment and the company’s challenges. A civil engineer by training, he also holds a postgraduate degree in energy economics from the École nationale supérieure du pétrole et des moteurs (ENSPM).

Frank Haddad is personally involved in every assignment, from analysing the need and identifying candidates to presenting them to the client and following their integration.