Our commitment to building deep and meaningful relationships with clients and candidates influences every step of our executive search process. As a result, we have earned the highest degree of trust and respect as executive search partners. When we receive a testimonial from a client, we always seek their approval to publish their comments.
While the insight below provided by a handful of our clients is hardly exhaustive, it is demonstrative of the type of experience you can expect when you partner with Morgan Samuels for your executive search. Of course, if you still find yourself with questions about the process, don't hesitate to touch base with us and we'll happily open a discussion with you.
Here is what our clients have to say…
To the Morgan Samuels Team,
“I would like to thank you for your outstanding support to our search for just the right candidate for the VP/GM of Shared Services within BAE Systems. I found the process that your team used to be very effective in introducing and vetting the candidates with us. Of roughly the 10 candidates that you promoted to the interview level, either by phone or in person, they we all very qualified and solid candidates for the position. When we got down to the top 5, I was very confident that each of them could do the job we would be asking and that they were candidates we could bring forward to our senior leadership. But our challenge was to narrow it down even further to the top two. As I mentioned, I could have slept soundly at night as the present shared services lead as well as in my returning role as VP of business operations in one of our sectors, with either of the two candidates at the helm. With our final selection of the top candidate, I believe the entire MSC/BAE team has got the ideal candidate for the slot. Highly qualified, strong leadership and people skills, and exactly the right temperament for the challenges at hand. I have every confidence that he will lead our shared services organization in a positive direction for our employees, our business, and our customers. So in closing, just a word of thanks for a great process, excellent candidate recommendations, and closing on a position critical to our enterprise. It was a real pleasure working with your team.”
President, Network Systems - BAE Systems
“Bert Hensley and his firm have been conducting executive searches for me for more than 18 years and they have conducted more than 140 assignments for me across four different companies. They are my firm of choice. I know I can depend on Bert and his team to scour the market to find the absolute best talent and their approach makes the process easy for me and my hiring managers. I highly recommend him and Morgan Samuels.”
Senior Vice President, Human Resources - Edison International
“Morgan Samuels did an excellent job finding the right candidates in order to build a world-class management team for us at Nero. They are very professional in how they approach search in qualifying candidates and presenting those qualifications. Their process and skills enable them to interact with candidates thoroughly and work with them through to negotiation and after acceptance to make sure there is a strong fit from a personal, professional and strategic perspective. I only work with MSC.”
CEO - Nero
“I have partnered with Morgan Samuels for more than 8 years completing more than 70 senior level and C-level searches across the US. The Morgan Samuels team continues to outshine any other firm with their level of engagement, tailored to the client and exceeding expectations in every case. I would recommend Morgan Samuels to any company that requires a search partner with the depth of true business knowledge required to understand the client's needs, creating success for all involved.”
Director, People Services USA for a Leading Global Real Estate Services Company
“Morgan Samuels offers a unique and comprehensive analytical process for c suite recruitment. The results are compelling and provided us with better candidates and better information upon which to make a decision. They are tenacious in their pursuit of the right fit and utilize data metrics as well as professional instinct to present the exceptional candidate not just the average candidate.”
Executive Director - Leading Healthcare Firm
“I have worked with Struan and MSC both as a candidate and as a client, and under both circumstances was thoroughly satisfied with the results. An organization often takes on the characteristics of its key players, and I would have to say that the same professionalism and responsiveness demonstrated by Struan during my dealings with him are also the hallmarks of the service provided by MSC. As a candidate, I found Struan and MSC to be very conscious of my time, and their interviewing processes were crisp and relevant to the exact requirements of the position. My positive experiences working with Struan and the MSC team as a candidate were the reason I reached out for their services when I needed a critical role filled as a hiring manager. Finding an A+ player in 90 days was a challenge I was confident Struan and his team could meet. True to his word, Struan was able to quickly provide 4 highly qualified candidates from which I was able to select an executive with Six Sigma and Lean training that had exactly the logistics experience I was looking for. This executive has made a big impact on our company since joining. In short, Struan and MSC have been able to deliver service like no other search firm I've encountered. I give my unqualified recommendation, and look forward to working with the team again when the need arises.”
President, General Petroleum Division - Maxum Petroleum, Inc.
“I retained Struan and his team to fill our VP of Operations role. Through Morgan Samuels and their unique search approach we were able to compare the best pharmacy talent against best in class operations talent. We ended up selecting a lean and six sigma trained General Manager from a Fortune 500 company, who has been an excellent fit for our business. When Struan pitched the search he said the search would be completed in around 90 days, that we would interview around 3 candidates before making an offer, and that the person we hired would significantly improve the business. The search took 93 days, we interviewed 3 candidates before making our selection, and have been very happy with our VP of Operations.”
President and General Manager, DaVita Rx - DaVita, Incorporated
“I have worked extensively with Bert Hensley and his firm, Morgan Samuels Company. As Head of Human Resources at Capital One Financial Corporation, Bert was my “Go To” guy whenever I was working on a challenging search. His professionalism and persistence led to outstanding results, no matter how difficult the search requirements.”
Formerly Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Corporate Real Estate - Capital One Financial Corporation
“I have worked with Lew Samuels and his team at Morgan Samuels for the past 5 years in assembling my top management team at Brinderson. We are a $200 million/year EPC/O&M Services firm predominantly in the US West Coast Upstream and Midstream market and we are growing rapidly.
Lew has helped me hiring a Vice President, Sales; Vice President, Engineering; and just completed the search for our Chief Executive Officer to report to me as Chairman. All were national searches. As a small firm we had the problem of needing just a good a talent as our large competitors, without the resources of a giant competitor; and Lew’s team was able to sell the opportunity we had in growth vs. the support that existed in out major competitors.
I would highly recommend any firm in the Oil/Gas/Chemicals industry to retain Lew’s Morgan Samuels team to search for their key executives.”
Chairman - Brinderson Engineers & Constructors