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Achieve More With Cornerstone
CORNERSTONE INTERNATIONAL GROUP
CXO / EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants
About - Cornerstone International Group
An outcome of a novel concept with its origin in1980’s .
A strong consortium, regionally well-grounded & capable enough to surpass the
volatility & uncertainty of the challenging market trends, along with global
reach, industry specialization & expertise.
Emerged as a leading player in CXO/Executive Search, Independent DirectorEmerged as a leading player in CXO/Executive Search, Independent Director
Search and Board & Advisory Services.
A global member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC),
Cornerstone applies the Code of Ethics and Professional Practice Guidelines of
the AESC.
Headquartered in Shanghai, China and Atlanta, Georgia, USA, part of a
network comprising of successful executive search firms with offices in over 70
cities across 45 countries.
India operations of Cornerstone International Group was set up in 2004 by
Mr. Vijay Karkare, Managing Director & Regional Chair of North and South
Asia.
The urge to go beyond attainable horizons is what distinguishes us from rest of the slot.
Best Of Both Worlds: A strong consortium having regional foothold along with global reach &
expertise. As a network in constant touch with each other, we can deliver a uniform global
mandate through experts in place, at each needed location.
Quality Of Our Candidates: We deliver talent with proven professional track record. Our
Why Cornerstone?
Quality Of Our Candidates: We deliver talent with proven professional track record. Our
candidates have requisite knowledge and executive skills, having performed in progressive
leadership positions and with established reputation as leaders.
Expertise Of Our Search Consultants: Our elite Consultants have deep experience in
different industry verticals with a network that extends to leadership positions within blue-
chip organizations. We hand-pick members who are experienced leaders for retained executive
search in their region.
The AESC Advantage: AESC is a representative body for retained executive search industry,
with an aim to promote the highest professional standards in retained executive search.
Cornerstone being its member applies the Code of Ethics and Professional Practice Guidelines
prescribed by AESC.
The urge to go beyond attainable horizons is what distinguishes us from rest of the slot.
Repeat Engagements And Referrals: A dedicated senior consultant, who delivers a highly
personalized level of communication, service and advice, leads each assignment. As an
outcome of our sophisticated & bespoke services, over 90% of our clients re-engage our
services and recommend us to colleagues and peers.
Why Cornerstone?
Partnering With Client Ambitions: With our unique sense of business acumen, we indentify
the existing talent & execution gaps, understand the client requirements & get them the
pertinent talent today, thus aligning the vision of a flourishing tomorrow.
Striking Balance: We not only evaluate the candidate credentials, potential & capabilities
but also make sure that they get nothing less than what they deserve. We pride to strike a
harmonious balance between “Client Prerequisites” & “Candidate Worthiness”
Camaraderie: We endeavour to deliver best results not merely to abide with our professional
obligations, but to nurture a sense of camaraderie resulting in long term association.
Cornerstone India - Key Differentiators
� Highly reliable in terms of identifying and attracting candidates who are genuinely qualified
for Senior Management positions
� Handled 400 plus CXO searches over last 11 years with closure rate of above 80%.
� Team strength of 20 professionals across 4 locations- Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Pune� Team strength of 20 professionals across 4 locations- Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru and Pune
� Strong research and talent mapping capability
� Significant chunk “repeat” business & Exemplary completion record
� Cross border search capability
� Experience of helping build the Leadership Teams of some of the leading Corporate
entities.
� A great Success Paradigm of Commitment, Quality and executing assignments across
various functions, virtually in all industries and disciplines
Our Core Values
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value – Albert Einstein
• Cornerstone adheres to a strict code of practice & complies with highest industry standards.
Ethics
• With our people centric approach, we foster a long term association with our clients & candidates, thus adding value to the quality of service we provide & our delivery variables.
Relationship& our delivery variables.
• We only take on assignments, which we are confident we can deliver to an excellent standard.
Integrity
• We ensure and guarantee that all data on the client company are handled with complete confidentiality.Confidentiality
• We present candidate information in confidence only after interviewing and with the permission of the individual involved. We introduce a candidate to only one client at a time.
Professionalism
• We keep the client and the candidates informed of the progress of a search assignment at every step of the process.
Transparency
• We keenly follow up the appointment to ensure that both the appointed executive and the client are satisfied
Accountability
Our Core Services
We leverage strong, established relationships and combine them with an assertive
and tenacious approach to give you access to the industry leaders, key decision
makers, and the best executive talent - the best fit for your organization.
Our services can be delineated in the following way:
CXO Search & Building Leadership teams
Talent Solutions
Board Advisory - Helping Build High
Performing and Effective Boards
CEO Services
Consulting Services – A People Centric &
Process Based Approach
Assignment Brief
Initial Consultation
Position Description
Defining The Search
OurApproach – Executive Search
Candidate Search & Screening
Research & Setting Target
Candidate
Candidate Identification , Evaluation & Interview
Presentation of
Candidates
Candidate & Client
Interviews
Selection & On-Boarding
Reference Checking & Psychometric
Testing
Preferred Candidate
Negotiation &
Contracting
Ensuring Smooth
Transition
Executive Search: Process Map
SEARCH PROCESS
OUTPUTINPUT
STAGE
Definition Research Recruiting Selection Hire
Diagnosis & Planning Position Specification
Research & Sourcing
Job Specification,Interview Screening Candidate Presentation
Interview FormatReference ChecksAssessments
Offer Letter,Negotiations, Post-Hire Follow-Up
TOOLS
Talent Solutions
Talent Mapping
Board Advisory
Director Search
Leadership Consulting
Strategy Execution
Our Extended Services
Talent Mapping
Outplacement Services
Assessment
Board Effectiveness
Advisory Board
Merger & Acquisition
OrganisationDevelopment
Human capital
Business Excellence
Performance Management
Executive Coaching
Executive Search- Practice
Groups
PRACTICE GROUPS
Industry Verticals
Automotive
Consumer & Retail
Functional Roles
Board Directors
C-Suite (CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, CSO, CHRO, CTO)
Energy & Utilities
Engineering & Manufacturing, Industrial
BFSI Services
Professional services
Infrastructure
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Government, Education and Non Profit
Telecom, Media & Entertainment
Digital Media Space
Technology & KPO
Corporate Finance, Finance & Accounts
I T / ITES
Marketing & Sales, HR, T&D, OD
Legal & Regulatory - General Legal Counsels
Corporate Affairs & Communications
Research & Development
Strategy & Business Development Leaders
Supply Chain & Manufacturing
Assurance & Tax Advisory
Group Corporate Director etc.
Global Leadership Team
SIMON WAN - CHAIRMAN
Simon is the Chief Executive of CIG worldwide and also the President of Cornerstone in China and is based in the Shanghai
office. Most of Simon’s clients are senior level executives and business owners who look up for world class support & advice
on talent acquisitions and HR issues. He has particular interest in working with professionals who want to improve their
organization competencies and passionately want to leave a legacy of their time in office.
Simon holds his Bachelor and MBA degrees from the University of Alberta, Canada. He is also member of the ICF & a
Certified NLP Coach. He brings in 9 years of experience in executive search & recruiting. He joined Cornerstone China as
- “Rigorously selecting the "Best of the Best" in each country/city”
Certified NLP Coach. He brings in 9 years of experience in executive search & recruiting. He joined Cornerstone China as
President in 2003. Prior to this he was with Philips Lighting as GM of China / East Asia & was previously GM of Carnation
Foods, Getz Brothers trading and in government services in Canada as Trade Director for China & South Pacific.
LARRY SHOEMAKER - PRESIDENT
Larry is President of CIG & Founder of Shoemaker & Associates. Since 1990, He has been conducting senior-level recruiting
assignments, executive coaching & leadership assessments throughout North America, as well as globally. His focus is on the
candidate’s fit into an organization’s culture. Larry’s experience brings in a significant portion of his business assignments from
past clients & through their recommendations.
Larry received his B.Sc. degree from The University of Tennessee & MBA degree from Georgia State University. He holds ICF ,
ACC Credential & is Certified CCEC Coach along with being a Professional Certified Assessment Trainer. Prior to beginning his
executive search career, Larry’s professional experience included more than twenty years in general management, sales &
marketing management, strategic business development and M&A. He has been a key contributor within organizations
ranging from Fortune 200, middle market, U.S. divisions of German & Italian headquartered companies & family owned
entrepreneurial companies.
India Leadership Team
VIJAY KARKARE – MANAGING DIRECTOR
- “Rigorously selecting the "Best of the Best" in each country/city”
Vijay is the Founder Managing Director of Cornerstone India and Board Member – CIG. Vijay has served as a consultant
to Boards and Senior Management of MNC’s, Indian Business Houses and Start-up Ventures in virtually every industry.
After working as Director/Partner for 12 years in leading local & global consulting and search firms he opted to set up his
own operations. His consulting work includes Strategy & Organization Structure, Executive evaluations and Senior
management & Board level searches. Earlier Vijay worked for 12 years with GSK & Alkem, heading Manufacturing,
Projects and Corporate Planning.Projects and Corporate Planning.
Vijay is an M.Pharm from UDCT, Mumbai and holds an MBA from the reputed JBIMS, Mumbai. Vijay was a guest facultywith TISS and several other Management institutes in India.
BINAY KUMAR - PRESIDENT
Binay is President based in our New Delhi office. He serves companies from a broad range of industries, particularly in
aerospace & defense, IT Services, High-tech, real estate, media & service sector. Armed with an extensive global exposure
to working on key strategic, brand equity and operational issues in a career across India, UK and US, he is experienced in
senior level assignments including CEO succession, board succession, and board effectiveness consulting, & is frequently
engaged in executive search for various technical-non technical functional leadership & CXO roles.
Previously, has worked in US in the Silicon Valley. He began his corporate career in India’s government-controlled oil &
gas business affording him deep insights into the workings of the public sector. He has been a guest speaker & media
commentator at many forums, including writing a hugely popular weekly column. A post-graduate of the University of
Delhi, Binay also holds a Master’s Degree in economics and management from the prestigious London School of
Economics & Political Science, UK.
India Leadership Team- “Rigorously selecting the "Best of the Best" in each country/city”
AMITABHA SINHA – PARTNER, CONSULTING & ADVISORY SERVICES
An alumnus of IIM (Ahmadabad) & IIT (Kanpur), Mr. Sinha brings in over 29 years of post qualification industry experience
as a management consultant, business executive and executive coach & mentor. His expertise areas include business
transformation & technology led change management, process re-engineering, strategic HR and innovations through IT. He
has worked with leading US, European and Indian majors in a variety of sectors including family managed & government
owned enterprises.
He headed the global management consulting business for billion dollar plus IT majors (HCL Technologies & Keane Inc.) &
ran a successful UK based advisory firm addressing European clients on globalization & entry into emerging markets. He
began his career with Asian Paints – an industry leader widely recognized for excellence in management – where he headed
HR and Systems development at the corporate level.
ANIL GUPTA - PRESIDENT & HEAD, BOARD PRACTICE & CONSULTING SERVICES
Anil has over 35 years of diverse global, International & Indian leadership experience in full Group Business & P&L Mgmt,
Corporate Governance and as a member of various boards. He has worked with various industries & top global MNC’s like
General Electric’s (GE), Honeywell, ABB and Indian Companies like Reliance Infrastructure, NTPC etc. He brings in
significant experience in both complex large global & technology intensive manufacturing Product & Services Cos. & large
and complex Project Execution based cos. He is a Sr. Advisor to the global mgmt consultancy co. ADL & is on the advisory
board of the European Private Equity Co. Partners Grp. He has been actively involved with various govt. stakeholders,
industry forums to drive policies & thought leadership in India & abroad. He has also been in the National Executive Board
of AMCHAM.
Anil holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani & a MBA from FMS, Delhi University.
He is also a Certified GE Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
SOURAV CHATTERJEE – CLIENT PARTNER
Sourav is a Client Partner with Cornerstone India with a principal aim to build Cornerstone International Group as a
preferred provider of Executive Search in India. He looks after the operations in Pune. He brings in more than 19 years of
extensive Executive Search experience & possesses keen interest in economic affairs. He has has a great understanding and
experience working with both SMEs and large companies in Manufacturing/Engineering domain. Prior to joining
Cornerstone, he led the Business development activity PAN India with another Global Retained search firm.
India Leadership Team
- “Rigorously selecting the "Best of the Best" in each country/city”
Cornerstone, he led the Business development activity PAN India with another Global Retained search firm.
Sourav focuses on working with clients in the Engineering and Automotive space helping clients to fill key leadership roles
in corporate and functional responsibilities. Sourav is a Graduate from Calcutta University and holds a post graduate
diploma in Public Relations.
HIRAK ADHIKARI – CLIENT PARTNER
Hirak has joined our Mumbai office as a Client Partner. She brings in 12 years of extensive Executive Search experience with
leading search firms. This is her second innings with Cornerstone . In her previous stint with Cornerstone as Vice President
she was responsible for P/L and client engagement.
She has worked across various sectors some of which include Manufacturing, Engineering & Consumer. Her core strength is
to build relationships with Promoters and Business Heads in the private equity and SME businesses. Excellent research and
interpersonal skills has helped her build a reputation of handling several complex senior mandates. She personally enjoys
to work on searches where lot of lateral or out-of-box thinking is involved. Across her career path she has turned out to be
a consistent achiever. She has done her Masters in HR and Marketing.
NEELIMA MANIAR - GENERAL MANAGER
Neelima joined our Mumbai office as a General Manager with a prime focus of strengthening the BFSI practice for
Cornerstone India. She is a senior business development professional with 20 years of experience across industry verticals
like BFSI, Compliance & Consulting business along with specializing in client mgmt. She independently manages Senior
Management Searches within this vertical & has developed various value added services like Organisation Mapping &
Antecedent Verification. Prior to her career in search, she held various positions across India’s leading private sector bank
HDFC, NBFC - Alpic Finance Ltd, Integra Screen Services Pvt. She also operated from London for a period of 1 year.
Consultants/Practice Heads
Neelima is a Management graduate with a specialisation in Finance. Her past exposure to service industry has infused in
her a strong sense of commitment & service orientation.
DIVYA CHANDRA - CLIENT ENGAGEMENTMANAGER
Divya is a multi-talented Executive Search Consultant skilled in identifying those individuals capable of profitable growth
in challenging environments; with significant emphasis on quality of the search process, speed of execution & client
satisfaction. She is also an Engineer. She has been trained in the latest methodologies of executive search. She is a Certified
Executive coach from ICF, Bangalore.
She has more than 11 years of overall experience in Business-Development, Enterprise / Corporate-Sales, Leadership
Hiring/Executive Recruitment/Executive (CXOs) Hiring and possesses exposure to Research & Analytics. Prior to joining us
she was working with Employvision. Divya Chandra is a seasoned C level executive search consultant & has worked on
complex assignments across domain. She handles various functions of search process simultaneously. She is one of those
rare individuals who master both - the Business and the People aspects of the Search industry.
Consultants/Practice Heads
JYOTSNA NAIR - SENIOR CONSULTANT
Jyotsna independently manages searches for Senior Management positions in Manufacturing, Hospitality, NGO &
Automotive sectors. She also develops business with new and existing clients. She is a Management graduate. She also
has a Post Graduate diploma in Training and Development from ISTD and an MBA in Tourism and Hospitality.
She brings six years of experience to her search work. Before joining Cornerstone, she was a consultant with a
prominent local executive search firm in Mumbai. During this time, she executed a number of prestigious searches forprominent local executive search firm in Mumbai. During this time, she executed a number of prestigious searches for
Indian and multi-national firms. Prior to her career in search, she held various positions in the customer services
industry. Being part of the services industry has conditioned her to be focused and committed, instilling the importance
of working as part of a team and achieving excellence.
Cornerstone India Offices
MUMBAI
Cornerstone Bombay
313 Gokul Arcade, A Wing,
Subhash Road, Vile Parle-East,
Mumbai 400 057, India
Tel: +91-22-28204240 / 65720488
BANGALORE
Cornerstone Bangalore
No. 204, 2nd Floor, Commerce House,
9/1, Cunningham Road,
Bangalore - 560 052, India
Tel: +91 - 80 - 4092 4317Tel: +91-22-28204240 / 65720488
Fax: +91-22-2820-4241
Tel: +91 - 80 - 4092 4317
DELHI
Cornerstone New Delhi
2nd Floor, Plot No. 9,
Local Shopping Complex,
Block H & J, Sarita Vihar,
New Delhi - 110 076
Board Line: +91-11-49494700
PUNE
Cornerstone Pune
Sky Vista, Ground Floor,
Next to Eminence IT Park, Airport Road,
Viman Nagar,
Pune – 411014 India
Tel: +91-9823113262
www.cornerstone.co.in
www.cornerstone-group.com