McDonald Scarlis Associates (MSA) is a boutique search firm specializing in senior level appointments. It was founded to provide effective solutions to its clients' business capability problems through the identification, assessment, selection and recruitment of outstanding people. It acts as a partner, not just a service provider. To that end MSA's principals deliberately restrict the volume of assignments undertaken in order to devote the personal time necessary to ensure the optimum solution to each client's requirements. They are compelled neither to develop business to support several tiers of consultants in training, nor to meet artificial performance hurdles in terms of revenue generation.

In comparison to its larger more diffuse multi-office international competitors, MSA offers its clients:

• An unparalleled level of service directly from its key principals
• A level and range of global experience that is unique in the Australian environment
• A 20 year track record in CEO and senior appointments across a range of industries (particularly resources, high technology, legal and financial services), countries and organizations
• An absence of conflict of interest situations that permits it to search across a broader range of companies and industries

MSA operates effectively in the global marketplace by a combination of strategic alliances with like minded boutiques in other countries, and a powerful network of research professionals based in Australia, UK and US. By using independent, specialized research firms, MSA can provide its clients with an exposure to a level of market knowledge that equals that claimed by the best of the global search firms.

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