paul papas

Paul leads the Consumer Goods and Retail Practice at CDS where he brings more than 15 years of experience in Executive Search with multinational companies in FMCG, Retail (High Fashion, Fast Retail, Sports & Lifestyle) and the Adverting & Entertainment space. Paul takes pride in understanding his client’s needs and brings a client-focused consultative approach to each search assignment. He is able to quickly understand client expectations and formulate those into effective search strategies to identify, assess, and successfully deploy candidates into those leadership roles. Through the successful completion of numerous senior level searches Paul is well versed not only on industry trends and changes but also the current personnel and hiring challenges senior leaders face in Japan and the APAC region.

Spearhead the launch of the Potential K.K entity in Japan. Manage sales, marketing, finance and operations while driving the growth of the Japan P&L to a multimillion dollar operation.

Mandated with a turn around and transformation project encompassing P&L optimization, organizational re-design, incentive structure re-alignment as well as evangelizing a "winner" cultural mindset.

Responsible for development of own client portfolio in areas of CEO & CMO in the Technology Space

Oversee Japan and Korean recruitment activities relating to volume and specialty hiring. Align and streamline the recruitment functions capabilities while partnering with local and regional stakeholders to enhance and optimize the American Express value proposition.