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Sana Mansoor
Sana Mansoor leads the MENA research and delivery team at Boyden to successfully deliver on exclusively retained executive search mandates across Board, C-Suite and Director level roles. The research team works across various functions and across all industries in the region. Sectors covered include multinational, regional and local organisations within: Banking, Private Equity, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Family Businesses, Healthcare, Industrial, Consumer, Retail, Public Sector, Aviation, Energy, Real Estate, Telecommunications, Professional Services and Media. Sana also has strong experience in recruiting GCC nationals for nationalized positions in KSA, UAE, Oman and Qatar.
Rachel Roche
Rachel Roche is the Founder and President of Smart Search, a consulting firm specializing in the training and education of retained executive search professionals. For more than a decade, Rachel has designed and delivers online and webinar training to global members of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants.
Through Rachel’s career, she has fallen in love with search and has developed a passion for teaching it. Most researchers, associates, and even consultants go into the profession with little or no training.
Smart Search is dedicated to providing that missing link and Rachel focuses on experiential learning in a close-to-real-world environment. Rachel Roche can be contacted at smartsearch@wi.rr.com.
Laura Stoker
As an experienced recruitment and sourcing expert with over 20 years in the industry, Laura Stoker serves as AIRS Executive Director of Global Training. In this role, she leads AIRS sourcing research and course development. Joining AIRS in 2000 she’s had the opportunity to train recruitment professionals all over the world on topics such as internet recruiting and social media sourcing. Laura is a subject matter expert in these areas and she has been a frequent speaker at numerous global conferences including SourceCon, SHRM, ERE, and the Sourcing Summits (SOSU).
Lina Vanifatova
Lina is a Consultant and Research Manager for Hobson Leavy. Prior to joining Hobson Leavy in 2016, Lina was working for international executive search firms in Auckland and Moscow. In her spare time, Lina enjoys cycling, travelling, and reading.
