Bob Brudno makes list of most influential headhunters … in the world

It’s not easy finding a reliable list of top executive search firms. Most published lists are really compilations of the biggest firms, often in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London and Paris. But in reality, size doesn’t really matter in the executive search firm business. In fact, size is often a constraint, since having too many clients prevents a truly exhaustive search. So it was a welcome surprise to see that Bob Brudno, managing director of Savoy Partners right here in Washington, DC, was recently named by BusinessWeek as one of the “100 Most Influential Executive Recruiters in the World.”

Brudno’s appearance on the list surprised him. “I have always worked discreetly,” he says, “leaving the publicity surrounding a client’s key new hire to them.” In Brudno’s case, those “key new hires” have included CEOs of area companies like SAIC, SRA, and CACI. Brudno has also performed many searches for CXOs, partners and VPs for many of the leaders in major market segments.

Brudno began his career in executive search consulting in June 1980 here in Washington. In the years since then, when one potential client asked him how he could be certain that Brudno would deliver, Brudno noted that he had had the same business phone number since his start in the business. “I could not have fooled that many people for so long,” says Brudno. “After 28 years in the business, it is nice to receive such recognition, particularly because one of the major factors in determining who went on BusinessWeek’s list was client satisfaction and the respect of my professional peers,” he adds.

Through the years, Brudno’s practice has mirrored the Washington economy. Early on, he did work for many of the pioneers in telecommunications. He helped high tech firms recruit their most senior leaders, and did his share of searches for financial services firms and non-profits. “But we probably have had the biggest impact on the aerospace/government contracting/IT services industries,” says Brudno.

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