25 May 2011
Executive search firm Pearson Partners International has opened its first office in the Miami area and named two veterans in the field to lead it: Walter Baker and Eduardo Comella.
The move comes after the Dallas-based firm bought search firm Meridian Partners in Tampa. Baker was co-founder of Meridian. Comella was a partner and managing director with Prolaurum USA/CCG Group, active in South Florida.
“While we have had strength in Europe and Asia through our partnership with Neumann International, the addition of Walter and Eduardo to our team will give us added reach in the southeast United States as well as Latin America, Europe and the Middle East,” said Keith Pearson, the company’s president.
Baker has more than 20 years experience in executive search, mainly for multinational clients in the technology, industrial, consumer and not-for-profit markets. He earlier worked in sales and marketing at MCI Communications and Ralston Purina.
Baker holds a master's degree from Thunderbird-American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona and a bachelor’s in international relations from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Comella specializes in the financial services industry, focusing mainly in the United States, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. He has 30 years experience in human resources positions at Citigroup International, Schering-Plough Corp. and Abbott Laboratories working worldwide.
Comella holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Universidad Argentina de la Empresa and is certified in international human resources management from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Pearson Partners International helps companies with executive search and also offers employee assessment and coaching services. Its founder was the chief executive of Lamalie Worldwide, a search firm that went public on the stock market.
For more information on the company, visit www.PearsonPartnersIntl.com.