British Company Tops Business Poll in Moscow

British-based global executive recruitment firm Antal
International - which has worked with thousands of multi-national and
domestic Russian clients across Russia for the past 13 years - has
come top of an influential business poll carried out by the
Moscow-based business information service RBC.

Antal is ranked as the number one permanent mid-level quality
recruitment company within Moscow based on the volume of placements
made in 2006 and is amongst the top five recruitment companies in
Russia, providing highly-qualified managers across a wide range of
industry sectors including financial services, technology and
engineering.

Commenting on the poll, Tremayne Elson, managing partner, Antal
International Russia explains:

"There's been a seismic change in the way our clients are
searching and recruiting mid-level talent by casting their net much
wider in order to capture an ever decreasing pool of suitably
qualified talent.

"In practice, what this means is that the majority of our most
recent client assignments have involved taking an instruction in one
territory, sourcing potential talent in several other territories and
placing the candidate in a completely different territory from the one
where the instruction emanated.

"Globalisation of the workforce has therefore become a giant game
of hopscotch for most of our clients and it's certainly true of
Russian multi-nationals that are desperate for Western-educated and
experienced middle managers," observes Elson.

As a result, Antal International was one of the first in its
industry to create a suite of methodologies and business processes to
cope with clients' challenges in recruiting in the complex global
marketplace.

Today, all of Antal's senior consultants are multi-lingual in at
least two languages and have direct working experience across half a
dozen international markets.

Demand for Antal's services in Russia has increased by over 80%
over the past two years and the company is currently looking to expand
its operations by employing over 150 consultants over the next six
months to cope with increasing demand for its services.

Background Brief - Antal International

Antal International is one of the world's leading international
executive search and selection consultancy serving the recruitment
requirements of Fortune 500 companies in global emerging markets. It
has been consistently ranked as one of the top performing British
companies in the Sunday Times Fast Track survey since 1997.

With over 300 employees in 55 offices in 25 countries, Antal has
developed unique methodologies and structures which allow it to
provide high quality middle and senior level recruitment in some of
the fastest growing and most challenging markets in the world.

Through its Matrix Portfolio Management system (MPM) and
internationally integrated, wholly-owned office network, Antal is able
to target its recruitment expertise to ensure maximum success. It's
industry leading IT systems integrate it globally in a way no other
consultancy can match. This enables Antal to share information and
knowledge for the benefit of all its clients, assisting them as they
respond to the needs of the global workplace.

Antal's core sectors of specialisation are FMCG, Financial
Services/Banking, IT/Telecoms and Oil &Gas and within these sectors it
covers all skill sets, including HR, Sales & Marketing, IT (both
permanent and contract), General Management and technical assignments.

These areas are covered in over 50 markets around the world by
dedicated sector and practice teams with specific industry and skill
set knowledge. Antal's multi-national clients include Coca-Cola, GE,
Morgan Stanley, HP, Oracle, 3 Com, CISCO, Mattel, KPMG, Vodafone,
McDonalds, UBS, Clifford Chance, Office Depot, and American Express.