HISTORY Founded in 1951 by the former head of McKinsey´s Executive Search Practice, Henry Wardwell Howell in New York City as one of the first firms of its kind First international office established in London, 1968 Rebranded as Signium International in 1998 Relaunched again as Ward Howell, as one of the first Strategic Leadership Consulting firms in 2012 WHAT WE DO Ward Howell International aspires to be the most reputable global leadership consulting firm, recognized as preeminent in developing partnerships with our clients that consistently exceed their expectations. Our distinctiveness derives from the quality of our people who share values of entrepreneurship, in depth local expertise, and international collaboration and perspective. Our firm´s heritage derives from more than 60 years of working closely with the leadership of our clients. We have conducted numerous searches, assessments and evaluations of C-level executives on behalf of our clients and learned about the requirements of different industries. For years it has been standard procedure to look for new talent, when a problem started to hurt the organization and a search has been a natural “product” offered by our industry. Like in all sectors of the society today the corporate world has become more complex over time and a “one size fits all” approach is no longer feasible if it comes to leadership issues of a company.