February 4, 2011– West Hartford, CT – Horton International today announced that the firm has opened a new office in The Philippines.

The Philippines office was founded in 1999 as KSearch Asia Consulting, Inc.  It ranks among the top executive search firms in the Philippines, catering to multinational companies and large Philippine conglomerates.  Prominent functional and industry niches of KSearch include senior management, finance, IT, human resources, sales and marketing, and supply chain for business process outsourcing, banking and other financial services, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, information technology, FMCG and manufacturing.  KSearch adheres to its two pronged, mutually supportive mantras of Delivering Value to Clients and Enhancing the Candidates’ Careers.
 
KSearch was co-founded by Mario T. Mananghaya, former Chairman and Managing Partner of KPMG Laya Mananghaya & Co., and Manuel R. Guillermo (Guillermo@horton-intl.com) , a seasoned executive search provider for senior level positions, who has led the firm since its inception as President and Managing Director.  A retired global partner of Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) and retired Consulting Partner of SGV & Co., the Philippines’ largest audit and consultancy firm, Mr. Guillermo has wide experience in general, project and change management.  Earlier in his career he held expatriate assignments as a General Manager and he was a Board member for 10 years of a major Citicorp-affiliated consumer finance company in Thailand. Active in the Business Processing Association of the Philippines and the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, among others, he attended the Harvard Business School’s Program for Management.

Horton International Chairman Robin Billen (Australia) commented “Our firm is very excited about continued expansion in the Asia Pacific region and the addition of this new office will allow us to meet clients’ needs in this growing market”.
 
Horton International (www.hortoninternational.com) is a retained executive search firm which recruits senior-level management for all industries.  The firm’s practice is global in scope and has international offices in over 40 locations in Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas.