About Us

Thierry Goder is the CEO of Alentaris Recruitment Ltd, one of the leading recruitment agencies in the region. He studied Law and Human Resources and has also an engineering background. He has been involved in recruitment assignments for Government bodies, International NGO’S and private sector organisations in Mauritius and abroad. He has supported various Ministries and Government Agencies as a Facilitator on Interview Panels. He conducted various recruitment assignments for some Multinational companies and leading firms in Mauritius and in Africa at Senior Management level. Thierry is a certified user of the DDI Targeted Selection programme – a comprehensive competency based selection model. Thierry has also delivered Leadership Development Programme in Kenya, Interview Skills Workshop & Performance Management Systems (PMS) Training. Thierry has also conducted HR Consulting assignment.

MBA at SDA Bocconi Milan. Marianna Carbonari has built up more than fifteen years of experience managing structured, complex executive search projects. She has carried out more than 400 searches to identify the best managerial profiles in the main industries of the Italian market. She has been involved in complex market research both nationally and internationally, as well as salary benchmarks and corporate governance projects. Before founding Value for Talent, she was a Senior Associate at Spencer Stuart Italy, where she worked for more than ten years, gaining an in-depth understanding of many industrial sectors and FMCP.

Mitchell Berger is Chief Executive Officer of Howard-Sloan Search. Mitch is married, has 3 daughters. Joined the company in 1983 and assumed leadership in 1991. Under Mitch’s guidance, the organization has grown to become one of the leading global search firms. Mitch maintains a commitment to coaching people and to professionalism. His passion for coaching search consultants is matched by his enjoyment in having coached his daughters’ sports teams. Mitch holds a B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis.

Graduated in Business Administration & MBA from ESADE Barcelona and HEC Paris (2003), Jordi has spent his whole career in FMCG industry, holding different marketing, trade and sales senior roles in leading companies like Unilever, Wrigley, Mars and Upfield. After nearly 20 years in the sector and an extensive professional network behind, he decides to switch his career to Executive Search, joining AdQualis in January 2022 as Corporate Sales and Marketing Director. Jordi provides a deep experience in management, which will be extremely valuable to face current and future challenges in the company.

Achraf Iraqi is a Partner at Aston Associates. Since 2008, Achraf has successfully conducted many placements for senior and executive-level positions in North, West Africa and the Middle East. Achraf has started his career in Paris with Accenture, where he has participated and led a various projects within the Financial Services division, including a large scale of M&A projects and IT Transformation programs. Achraf holds a Master in Business & Finance from EDHEC Business School in Lille (2001).

Thierry started his executive search journey in 2006, after several management experiences. He had worked as an HR consultant in a European firm, before returning to general management, sales, and marketing responsibilities at Sixt and then Air Canada. In 2005, his last leadership role at Expedia covered Southern Europe and the Middle East.

For 15 years in the function of HR and recruitment consultant, Thierry uses his experience with a conviction shared by his clients: “Beyond skills – The adequacy of personalities is the key to success in recruitment”. Benefiting from a very marked acuity on the Air Transport and Tourism Industry at the launch of B-Ressource, his approach quickly proved to be fruitful on various fields of activity such as Manufacturing Industries, E-Commerce, Paramedical or Construction.”

Thierry is a graduate of Paris School of Business (Master Grande Ecole) and INSEAD.