Case Study: Italian Packaging Group fills Finance Director role in 90 days with Stanton Chase

Italian Packaging Group fills Finance Director role in 90 days with Stanton Chase

The customer, an Italian packaging group, faced a significant challenge following its acquisition of an Austrian family-owned business. It needed a new Finance Director who could also act as a post-merger integration manager, bridging two very different corporate cultures and accounting frameworks. The vendor, Stanton Chase, was engaged to perform an executive search to find a candidate fluent in both German and English, equally familiar with Austrian GAAP and IFRS, and comfortable in both a large Italian corporate environment and a smaller Austrian family-business setting.

Stanton Chase successfully executed the search, presenting strong candidates who met all technical and cultural requirements. The very first candidate they presented was ultimately selected after several interview rounds. The vendor actively managed the entire process to overcome internal coordination difficulties on the client side. As a result, Stanton Chase placed the ideal Finance Director within a swift 90-day timeframe, ensuring a smooth integration of the Austrian operation into the Italian parent company's global structure.