Olivier Dirdarian
President and Founder
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+1 347 753 3685
Olivier Dirdarian is the Founder of Talent Within Reach, a boutique search firm specialized in Consumer Branded Products with a focus on Retail, Luxury, Cosmetics, Food and Beverage. With over 18 years of executive search experience, he primarily focuses on senior and middle management positions for both publicly traded and privately held companies. Olivier also conducts Financial Management searches across all industries.
Prior to founding Talent Within Reach, he was a Partner at Odgers Berndtson, a global executive search firm and at Sterling International, a boutique search firm, where he led the Consumer, Retail and Luxury Goods practice.
Earlier, he launched the Executive Search Practice of Michael Page International in Paris in 1998 and relocated to the United States in 2006 with a focus on international companies. Prior to his career in executive search, Olivier was a Financial Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte.
Olivier has a MBA from France’s Ecole Superieure des Affaires where he specialized in Finance and Accounting. He is also a French CPA.
Christophe Pousin
Vice President
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+1 914 359 1596
Christophe is Vice President of Talent Within Reach, a boutique Search Firm specializing in finding top talent in the consumer goods sector: Retail, Fashion, Luxury, Beauty, Food, Beverage and other branded products. We primarily focus on senior and middle management positions for both publicly traded and privately held companies. We also conduct Financial Management searches across all industries.
Prior to joining Talent Within Reach, Christophe was Global Leader of Staffing / Outplacement at Randstad Holding. He was in charge of working with the Managing Directors of India, the Americas, Nordic Region, India, France and Eastern Europe.
Earlier, he worked for 13 years with Randstad France in different positions from consultant to Branch Manager and Regional Director of Paris. He achieved the position of Innovation Manager before moving to the Netherlands as International Specialty Manager.
Christophe has lived in various countries over the last 10 years. This experience of living abroad in the Netherlands, Germany and the USA gives him a unique perspective as well as a global appreciation.
Christophe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics.