Profile Management  
Historical Highlights Over 25 Years Of Recruiting Excellence  


Historical Highlights Over 25 Years Of Recruiting Excellence


“A company built on trust, with a thorough understanding of our customer’s needs”

1978

Profile was founded by the late Jacques Schneider, former head of training for The Savoy Group of Hotels.

Late ‘70s Business in the early days was mainly with London Hotels and the emerging Country House sector in the UK
Early ‘80s Profile’s international reputation grew steadily through a close association with many Leading Hotels of the World, International hotel chains including InterContinental, Sheraton, Hilton, Mandarin etc. and some of London’s finest restaurants
Mid ‘80s Appointment of Mark Norris and Liz Hartstone, Directors of Profile to this day. Our non-executive director, the late Douglas Barrington OBE, was presented with a “lifetime achievement award” by The Caterer and Hotelkeeper
1989 Expansion of the consultant team; Profile moved from its base in Hampstead to larger offices in Belsize Park
1993 Profile opened its Paris office to focus on France and French speaking countries, which continues to be led by Michele Alguacil, now MD Profile France
1997 Launch of Profile’s Leisure & Spa Division, supported by industry expert Lord Thurso. In the same year, the untimely death of Jacques at the age of 51 with a memorial service attended by over 400 industry professionals from all around the world
1999 Launch of Profile’s virtual office in New York to enable improved communication with our clients in the US
2000 www.pmsr.com established as Profile’s web domain (Profile Management & Specialist Recruitment)
2001 Strategic alliance agreed with a well established search firm in Sydney, to provide Profile with a gateway in Australia and South East Asia.
2002 Management buyout, led by Mark Norris enabled Profile to remain independently owned. Moved to new offices in Covent Garden, a few minutes walk from Trafalgar Square. Launch of Profile Marketing Appointments (PMA), a sister company headed by Rupert Sellers, MD to focus on Sales, Marketing and PR assignments
2003 Continued investment in Profile’s IT infrastructure, led by James Hey, continues to provide our consultant team with a highly efficient search and selection system, with access to a candidate base of over 20,000 people. James appointed a Director with responsibilities for Finance, IT and Corporate strategy
2004 At Profile’s 2004 conference, Dorchester Group nominated “UK Client of the year” and One&Only named “International Client of the year” At the annual meeting of Preferred, Summit & Sterling Hotels, the launch of Profile’s “Associates and Business Partners” to provide a range of support services including Training, Coaching and Human Resources Management, Measurement and Quality Evaluation, Sales Evaluation and Development, Travel Content Delivery, Valuation Services, Strategic Marketing advice, Web creation and Graphic Design and a partnership for entry level in front office.
2005 Team expands with 2 new members of staff, coinciding with increase in business confidence and added services including Psychometric testing. Profile’s 2005 Team Conference in Dubai confirmed for May
2006 .....tomorrow’s world of opportunity.