A network of corporate talent officers advancing best practices
in executive recruiting worldwide
ESIX was formed in late 1996 by heads of executive recruiting from AlliedSignal, American Express, GE Capital, IBM, PepsiCo, Pitney Bowes, Union Carbide, United Technologies and Viacom. Since then, the group has grown to nearly 70 leading corporations and has met more than 100 times. Participants are VPs and Directors of Executive Recruiting from the following companies:
| Aetna American Express Aramark Bank of America Barclays Global Investors Baxter Healthcare Bear Stearns Becton Dickinson Bristol-Myers Squibb Campbell Soup Capital Group Cos. Cardinal Health Cisco Systems Citadel Investment Group Colgate-Palmolive Covidien Credit Suisse CVS Caremark Dell Eastman Kodak | eBay Eli Lilly EMC Fannie Mae FBR Capital Markets Fidelity Investments Freddie Mac Gap Inc Gartner International Harrah's Entertainment IBM Jones Apparel Group Lehman Brothers LexisNexis Group Lockheed Martin Mass Mutual MD Anderson Cancer Center Merck Merck & Co. MetLife | Microsoft Nike, Inc Pepsi Bottling Group PepsiCo Pitney Bowes Prudential Financial Schering-Plough Sony Corp. of America Starbucks Thomson Corp Time Warner TJX Cos Tyco Electronics Tyco International UBS Investment Bank Vanguard Verizon Wachovia Walt Disney Co. Washington Mutual |
ESIX participants meet 11 times a year: 7 in New York, typically at the Harvard Club of New York, and 4 on the West Coast, where
ompanies take turns hosting meetings. Meetings are half-day except for one full-day gathering each June in New York for participants
from both coasts.
Participants and invited guests research and discuss a variety of topics related to executive recruiting:
- Executive hiring effectiveness
- Selecting and engaging executive search consultants
- Building an internal executive search capability
- Advancements in candidate ID and assessment
- Executive onboarding and retention
Participating companies pay an annual fee, entitling an individual to attend meetings, receive written reports, have access to Executive Search Information Services for information on executive recruiting (see www.davidlord.com), and become acquainted with their counterparts in leading companies.
Participation is by invitation.