About us

We are a team of highly skilled consultants speaking French and English who bring innovative, result focused solutions to Talent Acquisition and Corporate Development. Our management, leadership and development programmes provide clients with international benchmarks and clear measurable outcomes for your business. Our work is 100% client referenced and our code is simple: we deliver our services with personal integrity, honesty, expertise, commitment and humility and we guarantee complete confidentiality and discretion at all times.

We are proud members of the ERA who has set standards in executive research practices for nearly 30 years.
We are also licensed in continued professional learning and development so clients can take advantage of local government tax benefits on our training programmes or individual workshops.

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Catriona McDermott Founder

Catriona created The Ark in 2005 and since then has managed international Executive Search/Talent Acquisition assignments. Previously she spent 12+ years working with leading UK and US corporates in public relations and European operations management in Leisure, Media, Satellite and Telecommunication industries. Since 1998 she has worked in Luxembourg as a senior HR professional in consultancy search (Rowlands) and for Lombard International Assurance - creating the HR function and developing strategic processes for improved performance. Catriona has worked with Thomas International Assessment Tools (DISC) since 1998 and is a licensee since 2005.

Youssef Ouadi    MBA, Ph.D Leadership Candidate

Youssef is an expert in leadership skills development. He has 10+ years in Corporate Development notably continuous performance management cycles, leadership skills - development impact and training. Youssef has lead many long term performance management and management leadership development programmes at Executive Committee and local management level in Canada, Europe and the Middle East for both public and private sectors.  He has helped small to medium sized organisations in their successful evolution through customised programmes that focused on Optimisation of a Performance Appraisal, Communications - as a Leader and the Development of Leadership.

Noel Morgan    BA DBA MCMI MCIPD

Noel has 20+ years experience in the development of corporations internationally. Noel`s approach is practical, participatory and results driven. He has been an Associate for 20+ years of the Chartered Management Institute (UK) and since 1997 has worked in Luxembourg with a wide range of businesses. He specialises in the development of organisations of all sizes and includes coaching for businesses and executives, performance reviews, management and leadership development, organisation wide change programmes and employee opinion surveys.

Béatrice de Jonghe d'Ardoye

Béatrice has 16+ years management experience with leading advertising agencies in the Benelux and 5+ years with Russell Reynolds heading up searches in consumer goods and services, industrial, healthcare and IT sectors. Béatrice is fluent in English and French. Since 2000 Béatrice has worked as a HR consultant and licensee and trainer of Thomas International Assessment Tools (DISC). Béatrice specialises in Executive Diagnostic and Development Programmes and HR Workshops.

Find out more about us and the work we do call us:+ 352 27 112 7301or email info@theark.lu

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