IESF Italy

Our Team

Cristina Spagna is president of Kilpatrick and member of the board of Kilpatrick Executive Search. Cristina has nearly 10 years of experience in executive search and has a degree in psychology. Before starting her career in Kilpatrick in 2003, she worked for the Dutch multinational  Topstart People and as HR Manager in Fujitsu-Siemens. Cristina Spagna is responsible for the Industrial and FMCG clients. She’s got a great track record of executing searches for medium large companies, both on national and international level.           

cristina.spagna@kilpatrick-italia.com

Jacob Hoekstra is managing director of Kilpatrick Executive Search and holds a responsibility for Italy, Romania and the Netherlands. In his “daytime job“ he manages the team in the mentioned countries and his “ night time “ job is VP Business Development for the IESF ( International Executive Search Federation ) Speaks 5 languages and therefore one of the key players for international searches, representing both Italians clients abroad, but also multi-nationals in Italy.
Because of his background holds the responsibility for apparel and luxury, as well as banking & finance.

jacob.hoekstra@kilpatrick-italia.com

Claudia Paoletti is Partner of Kilpatrick Executive Search that she joined in 2003. She is a true multi-specialist and she has the expertise to handle varied searches across geographies, functions and levels.
Before joining Kilpatrick she worked in the HR Department of Pirelli and she participated with the recruitment start up at Cisco Photonics Italy.
In 2001 Claudia has decided to change her career and she became a headhunter, initially working for a national player on the Italian market, but since 2003 a part of the Kilpatrick team.
Her multi-specialist approach leads her to serving clients in Chemical / Pharmaceutical and Automotive Industries.

claudia.paoletti@kilpatrick-italia.com

Robert Martijnse, after concluding an impressive Executive Management career with  Royal Philips Electronics, is now a Consultant to the Group and Director of Kilpatrick Netherlands B.V.   Robert has a very broad and global experience as CEO of many Countries and Regional organizations, with a considerable time spend and a wealth of experience gained in among others Asian and Emerging Countries. The last six years he was CEO Philips Italy and CEO/Regional Director South East Europe-Balkan Countries.
He brings with him a tremendous experience managing companies and resources ( incl HR resources)  in a multi-national and multi-cultural environment. In addition he speaks 6 languages and thus a very strong partner and advisor for both local as well as international searches.

robert.martijnse@kilpatrick.eu