Our independent office was founded in 2001 by Erika and Frederik van den Bergh. IMaS has successfully developed its business and specialised itself in recruiting Senior Managers in a number of industries, e.g. Financial Services, Building/Home Improvement Industry, FMCG, Hotel, Leisure & Travel, Petrol & Chemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Renewable Energy or Luxury Products which are related to the background and experience of senior consultants. Thanks to extensive network of contacts IMaS covers also industries outside their former "territories", the Automotive or Pulp/Paper industries for example.

Before starting as international executives, all our consultants held senior international management positions with global P&L responsibility for many years, living and working on 4 continents. They have a deep understanding of all questions related to global businesses, international transfers, expatriation and broad professional experience in multi-national companies both European and US, enables IMaS to better understand client's urgencies and specific needs. They come up with outstanding candidates with the professional background and expertise.

Frederik B. van den Bergh is Dutch and Swiss national, has a Masters Degree in Law from Leyden University and a MBA from INSEAD. Over 30 years of experience in international, sales and general management positions with global responsibilities in blue chip companies like Gillette, Sara Lee, Braun, Coleman, Black & Decker .
Sector specialisations: renewable energies, hardware, personal care, household and domestic appliances industry and related retail channels.
He worked and lived in a number of countries in Africa, the Middle East, Americas and Europe.
Languages: Dutch, French,  English, German, Italian.

Akbar Abid is a confirmed Marketing Professional and joined IMaS Executive Search with more than 10 years of outstanding experience in Product Marketing, Project Management & Business Process Improvement/Process re-engineering in leading multinational companies in the international express and logistics industry, distribution of IT products and marketing/sales of IT Hardware, like DHL, Actebis, Compaq, and Dell.

Akbar with his personal and professional multi-cultural background has always worked in an international environment with remote teams & management in Switzerland and EMEA HQ.

He was educated in Geneva and carries both Swiss and Pakistani nationalities. He speaks fluently English, French, German, Urdu/Hindi and Italian.

Roel T. Creveld is a Dutch national, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Nijenrode Business School, Breukelen, studied marketing in Cambridge and at the IMD, Lausanne. Over 30 years of experience in international, marketing, sales and general management positions with global responsibilities in blue chip companies like Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris, KJS, Omega watches a.o.
Sector specialisations: FMCG, luxury products, incl. watches, Commodity & Energy Trading,  banks and other financial institutions, printing,  machinery
He worked and lived in a number of countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas and Europe.
Languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Indonesian / Malay

Björn Blomberg is Swedish, has a M.Sc. in Industrial and Management Engineering and 25 years of industry experience as a sales, marketing, operations and general management executive in companies like Sandvik, Elkem, BTG, Primus, Sunbeam. Held leadership positions in Switzerland,  international regional and country positions in large companies across Europe, United States and Canada, Asia, Latin America and Africa.