ICAP Career

What ICAP Career does

ICAP Career operates as the executive search and recruitment arm of ICAP People & Employment Solutions, providing human resources services including executive search and selection, recruitment solutions for graduates and junior professionals, assessment, coaching, outplacement, performance management, and training. Founded with its first project in 1973 in Athens, Greece, the firm has grown into the largest HR services provider in Greece, Cyprus, and Romania, operating branches in Athens (headquarters), Thessaloniki, Nicosia, and Bucharest. Its client base spans large enterprises, multinational subsidiaries, and public sector organizations across shipping, energy, insurance, manufacturing, IT, FMCG, and financial services, with named clients including Allianz, Olympic Brewery, ALUMIL, Diana Shipping, Seagull Maritime, and NCR Corporation.

The firm delivers executive search through a five-stage methodology (Clarify, Target, Assess, Select, Follow Up) and applies a 4-eye principle in which consultants work in pairs combining functional and sectoral expertise. Underlying technology centers on third-party psychometric and assessment partnerships — Hogan Assessments for personality profiling (HPI, HDS, MVPI), Aon Assessments for cognitive testing, Meta Profiling for entrepreneurial potential, and Huthwaite International for sales, negotiation, and communication training. Candidate pipeline management is supported by a Talent Pool built on Recruit CRM. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and operates on a quote-based, project-by-project basis typical of retained and contingent executive search.

ICAP Career is privately held with no disclosed parent company, ownership structure, or institutional investors, and operates with a team of 11–50 employees. Distribution is exclusively through direct enterprise sales via senior consultants managing end-to-end engagements, supplemented by content marketing, LinkedIn presence, podcast appearances, and co-organized industry events. The business is managed by an executive leadership team led by Executive Director Serafeim Karaiskos (Greece and Cyprus) with country-level directors for Northern Greece (Theofanis Georgiadis), Cyprus (Christiana Kyriacou), and operational teams across all four offices.

Name

ICAP Career

Legal name

ICAP People & Employment Solutions

Website

https://icapcareer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Compensation, Benefits & Total Rewards Advisory (BPACAJAG)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Talent acquisition
• Human resources consulting
• Recruitment solutions
• HR advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kallithéa

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Executive Search and Selection Services: Retained and contingent search services for senior and middle-level executives. ICAP specializes in recruiting professionals with rare skills across all sectors, placing executives who create competitive advantage in the knowledge-based economy.
2. Recruitment Solutions Services: Assessment and recruitment services for graduates and junior professionals, specializing in finding talented young professionals who are high achievers, agile, and suited for dynamic environments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ICAP Career, part of ICAP People & Employment Solutions, is a professional HR services firm providing executive search and recruitment services across Greece, Cyprus, and Romania. The firm assesses and recruits senior to middle-level executives through ICAP Executive Search and graduates and junior professionals through ICAP Recruitment Solutions, using psychometric assessment partnerships (Hogan Assessments, Aon Assessments, Meta Profiling) and a structured 5-stage search methodology. Services are delivered through senior consultants working in pairs under a 4-eye principle.

Product overview

ICAP Career operates as part of ICAP People & Employment Solutions, the largest HR Services provider in Greece, Cyprus and Romania. The company offers a portfolio of two core services: ICAP Executive Search (for Senior to Middle level Executives) and ICAP Recruitment Solutions (for Graduates and Junior Professionals). These services are complemented by a Talent Pool for candidate management. The company leverages strategic partnerships with Hogan Assessments, Aon Assessments, Huthwaite International, and Meta Profiling for assessment tools, and uses Recruit CRM for talent pool management. The organization also offers training through ICAP Training and human capital consulting through ICAP Human Capital Consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ICAP Executive Search & Selection Premium executive search and selection service assessing and recruiting senior to middle-level executives or professionals with rare skills across all sectors, using a 5-stage methodology (Clarify, Target, Assess, Select, Follow-up) and psychometric tools from Hogan Assessments, Aon Assessments, and Meta Profiling. Designed for large enterprises, multinational corporations, and public sector organizations.
• ICAP Recruitment Solutions Division specializing in assessing and recruiting graduates and junior professionals, dedicated to finding high-achieving, agile candidates suited for dynamic environments across IT, FMCG, financial services, retail, pharmaceutical, and energy sectors. Targets growth companies and enterprises scaling junior and mid-level hiring.
• Talent Pool (Talent Network) Candidate-facing service that allows professionals to submit their profiles and join ICAP's talent network for consideration in future recruitment opportunities across Greece, Cyprus, and Romania; managed through the Recruit CRM platform.

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Hogan AssessmentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorld leader in Personality Assessment. ICAP uses Hogan's psychometric tools (HPI, HDS, MVPI) for recruitment, leadership assessment, and development. The partnership enables ICAP to assess personality traits, values, motives, and derailers of candidates during executive search engagements.
• Aon AssessmentscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialized multinational firm in Cognitive assessments. ICAP uses Aon's aptitude tests for candidate evaluation in executive search and selection processes, combining cognitive assessment with personality evaluation for comprehensive candidate profiling.
• Huthwaite InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeading company worldwide specializing in Training, particularly in sales, negotiation, and communication training. ICAP implements Huthwaite's professional training programs including leadership, management, sales, negotiation and communication training as part of comprehensive HR solutions.
• Meta ProfilingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerScientific tool designed to identify entrepreneurial potential and predict entrepreneurial success. ICAP incorporates Meta Profiling into their assessment toolkit to evaluate candidates' entrepreneurial potential for clients seeking leaders with startup or innovation mindsets.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Global staffing and recruitment firm. Competes with ICAP at the recruitment solutions tier; ICAP's Cyprus Director previously served as Branch Manager of Randstad Cyprus, evidencing direct market overlap.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with strong presence across Europe. A direct competitor for C-suite and board-level search assignments that ICAP also targets via its Executive Search & Selection practice.
• Spencer Stuart: Premier global executive search firm, particularly strong in board and CEO placements. Competes with ICAP at the senior executive tier in the European market and is a recognized brand in Greece.
• Korn Ferry: Global executive search and organizational consulting leader. Competes with ICAP for senior mandates in Greece and Cyprus, particularly for multinational clients such as Allianz. Offers broader advisory services beyond pure search.
• Adecco: Global HR services leader. Multiple ICAP senior managers (Rozalia Fampri, Alexandra Dimitrakopoulou) previously worked at Adecco Greece, indicating direct overlap in the Greek recruitment market across permanent placement and mid-level search.
• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with a partnership model. Targets the same C-suite and senior executive search engagements as ICAP, including across European markets.
• Hays: Global specialist recruitment firm. Overlaps with ICAP's Recruitment Solutions division for mid-level and professional permanent placements across the European markets where ICAP operates.

Direct peers

• Pedersen & Partners: International executive search firm with deep CEE/SEE coverage. Directly comparable to ICAP given that ICAP's Cyprus Director (Christiana Kyriacou) was previously Country Manager Cyprus at Pedersen — both firms compete for the same senior mandates in overlapping geographies.
• SpenglerFox: Boutique executive search firm focused on emerging markets including Central and Southeastern Europe. Direct peer in geography, scale, and senior mandate focus — competing for the same C-suite and senior executive engagements across the SEE region.

Emerging players

• Kienbaum Consultants International: European-headquartered executive search and HR consulting firm with presence in SEE markets. Comparable in offering executive search plus adjacent HR consulting, though with a broader European geographic footprint than ICAP.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/serafeimkaraiskos
• Facebookfacebook.com/IcapCareerSolutions

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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