{"id":3916,"date":"2022-06-21T06:01:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T06:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2024-05-06T05:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T05:03:12","slug":"ceo-of-the-year-executive-recruitment-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceo-worldwide.com\/blog\/ceo-of-the-year-executive-recruitment-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"CEO of the Year, Executive Recruitment Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are happy to announce that EUROPEANCEO has awarded our CEO Patrick Mataix with the <strong>CEO of the Year, Executive Recruitment Industry<\/strong> award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanceo.com\/awards-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">All award winners<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a vetted pool of over 20,000 international executives, CEO Worldwide is continuing its mission to distribute executive talent throughout the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that EUROPEANCEO has awarded our CEO Patrick Mataix with the CEO of the Year, Executive Recruitment Industry award. 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