PRINCESS “CESS” RAÑOLA is the current Country General Manager of Curran Daly+Associates (CDA), an Australian Executive Search firm. She is a highly energetic, passionate advocate of Human Resources with more than a decade of bringing people and opportunities together. Prior to joining CDA, Cess was part of the start-up pioneer team of Fischer & Partners Co. Ltd., and was also the former Associate Director of Asia Select, Inc. (ASI), a Human Capital Consulting firm that is part of the ZMG Ward Howell Group, where she was renowned for re-building its Engineering and Technical Cluster from the ground up and has since then consistently contributed >60%+ of ASI's total annual revenue. She was also a recipient of numerous individual and group awards from 2017-2023. As a Corporate TA partner, Cess’s roots also goes back with Robinsons Land Corporation and Schneider Electric Philippines.Having been exposed with diverse organizations and business leaders, Cess established a reputation for always finding top talents in the market from associates to c-suite executive leadership roles within companies in various sectors, including but not limited to Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Renewable Energy, Industrial Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Semiconductor, Real Estate & Construction, 3PLs and Hospitality. She also advised non-engineering businesses with notable leadership placements in the BPO, IT, Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) industries.As a mentor, Cess is passionate about developing talent. Throughout her career, she has cultivated young leaders and developed them through stretch assignments, mentoring and coaching them throughout their journey. She masterfully combines her business acumen, strong people orientation, emphatic and strategic approach that impacts behavioral change in her mentees.Cess is a proud De La Salle Alumni, from grade school up until graduate studies, and is presently an MBA University Scholar of Singapore Business School. She is a Certified DDI Behavioral and Targeted Selection® Recruiter, a Certified Social Sourcing Recruiter (CSSR) and brings with her a 360° knowledge in end-to-end recruitment, business development, account management, and stakeholder management.Outside of Cess’s corporate career, she pursues cycling, reading, traveling, and a coffee distribution business owner, while in between, being a wife and a mother of two.••••Need Career Advice or hiring a Super Team? Let’s catch-up! Message me at +63 918 912 5486 (sms/whatsapp/viber) or email me at pr@currandaly.com 📩