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About Barr Associates

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Who We Are

Barr Associates is a New York-based, boutique search firm, specializing in one industry - Global Risk Management. Since 1990, we have been focused in this arena, growing and strengthening our knowledge of this ever-changing, dynamic field.

With our top notch research team and senior level recruitment staff, we have proven over time that our contingency search firm can offer you just as much, if not more than any other retained firm. We can give you a higher standard of research, find top tier talent not often found on the open market and deliver strong communication and results with a fee structure significantly lower than the other retainer firms.

Our Mission

Our mission from the start has been to focus on the needs of our select clients. We aim to continually gain an in-depth understanding of their business, their unique corporate culture and their specific management issues of the moment. It has been through the building of these strong partnerships that Barr Associates has been successful in helping our client companies grow and prosper.

Based in New York, Barr Associates knows no boundaries. We service the global community with expertise in New York, London, South America, Canada and Asia. The same dedication we employ in the United States we also extend to our clients around the globe.

Highly Experienced Experts

Barr Associates has industry experience of over 30 years collectively. Since 1981, Barr Associates has relied on clear, open lines of communication to pave the way for strong working relationships. It is through these relationships, together with their hard work, determination and a thorough understanding of the industry that successful, long-term placements has been created.

Why Barr Associates?

Barr Associates has made a conscious decision to serve a select group of clients in specific specialty areas. These specialty areas or niches have been developed over time through the expertise we have achieved and the best client relationships we have nurtured.

At Barr Associates, we believe that it is better to serve a select few expertly, rather than trying to be all things to all people. As a boutique firm, we are able to maintain a broader pool of applicants with experience that is specific to our clients needs. As our clients are limited to a select few, we are not hampered by extensive client exclusions. We can perform like a company with unlimited resources, working smarter to deliver better results in a reasonable time frame.

As a full-service boutique, Barr Associates takes pride in our honest, effective and knowledgeable approach from the beginning of the search process through the successful placement. Through these traits we strive for the most important part of our business, strong, ongoing relationships with our highly valued clients.