Case Studies
Client : TRX City Sdn Bhd Position : Infrastructure Design Development Director Recruitment Solution : 2 Stage Retained Search Recruitment Period : 12 weeks
• TRX City Sdn Bhd is a government owned company and the master developer behind the 78 acre, 36 plot, 26.6 billion TRX City project in Kuala Lumpur, tipped to be the new financial district for Kuala Lumpur, it is the only project in Kuala Lumpur to have MRT1 MRT2 interchanges on it; it is worth noting that Prudential, HSBC and Affin bank are all building commercial properties on the project. Lendlease has joint ventured for 17 of the 78 acres and is developing The Exchange TRX project consisting of a 2m GFA Mall, 3 residential towers, a commercial tower and a hotel. • The brief, based on a two stage executive search was to find an Infrastructure Design Development Director • The role reported to CEO of TRX City Sdn Bhd and had the key brief to ensure the infra- structure both inside and outside the development was fully integrated and could handle the new footfall the development would bring. • The key criteria; the candidate must have developed infrastructure project experience but for a build project, have worked on similar complex projects through initial infra- structure design development phase and have worked in a GOC /GLC project or company environment whether for the Malaysia or any other government. • On retention by the client, MRG PA met the senior management team in Malaysia a number of times to discuss and define the brief and the search criteria. • It was agreed that MRG PA would provide a minimum longlist of 20 candidates, of which we would shortlist five, and present them within a 12-week period. • Our initial search focused on identifying major master developed projects in the Middle East and Europe, following which we used various search tools to identify 30 candidates. We longlisted to 20 after the first round of candidate interviews. • After a thorough interviewing process, we presented five candidates, of which we highly recommended one over the other. He was successfully hired, leading the development for the duration of his contract
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