Grace Blue Partnership appoints Nabiha Khan as Head of Research EMEA

Nabiha joins Grace Blue in February 2020 to support the continued growth of the Grace Blue business across EMEA.

Nabiha has 10 years’ experience in executive search. Most recently she was Senior Associate, Board, Retail & Consumer at The Miles Partnership and an Associate at Clarity Search specialising in consumer search prior to this. The first four years of her career was spent with The Willis Partnership where she worked on C-suite and Board searches across several sectors. She has a wealth of experience partnering with a broad range of consumer-focused businesses to appoint leadership talent including CEOs CMOs, CIOs and CFOs and their teams.

Nabiha will report to David Nobbs who joined Grace Blue in 2019 as Partner and Head of Consumer. She will lead the in-house teams of Research Associates and Senior Research Associates, EAs & Project Managers and be responsible for overseeing the GB client and candidate experience programmes.

Nabiha Khan said “I joined Grace Blue to work with bright, energetic individuals who will go above and beyond for both clients and colleagues in an environment where collaboration is at its finest. In a rapidly evolving marketplace, Grace Blue are trusted partners to so many of the world’s biggest and most successful brands. There has always been a clear focus on quality, deep sector knowledge and integrity – I am looking forward to continuing this legacy.”

David Nobbs, Partner, Grace Blue Partnership, said: “We are delighted that Nabiha has decided to join Grace Blue. The marketplace and consumer behaviours are changing at an unprecedented pace and therefore we are experiencing considerable growth in our consumer business. This will accelerate further throughout 2020 and beyond and Nabiha joins to play an integral role in supporting this growth. She has extensive, international consumer search experience and a reputation for delivering outstanding results for clients. More importantly our values and outlook align perfectly, making her the perfect person to continue to build and develop our research and delivery teams and focus on supporting our clients to drive transformation and put the consumer at the heart of their businesses”