Global executive search firm Boyden has opened an office in Egypt’s capital Cairo, as part of the firm’s North Africa expansion.

Managing partner Francesca d’Arcangeli will lead its Cairo and North Africa operations. The Cairo office will operate as a sister company to Boyden’s Middle East headquarters in Dubai.

D’Arcangeli was previously chief operating officer at the ARTOC Group for Investment and Development, where she was responsible for the management and growth of the group’s operating companies in the MENA Region.

She has also held executive positions at operating board levels within News International, Sega and Carlton Audio before launching a tech start-up and establishing a management consultancy.