A new report from executive recruitment firm Boyden highlights increased demand for executives in a number of sectors as chief executive officer confidence is buoyed by stabilising economies.

President and chief executive officer of Boyden Trina Gordon says: “In a number of markets, particularly in the US and the UK, organisations are undertaking increased senior executive hiring in key sectors.”

Key hiring needs in three of the more buoyant different geographies include:

Central and Eastern Europe

The region “has become a growing hub for manufacturing production, attracting more talent from Western Europe and the US,” the report says. Demand in healthcare is also strong, and within banking and financial services, firms “are looking for new CEOs who are able to restructure and wind down activities of their defaulted assets”.

Greater China

Demand for senior talent “remains steady” in Taiwan, as companies continue to export data centre management from Europe. In China itself, “the industrial sector remains fairly robust and recruitment remains brisk for country managers”. Both China and Hong Kong are seeing “steady demand for management talent in the consumer and retail sectors”.

India

“Companies in e-commerce, cloud, social media and big-data analytics are doing well,” the report says, while the consumer sector is currently growing at 15-16% year-on-year, and expected to grow further.

Latin America

Infrastructure hiring “looks favourable”, while demand is also coming from family-owned businesses in consumer and retail spaces looking to expand beyond the local shores. Financial services firms looking to expand across the region.

The full report is available online.

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