Mr. Strang's firm, along with others that specialize in accounting, security and investigation -- including Kroll, I.G.I, ChoicePoint Inc., KPMG and Controlled Risk -- are getting a spike in requests for background checks on candidates at the highest executive levels.
The breaches of companies like Target, as well as more recent examples from Anthem and Sony, have such direct consumer ramifications that it is changing the conversation around how seriously companies take security, which has moved from being solely an IT issue into one that reaches the highest executive levels of the company.
The target customer is going to be at a high executive level, in most cases, because the purchase price is relatively steep compared to standard office furniture.
Citing figures from China's State Council (the highest executive-level governing body), Science reported that by 2020, basic research would account for 15% of total R&D spending in China, up from 6% in 2004.
High remuneration at executive level must always be squarely linked to outstanding performance".
High-level executives visiting from Japan often make a point of calling on dealerships to chat with salesmen.
High-level executives back in the banks' home countries invariably get off scot-free.
High-level executives from News Corp., Microsoft, Yahoo and Viacom began to court Zuckerberg.
She's a smaller woman with straight, silk black hair, but she manages to make some of the wealthiest lawyers and highest level executives bow down.
The world's biggest eCommerce service company has a female workforce of 47%; 33% of its managers and 24% of its highest level executives are women.
