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IMA Membership Audit Quarter 4 2014 October – December 2014

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Methodology and Sample

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Methodology and Sample

•  This report presents the findings of the fourth of four waves in 2014 of the IMA (Interim Management Association) Membership Audit.

•  The study, now in its 9th year, has been carried out from 2006 on a quarterly basis.

•  IMA members participated in an online survey entering data for each

assignment completed between 1st October and 31st December 2014.

•  This report is based upon findings from the 18 participating members of the IMA.

•  Fieldwork was carried out from January through to mid February 2015.

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Completed Assignments

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2014 at a glance

Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014

IMA Members completing the survey 17 19 18 18

Cumulated turnover (millions) £24.4 £34.1 £32.2 £32.8

Average margin against revenue 17% 16% 17% 16%

Completed assignments 280 297 307 279

New assignments started 390 408 354 356

NET started - completed +110 +111 +47 +77

Average length (billable days) 122 163 152 172

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Number of completed assignments

•  The results from the fourth quarter of 2014 show the 18 participating IMA members completed a total of 279 interim assignments. The average number of assignments completed per member has gone down by 1 and is now at an average of 16 from 17 in Q3 2014.

•  The average number of assignments in progress per member has largely dropped from 69 (Q3 2014) to 56 (Q4 2014).

•  The overall number of new assignments started this quarter has slightly increased from 354 in Q3 2014 to 356. The highest number of new assignments started this quarter has also risen from 50 Q3 2014 to 72 Q4 2014. The net variance between new assignments started (356) and completed (279) is +77 this quarter, up from +47 in Q3 2014.

•  As of 31st December 2014, the 18 participating IMA members had a total of 1,009 assignments in progress. The highest number of interim managers on assignment on 31st December 2014 from one member was 174.

•  We have seen an expansion in the average length of assignments from 152 days in Q3 2014 to 172 days this quarter.

•  The gender split has remains similar this quarter, with female executives accounting for 32% of all the assignments and male executives accounting for 68%.

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Number of assignments completed in the quarter

6-10

21-25

How many interim management assignments were completed by your company between 1st October and 31st December 2014?

26 or more Highest number of completed assignments by one member = 47

Total number of completed assignments by all members = 279

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11-15 Base: IMA Members completing the survey (18)

16-20

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Number of completed assignments Trend data

Number of assignments (actual numbers)

Average number of Interim management assignments completed per member in each quarter

Base: IMA Members completing the survey each wave

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Total number of assignments in progress by all members = 1,009

Number of assignments in progress in the quarter

11-20

1-10

31-40

51-100+

Highest number of interim managers on assignment on 31st December = 174

How many interim managers did you have on assignment on 31st December 2014

Base: IMA Members completing the survey (18)

21-30

0 assignments in progress between 41-50

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Number of assignments in progress Trend data Average number of interim managers on assignment per member at the end of each quarter



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Number of new assignments started in the quarter

How many new assignments started between 1st October and 31st December 2014?

Total number of assignments started this quarter = 356

Highest number of assignments started this quarter = 72

1-10

11-20

21-30

Base: IMA Members completing the survey (18)

31-40

41-50

51+

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Number new assignments Trend data Average number of new assignments started per member in each quarter



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301-360 days

Length of assignments

61-120 days

60 days or less

241-300 days

121-180 days

181- 240 days

What was the length of each assignment in billable days?

Over 361+ days

Average 172 days

Base: All assignments completed in Q4 2014 (279)

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Length of assignments trend data

Average length of assignments in billable days each quarter

Billable days

Base: Interim assignments completed in each wave

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Male and female share

Male Female

Is the interim executive male or female?

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Public sector vs. private sector

§  This quarter the private sector accounted for 67% of all completed assignments, up from 51%

in Q3 2014. The public sectors contribution to completed assignments has decreased from 49% in Q3 2014 to 33% in Q4 2014. The almost even split between the public and private sectors last quarter has not been repeated, with a much larger proportion of completed assignments being back in the private sector.

§  The Financial Service sector continues to lead, but going down from 46% in Q3 2014 to 39%

of all private sector assignments being from this sector this quarter. §  Followed by the Chemical Pharmaceutical & Biotech with an 11% share and Retail, with a 9%

share this quarter.

§  Local Government remains the lead in the public sector with a 41% share (same as Q3 2014). This is followed by the Central Government sector with 22% and Education sector with 17%.

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Private sector vs. public sector

Public sector

Private sector

Were they working in the public or private sector?

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Private sector

Which specific industry within the private sector?

Top mentions

Base: All assignments completed in Q4 2014 in the private sector (187)

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Public sector

Which specific industry within the public sector?

Base: All assignments completed in Q4 2014 in the public sector (92)

Top mentions

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Job function, reason for assignment

§  25% of assignment functions were for Special projects, which is down 6 percentage points from Q3 2014 (31%). This is followed by Finance with 21% this quarter, which is the same share as in Q3 2014.

§  The leading reason for an assignment remains Programme/Project Management with 62%

of all interim executives hired for this purpose this quarter, which is down 1 percentage points (63% Q3 2014).

§  The next most common reasons for assignments remains Gap Management with 17% this

quarter, marginally up from 16% in Q3 2014.

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Job function performed

What job function did the executive perform?

Top mentions


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Reason for assignments

What was the reason for this assignment?

Top mentions


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Location of assignments

Where was the interim executive predominantly based for this assignment?

Base: 358 Assignments

Q4 2014 U.K. 274 Outside the U.K. 5

Western Europe 3

Central/Eastern Europe 1

Central/South America - USA/Canada - Africa - Middle East - India /Asian subcontinent -

Asia and the Far East 1

(*percentage smaller than 0.5%)


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Enquiries

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Enquiries

An ‘enquiry’ is defined as any contact for an assignment which led to a meeting with a prospective client and putting a shortlist forward. § The average number of enquiries received by each member that took part this quarter is 80. This has increased from the last quarter where the average number was 77.

§ 71% of enquiries came from the private sector this quarter and 29% from the public sector, the split has remained relatively stable since Q2 2013.

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Number of enquiries received General trend data

Base: All receiving enquiries in each quarter

How many enquiries for assignments did your company receive in each quarter?

No. of enquiries

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Enquiries in the private and public sectors

Public sector Private sector

What percentage of these enquiries came from the public and private sectors?

Base: All receiving enquiries

%

Base: All enquiries received in each wave

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