Michele Torch

Michele is responsible for overseeing the firm’s comprehensive Signature Search Process, shares in the management of the firm's core team of search consultants and researchers, and leads its internal Human Resource (HR) function. She is responsible for managing and conducting the interview process for high-profile clients and their candidates. Her undergraduate and graduate academic experience in the social sciences and her extensive HR experience in Russell 1000 and Fortune 500 companies give her unique perspective for each engagement. Before co-founding Torch Group, she worked for consumer products companies, service providers, and B2B manufacturers. She manages Torch Group's staff of account managers, executive recruiters, researchers, and coordinators. Michele has responsibility for internal hiring, training, policy making, and staff development. Michele direct the firm's comprehensive recruiting process. She conducts and oversees in-depth, competency-based behavioral interviews. Above all, she assures that each client receives only candidates that fit all of the job requirements. Similarly, she ensures the candidate possesses the right set of soft skills to mesh well in the client's culture. In her three decades with the Torch Group, she has successfully placed hundreds of executive-level professionals.