ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Executive talent solutions firm JBK Associates International (JBK) has hired Paul Stefunek as Managing Director.

Stefunek joins JBK with 25 years of senior-level search experience, most recently with the global firms ZRG Partners, LLC, where he was Managing Director, and DHR International, where he was Partner. Prior to joining JBK, he served as Vice President of Sales for PreTrax, one of the fastest growing companies providing customized and comprehensive background and drug screen solutions to clients.

“Paul’s extensive experience has helped drive transformational change with client companies that represent global industry leaders to private equity and venture-backed startups,” says Julie B. Kampf, JBK Associates International CEO, Chief Possibilities Officer & Board Talent Champion. “His passion, skill and reputation will accelerate JBK’s ability to bring our diversity expertise to companies across sectors.”

Stefunek’s appointment highlights a year in which JBK also launched its board practice, celebrated its fifteenth anniversary and earned recognition as one of the NJBIZ Best Places to Work in New Jersey.

About JBK Associates International

JBK Associates International specializes in executive search and development of senior-level leadership with a track record and passion for diversity and inclusion. The firm is the leader in providing the best talent from diverse perspectives to a wide range of client companies across many industry verticals, and with specialties in the Life Sciences, Consumer Products, Financial Services, Technology, and Nonprofit. A member of Amrop (Amrop JBK), one of the world’s largest retained executive search partnerships (www.amrop.com), JBK offers a full-service talent management business team that helps organizations and individuals succeed. Its portfolio of services ranges from executive search and retention, diversity initiatives, succession planning, staff augmentation, onboarding and assimilation, to leadership coaching. JBK has been ranked as one of the nation’s top innovators in diversity by Profiles in Diversity Journal, has been named to Inc. 500|5000 fastest-growing private companies in America for four consecutive years and has been named one of the Top 100 Women-Owned Businesses in New Jersey by DiversityBusiness. For more information, visit www.jbkassociates.net.