Patrick Hynes is the head of the Technology, Communications & Media Practice in the U.K. and leads the Professional Services Practice in Europe. He specialises in the recruitment of senior executives and partners.
Prior to joining the firm, Patrick spent 20 years in a career spanning technology and management consultancy. He began his career in the research laboratories of Philips in Eindhoven before spending three years at Robert Bosch in Germany. After earning his M.B.A., Patrick joined the Boston Consulting Group where he spent five years focusing on strategic, operational and organisational assignments in the industrial, healthcare and technology sectors. Patrick was chief executive officer of Blue Flag, the online services company owned by the law firm Linklaters. He also has held senior management positions in technology start-ups focusing on construction and business process transformation.
Patrick holds a first class engineering degree and an M.Sc. in Microelectronics from Trinity College in Dublin and has an M.B.A. from INSEAD.