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Iwona Matkowska

Job/Position: Global Talent Acquisition Manager

11+ years of experience in end-to-end global recruitment and 22+ years of overall business experience across international corporations and high-growth environments. Responsible for executive hiring strategy, talent acquisition operations, and cross-border recruitment programs across Europe, Asia, and North America.

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Iwona Matkowska

Professional Overview

Iwona Matkowska is a senior talent acquisition leader with extensive international recruitment experience spanning Europe, Asia, and North America. She has led executive and senior-level hiring initiatives across finance, legal, IT, banking, strategic consulting, digital transformation, and multinational RPO environments.

Her experience includes large-scale global hiring programs, executive search assignments, and recruitment strategy development across Poland, Japan, Ireland, Hungary, Belgium, France, the UK, the Netherlands, the United States, India, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, Italy, and Denmark.

She has successfully delivered complex recruitment projects, including 120+ GBS hires in Hungary, executive-level advisory hiring across multinational organizations, and measurable reductions in time-to-fill within large technology and consulting divisions.

Earlier in her career, Iwona held senior corporate leadership roles within Santander Bank, where she reported directly to executive management and collaborated with board-level stakeholders. She led cross-functional strategic initiatives, implemented CSR strategy at a national level, managed organizational development programs, and delivered executive-level reporting and business transformation projects.

Leadership & Recognition

  • Recognized as LinkedIn Talent MVP 2025 (Top 25% of LinkedIn Recruiter users globally)
  • Co-Lead of the EMEA Talent Advisor Community within an international RPO environment
  • Senior / Executive Talent Advisor across multinational organizations
  • Proven track record in C-level, VP, Director, and senior strategic hiring
  • Top-performing recruitment results within large enterprise hiring programs

Education

  • University of Copenhagen (Denmark) – MA, Actuarial Mathematics
  • University of Wrocław (Poland) – MA, Mathematics in Insurance and Economics
  • Harvard University – Harvard Extension School (USA), Organizational Behavior Studies
  • Temple University, Japan – Human Resources Management & Development
  • Waseda University, Japan – Japanese Business Management & Language
  • SOAS University of London (UK) – Executive Training Programme
  • WSB Merito University (Poland) – Postgraduate Studies in Psychology in Business
  • WSB Merito University (Poland) – Postgraduate Studies in Project Management

Certifications

  • Licensed Executive Search Advisor
  • Licensed Master Search Executive
  • Licensed RPO Recruiter
  • Licensed Talent Negotiator
  • Licensed Diversity Sourcer
  • Talent Advisor: Diversity Strategy & Coaching Hiring Managers
  • Influence Through Data-Driven Insights
  • Executive Briefing: Artificial Intelligence (AI) & ChatGPT
  • PRINCE2 Foundation Certificate
  • Certified Data Protection Officer (CDPO) Training
  • Generative AI, Recruiting & Talent Acquisition

Core Competencies

  • Executive & C-Level Recruitment
  • Global Talent Acquisition Strategy
  • Recruitment Process Optimization & RPO Leadership
  • Talent Mapping & Advanced Search Methodologies
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusive Hiring Strategy
  • Data-Driven Recruitment Reporting & Workforce Analytics
  • Cross-Border & Multicultural Hiring Operations
  • Executive Stakeholder Advisory & Business Partnership

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  • Forbes
  • USA Today
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