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CASA 2026 Reports – Chief Communications / Corporate Affairs Officer Turnover Study 2026

February 23, 2026

Reports that build on last year’s research, with richer insight due to over 1,000 companies analyzed across France, Ireland, Netherlands, the UK and the US, and the DACH region of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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The 2025 Global Chief Communications Officer (CCO) Turnover Study

The 2025 Global Chief Communications Officer (CCO) Turnover Study

March 6, 2025

Conducted by the Corporate Affairs Search Alliance (CASA), analyses global trends in CCO turnover.
It examines key factors affecting the role, including political shifts, technological advancements, and stakeholder activism.

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CASA UK 2025 Report – Communications & Corporate Affairs Turnover Report 2025

March 5, 2025

Senior Corporate Affairs job turnover in the UK is more than double European counterparts, driven by political change and desire to upgrade talent.

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CASA 2024 Report

CASA 2024 Report – Business’ secret weapon revealed… The Five facets of Modern Corporate Affairs Leadership

May 15, 2024

The five facets, or characteristics, of modern corporate affairs leadership are not in your typical job description, but together they form a blueprint for understanding the role and what contributes to the success of the modern corporate affairs leader. This report explores less what corporate affairs directors do, but more, how they do it. The research is based on interviews with 23 progressive corporate affairs leaders in the EU and US, who are all at the top of their game in their respective markets.

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Introducing the new standard in Executive Search for Global Corporate Affairs.

Corporate Affairs – Interconnection in Action

September 13, 2023

The unified Corporate Affairs function is gaining ground in most countries but progress is uneven. What’s driving the Corporate Affairs concept, what are the benefits and can we expect one role and one title to prevail?
Corporate Affairs Search Alliance (CASA) members in Europe and the USA reflected recently on the evolution of the role and its purpose.

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Ithaca 15th Birthday

January 30, 2023

This month, January 2023, Ithaca Partners celebrates 15 years since it was founded. We began with a simple mission: to find brilliant Corporate Affairs Directors (mostly called Communications Directors back then). Today, that mission continues, now across borders with the launch last September of CASA (the Corporate Affairs Search Alliance), the first international partnership of specialist Corporate Affairs search firms bringing together six market leading boutique firms in the USA and Europe.

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Introducing the new standard in Executive Search for Global Corporate Affairs.

Introducing the new standard in Executive Search for Global Corporate Affairs.

September 15, 2022

Today the first incorporated partnership of international corporate affairs executive search firms is launched. The Corporate Affairs Search Alliance (CASA) brings together 6 market-leading boutique Corporate Affairs executive search firms to create the “Home of Corporate Affairs”.

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