Grafton Employment Solutions Portfolio, headquartered in Belfast, will open its 76th office this week as part of a renewed global expansion campaign.

The newest office will be in Athens and operate under Grafton’s Spengler Fox executive search brand, company co-founder and group chairman James Kilbane announced Friday in Prague.

Grafton will open another 16 offices in 2007, Kilbride said. Amongst the locations where other new offices are planned are Chile, the Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia and Turkey. The company already has offices in most of those countries.

“We’re a small Irish company doing strange things around the world,” Kilbane told journalists, including a representative from Recruiter, at a press event in the Czech capital.

Grafton ESP comprises Grafton Recruitment, Spengler Fox, Grafton Healthcare, Blueprint Appointments and MaryB.ie.