Hiring Enterprise Architects

I came across this interesting post today regarding the hiring of Enterprise Architects. It poses the interesting question of by simply hiring and enterprise architect, does that mean that you will automatically have enterprise architecture? This blogger says no. In fact, in his opinion, many companies would like to believe that having an architect qualifies them to say that have architecture in place, but in fact there is more to the process than simply having the personnel in place. The blogger also contends that EA is a “necessary evil” and in order to hire the best architects they

“must be a dedicated and well rounded man that has to apply creatively the existing body of knowledge since the current state does not support well your endeavor to create your enterprise architecture.”

Do you think that some companies simply believe that by having an architect it means that they have an architecture? What are qualities you look for in an enterprise architect, who would need to successfully build a framework for enterprise architecture from the ground up in an organization?