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Elevate Consulting Group

Elevate Consulting Group is a Netherlands based Human Resources advisory firm that helps organizations improve performance at the individual, team, and organizational levels. Operating at the intersection of science and practice, the firm combines rigorous, validated methods with practical tools to deliver measurable impact. Its service portfolio spans e assessments and tailored solutions, team and individual assessments, executive and team coaching, and executive and professional search with a clear specialization in identifying sales talent. Elevate positions itself as an HR partner for attracting, selecting, and retaining talent, and is recognized for using licensed, evidence based instruments to predict performance and support sustainable growth. The team employs structured diagnostics and e assessments to inform selection, development, and succession decisions, while sales force analysis provides clients with clear insight into capability gaps, role fit, and potential. Coaching engagements focus on building the core enablers of growth self reflection, self confidence, and self management and translate personal insight into day to day performance improvements. In search, Elevate runs a thorough, methodology led process tailored to commercial and leadership profiles, emphasizing cultural fit, learning agility, and long term success in role. Clients value Elevate for its transparent approach, data informed recommendations, and hands on delivery from briefing through onboarding support. Headquartered in Rijswijk, Elevate Consulting Group B.V. partners with organizations seeking a reliable blend of analytics, assessment, and expert advisory to make better people decisions and accelerate results. Across all engagements, the firm aims to optimize performance, challenge the status quo, and enable both personal and company growth with 100 percent effort and a consistent commitment to excellence.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Project ManagementSales & Business DevelopmentSenior Executives

Fornell Human Capital

Fornell Human Capital is a Netherlands based executive search and leadership consultancy that helps organizations appoint and develop top level leaders who can perform and adapt in a world of constant change. Operating as a generalist firm in the highest segment, the company works across private enterprise and the public domain, leveraging broad sector insight to assess leadership in context and avoid tunnel vision. Its core services include Executive Search for permanent C suite and senior management roles, Commissioners Search for non executive and supervisory board appointments, and Interim Search for time critical leadership needs. Complementary offerings such as executive assessments, learning agility analysis, executive coaching, and in company training on selecting agile talent enable clients to make better, evidence based decisions and build stronger internal selection capability. Fornell Human Capital emphasizes long term fit, leadership potential, adaptability, and personality, using carefully chosen and validated tools to inform decisions without reducing people to scores. The firm believes diverse teams make better decisions and therefore constructs balanced longlists and inclusive shortlists, aiming for sustainable team composition over transactional hiring. Acting as a partner rather than a traditional agency, its consultants translate market insights and practical experience into clear, structured processes that help boards and senior management define role context, reduce risk, and secure leaders who match phase, culture, and future goals. Working closely with client stakeholders, Fornell Human Capital codifies selection criteria into a validated assessment framework, aligns expectations early, and guides panels in behavioral interviewing to surface evidence of impact and learning capacity. Its approach blends search execution with leadership advisory so clients not only fill a role but also strengthen their capability to recognize potential, challenge biases, and make consistent appointments over time. Headquartered in the IJmuiden and Velsen Zuid area, the firm serves clients throughout the Netherlands and sources high caliber candidates internationally, true to its promise: Navigating Talent, Empowering Futures.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Government AdministrationLaw EnforcementMilitary & Defense

HQIJmuiden, Netherlands

Gateway to Germany

Gateway to Germany is a Netherlands founded specialist focused on recruitment in Germany, helping Dutch and international companies hire German professionals since 2001. Operating from offices in Utrecht and Dusseldorf, the firm combines bilingual, bicultural market knowledge with a proven, structured hiring process tailored to German standards. Their consultants lead clients through a clear sequence that starts with a collaborative kickoff to refine the role profile, align on culture and commercial goals, and calibrate compensation and legal expectations for the German market. They then produce a German standard vacancy, run targeted direct search and outreach on platforms such as LinkedIn and XING, and manage candidate engagement end to end. Screening emphasizes relevant track record, network fit, and sales or technical competencies, followed by shortlists, interview coordination, feedback loops, and offer facilitation. Gateway to Germany recruits across commercial, management, and director level roles, including Sales Representative, Account Manager, Key Account Manager, Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Country Manager, and Director Germany, as well as Service Engineers and solution oriented technical profiles that support industrial machinery and after sales service. Sector experience spans manufacturing and engineering (including machine building and industrial machinery), retail and consumer goods (fashion, lifestyle, food and beverage, and e commerce), and technology (software, data, and analytics). The team also supports clients expanding across Germanys key regions such as North Rhine Westphalia, Frankfurt and central Germany, Hamburg and the north, Berlin and the east, and Munich and the south, and can extend coverage into the wider DACH area including Austria and Switzerland. Beyond search delivery, Gateway to Germany advises on practical market entry topics like employment contracts in Germany and GmbH setup, helping clients de risk expansion and accelerate time to hire. With more than 20 years of experience and testimonials from over 500 clients, the firm is a trusted partner for building successful German teams.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPOAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseLuxury GoodsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurity

HQUtrecht, Netherlands

Finest People Amsterdam

Finest People Amsterdam is a specialized recruitment consultancy based in the Netherlands that connects companies with high impact digital, marketing, and e commerce talent. Operating as a boutique search partner, the firm focuses on permanent hires, targeted executive search for senior roles, and selective contract placements when clients need flexible expertise. Its consultants work in niche verticals such as performance marketing, paid media, SEO and content, CRM and marketing automation, analytics, conversion optimization, product marketing, marketplace and e commerce operations, martech, and commercial go to market roles across sales and customer success. Clients range from venture backed startups and scale ups to digital agencies and established enterprise brands undergoing digital transformation. The team leverages direct headhunting, talent mapping, and an active referral network to identify and engage candidates who are often not on the open market, while maintaining a candidate first approach that emphasizes career advisory, transparent feedback, and long term relationship building. For employers, Finest People Amsterdam provides market insights, compensation and benefits benchmarking, process design to reduce time to hire, shortlists built on capability and cultural alignment, and hands on support across interviews, offers, and onboarding. Delivery models include contingent search for speed and coverage, retained or exclusive search for priority and depth, and contract solutions for project based needs. The firm partners closely with hiring managers and founders to clarify role outcomes, assess competencies, and build diverse shortlists, helping organizations hire faster and more predictably across the Benelux and beyond. By combining specialist knowledge with rigorous sourcing and straightforward communication, Finest People Amsterdam aims to deliver consistently strong hiring outcomes for both clients and candidates.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsFashion & ApparelFood & BeverageConsumer Electronics

HQAmsterdam, Netherlands

Habilis Executive Search & Interim Management

Habilis Executive Search & Interim Management is a specialist recruitment partner focused on leadership and critical roles across the manufacturing and process industries. Headquartered in Eindhoven in the Brainport region, the firm has been bringing organizations, candidates, and capabilities together for more than 25 years. Habilis delivers three core solutions: executive search for board, director, and senior management appointments; permanent recruitment that matches high potential and experienced professionals with long term opportunities; and interim management that provides rapid access to proven experts, typically within 48 hours, to bridge gaps, drive change, or deliver specialist projects. With a pragmatic, high level yet down to earth approach, the team builds durable partnerships grounded in transparency, commitment, and straight talking advice. Their consultants combine sector knowledge in industrial machinery, electrical engineering, and industrial automation with functional expertise across operations, engineering, quality, supply chain, commercial leadership, and general management. Habilis also offers recruitment process outsourcing for clients seeking scalable hiring, faster time to fill, and improved cost per hire versus traditional methods. Assignments are delivered nationally and internationally, with a strong track record in growth, transformation, and succession scenarios common to the manufacturing and process landscape. Clients value Habilis for precise role definition, proactive market mapping, personality and culture assessment at management table level, and consistent support through onboarding to ensure lasting impact. Whether filling an empty boardroom seat, strengthening operational capacity, or securing scarce technical and leadership talent, Habilis combines speed with rigor, balancing candidate experience and client outcomes to achieve sustainable leadership and stronger teams.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOIndustrial MachineryElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationIndustrial & ManufacturingEngineeringSenior Executives

HQEindhoven, Netherlands

Legal Hunters

Legal Hunters is a Netherlands based legal recruitment specialist founded in 2010 by Ilona Tjon Poen Gie and headquartered in Amsterdam. The firm focuses exclusively on legal talent, placing attorneys, candidate civil-law notaries, tax lawyers, and in-house counsel into permanent and interim appointments for law firms and corporate legal departments. Operating with a high-touch, consultative model, Legal Hunters supports careers from junior levels through partners and general counsel, combining deep legal expertise with current market insight to advise on fit, timing, and long term success. Its process is structured and transparent, beginning with an in-depth intake and search brief that clarifies context, defines success, and distinguishes must haves from nice to haves. Targeted search and direct approach methods yield carefully argued shortlists, followed by reference checks and offer strategy guidance. Post placement, the firm prioritizes onboarding and retention with ongoing check-ins and support for both client and candidate. Legal Hunters is committed to diversity and inclusion within the profession, a commitment reflected in the establishment of the Legal Woman Foundation by its founder. Clients value the firms personal, discrete, and reliable delivery, its extensive and relevant network, and a proven ability to attract entire teams or advise on team moves when appropriate. Testimonials from leading law firms and Dutch corporates recognize consistent results in both permanent and interim hiring. Services span permanent recruitment, executive search for senior legal leaders and partners, and contract staffing for interim legal professionals. Candidates benefit from pragmatic, tailored advice on positioning, interview preparation, offer negotiation, and transition, while clients receive bespoke solutions aligned to role requirements, culture, and long term objectives. Legal Hunters builds enduring relationships by aligning client goals with candidate motivations and by delivering outcomes that last.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)InsuranceInvestment ManagementFinTech

HQAmsterdam, Netherlands

De Boer & associates

De Boer & associates is a boutique executive search firm in the Netherlands that connects organizations with inspired executives and high potentials through a distinctly personal and loyal approach. The firm invests early in building mutual understanding with every client, taking time to learn the organization, its culture and leadership needs so collaboration is effective from the start. Its method follows a clear arc of Verkennen, Vinden and Voltooien, moving from exploring context and requirements, to identifying and engaging qualified leaders, and completing the assignment with careful guidance, evaluation and support. De Boer & associates deliberately builds bridges, matches talent and combines experiences to create high quality connections, choosing its own distinctive position in the world of executive search. Trust and confidentiality are central: the firm does not publish client names or vacancies and only shares candidate information with explicit consent, ensuring that both clients and candidates remain in control of sensitive data at all times. Known for speed balanced with rigor, the team responds quickly to changing circumstances while maintaining a meticulous and respectful process that leads to successful, durable placements in defining leadership roles. An extensive database and a wide network of executives and high potentials enable decisive action without compromising quality. Director owner Kitty de Boer is recognized for an independent, energetic and results oriented style that reflects the firm’s culture and values, making clients and candidates feel at home and well supported. Beyond retained executive search, the firm offers TAAS and a structured, human centered way of working that keeps stakeholders informed, engaged and confident from initial briefing through completion. Operating from Den Haag, De Boer & associates partners with organizations that value long term relationships, discretion and excellence, delivering outcomes built on judgment, transparency and commitment.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAll industriesSenior ExecutivesGeneralist - white collar professionals

HQZeist, Netherlands

Diverse Capital

Diverse Capital is a Netherlands based executive search firm headquartered in Utrecht that is dedicated to increasing diversity at the top of organizations. The firm believes diversity is the key to success and applies a holistic approach that looks beyond traditional tick box criteria to focus on complementarity in experience, expertise, background, age, gender, personality, and leadership style. Diversity for Diverse Capital includes not only gender and cultural background but also neurodivergence, such as ADHD, dyslexia, and high sensitivity, and the firm actively champions the added value these talents bring. When engaged to fill a leadership role, Diverse Capital starts with an in depth intake that goes well beyond the job description, conducting structured interviews with members of the management or executive team to understand the IST situation and the desired SOLL state across culture, leadership styles, and personalities. This insight informs a longlist that is intentionally diverse and a rigorous shortlisting and assessment process rooted in organizational psychology. The firm performs regular searches for permanent executive and senior management positions and, where relevant, introduces standout free card candidates to clients. It also helps employers attract diverse talent and supports the implementation of diversity policies so that new hires can thrive and teams can excel. The team is known for open and honest communication with both clients and candidates to prevent future mismatches, and for viewing candidates as whole people, assessing strengths, ambitions, preferred environments, and development points. Managing Partner Frank van Veen brings a background in assessment psychology and international HR experience at Mercedes Benz (Daimler), blending psychological assessment with headhunting to optimize fit across candidate, role, and culture. Partner Henriette Verbeem adds deep experience in communications, marketing, NGO, and education, and is a natural connector. Their recent mandates span professional services roles in accountancy, audit, and tax, technology and data leadership, and business development in energy and utilities, reflecting a strong cross industry capability to build high performing, diverse leadership teams.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTotal Talent MgmtManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Cloud ComputingTelecomOil & Gas

HQUtrecht, Netherlands

KennedyFitch

KennedyFitch is a partner led executive search and people advisory firm headquartered at Limmatquai 2, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland. The firm focuses on finding impactful leaders and shaping people and leadership strategies that fuel growth, with senior professionals who each bring over 20 years of experience and a collective track record of more than 400 years. Its executive search practice covers global leadership mandates with a particular depth in HR, including Executive Search for HR, Interim CHRO, market mapping, talent and succession pipelines, and rigorous assessments with post placement support to ensure a smooth transition and long term success. Beyond search, KennedyFitch delivers People Advisory services that align HR with business outcomes, spanning people strategy, talent management, employee experience, strategic workforce management, operating model design, work technology roadmaps, people analytics, and HR upskilling and reskilling. The firm also leads Leadership and Transformation programs across leadership development, purpose and culture, organizational effectiveness, and human centered change management, and offers career transition advisory to support leaders through critical moments. KennedyFitch combines boutique personalization with global reach and local insight, collaborating end to end with client stakeholders to co create pragmatic, data informed solutions that are culturally aligned and bias aware, emphasizing culture add as much as culture fit. The team is industry fluent across Healthcare and Life Sciences, Industrial and Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Technology and Communications, and Professional Services, and works with a broad range of ownership structures including family owned businesses, public market leaders, not for profits, private equity backed companies, and scale ups. Clients value the firm for speed, precision, and judgment in search delivery, strategic insight across people and organization topics, and the courage to challenge assumptions in service of sustainable performance and a better world of work.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsChemical ManufacturingElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQZurich, Netherlands

FRESHE

FRESHE is an executive search and advisory firm dedicated to the legal, compliance, and non-executive markets, serving clients from its base in the Amsterdam area at Bavinckhouse, Prof. J.H. Bavincklaan 2, 1183 AT Amstelveen, The Netherlands. The firm partners with general counsel, chief compliance officers, boards, and senior leadership teams to appoint high caliber professionals to senior in-house legal and compliance roles, as well as non-executive and supervisory board positions. With a boutique approach, FRESHE combines disciplined research, deep market mapping, and rigorous assessment to deliver shortlists that balance proven expertise with future potential. Clients value the firm for its discretion, speed, and transparent communication, while candidates recognize a respectful, insight-led process that emphasizes cultural fit, governance standards, and long-term career impact. FRESHE provides end-to-end search across retained executive mandates, targeted permanent recruitment for senior individual contributor and leadership roles, and advisory projects that support succession planning, role design, compensation benchmarking, and board composition. The team is actively involved in the legal and governance community and continues to grow, welcoming new partners such as Friso van Deursen in November 2025 to expand coverage and strengthen client service. Whether building a first legal function, upgrading compliance capabilities in a regulated environment, or refreshing the composition of a supervisory board, FRESHE acts as a trusted thought partner to organizations across sectors. The firm operates with a commitment to inclusion, confidentiality, and ethical standards, and leverages a robust network to surface both visible and discreet talent. From initial briefing through appointment and onboarding, FRESHE delivers a hands-on, outcome-oriented methodology designed to reduce hiring risk and secure leaders who improve performance, resilience, and governance.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Technical WritingProject ManagementLegal & Compliance

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