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Dr. Maier + Partner

Founded in 1969, Dr. Maier + Partner is a German executive search and HR advisory firm that specializes in top management recruitment for the Mittelstand and family owned businesses. Headquartered in Stuttgart with offices in Nurnberg, Munchen, and the Frankfurt / Rhein Main region, the firm combines more than 55 years of market experience with a rigorous, people first approach to leadership hiring. Its core offerings span Executive Search for permanent C level and senior leadership roles, Executive Interim Management to provide immediate impact without long term commitments, and HR Consulting focused on management assessment and potential diagnostics to reduce hiring risk and support leadership development. Clients benefit from an exclusive candidate pool, deep functional and cultural due diligence, and a tailored advisory process that aligns every appointment with strategic objectives and values. With strong sector insight into German engineering and manufacturing and a proven track record of more than 250 successful projects in 2024, Dr. Maier + Partner is trusted to deliver mission critical appointments across operations, engineering, sales, finance, and HR. The firm expands its international reach as a managing partner within the Lense & Lumen Advisory Group and secures access to a premium network of interim executives through its partnership with Valtus. Recognition includes being named among the Top 40 personalberatungen in Germany by Handelsblatt in 2024 and 2025, as well as a Wirtschaftswoche award in 2024 in the machine and plant engineering category. Beyond search, its personalmarketing expertise helps clients strengthen employer brands and increase visibility among top talent. Dr. Maier + Partner operates with discretion, speed, and measurable quality, uniting professional, cultural, and strategic fit to build leadership teams that drive sustainable performance and long term company success.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationSenior Executives

HQStuttgart, Germany

Exec Avenue Deutschland

Exec Avenue Deutschland is the German arm of Exec Avenue, a senior leadership advisory and recruitment partner dedicated to helping organizations secure and develop top decision makers. Drawing on a proven track record across Europe, the team delivers executive search and interim management for CEOs, general managers and functional leaders such as CFOs, COOs, CHROs, CMOs and CIOs, complemented by leadership consulting and board services that strengthen governance and succession. Their approach blends direct search with rigorous assessment, market mapping and confidential referencing to produce shortlists quickly in high stakes contexts including transformation, post acquisition integration, LBO environments, crisis stabilization and rapid growth. Exec Avenue Deutschland operates across key sectors where leadership impact is pivotal, notably manufacturing and engineering, financial services and retail and consumer goods, with additional depth in technology and healthcare when assignments require it. Typical mandates include recruiting a group CEO to steer an industrial build up, appointing an interim COO or CFO to secure operations and cash in a sensitive transition, selecting a CIO for a major insurer to accelerate digital programs, or installing independent directors and evaluating boards for family businesses and mutuals in line with fit and proper expectations. The firm is equally at ease with listed groups, international mid caps and ETIs, private and family owned companies, mutuals and associations, as well as startups and scale ups in digital markets, always tailoring process to strategy, culture and urgency. Leadership reviews, team effectiveness diagnostics and executive coaching round out its advisory work, ensuring alignment between vision, strategy and executive capability. Whether stabilizing a mission critical function, preparing succession, upgrading a management team at speed or improving board effectiveness, Exec Avenue Deutschland focuses on measurable outcomes, long term partnerships and the tangible value created when the right leaders are in the right roles.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseInvestment ManagementFinTechFashion & Apparel

HQParis, Germany

Gallmond GmbH

Gallmond GmbH is a Leipzig based IT recruitment and headhunting firm specialized in cyber security, IT infrastructure, and engineering. From its office at Dittrichring 15, 04109 Leipzig, the company partners with Mittelstand, scale ups, and enterprise clients to reduce time to hire for critical roles, frequently filling positions in about 28 to 45 days and maintaining a high placement success rate reported at around 95 percent. Gallmond combines experienced consultants with AI assisted search and a structured four phase process covering requirement analysis, active sourcing and direct search, multi stage qualification with technical assessments and DISC (DISG) profiling, and hands on support through interviews, offer, and onboarding. The team focuses on passive talent across Germany and the DACH region, leveraging a curated network of 14,000 to 15,000 specialists and community presence at security events to reach CISOs, security architects, SOC analysts, penetration testers, GRC managers, cloud architects for AWS and Azure, DevSecOps and Kubernetes engineers, network administrators, mechanical and OT security engineers, and other scarce profiles. Beyond matching, Gallmond offers strategy advice on the search approach, builds efficient recruiting processes, conducts reference and compliance checks, provides DISC personality assessments, and stays engaged with structured onboarding and active retention management, supported by a three month replacement guarantee. Clients cite consistent delivery of relevant shortlists, a single point of contact, and discrete outreach that reactivates hard to reach candidates. With a clear specialization in cyber and infrastructure domains and fluency in the language of engineers, Gallmond enables companies to mitigate vacancy costs, accelerate project timelines, and secure sustainable team fit through personality informed selection and rigorous quality control.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceDefenseConsumer Goods ManufacturingIndustrial Machinery

HQLeipzig, Germany

GET AHEAD Executive Search

GET AHEAD Executive Search is a Germany based boutique for leadership hiring and interim solutions with offices in Hamburg and Munich. The firm specializes in filling national and international top management roles and supports organizations through critical transformations by combining deep sector expertise with a science based assessment methodology. Its approach unites the experience of seasoned consultants, evidence based personality diagnostics, and structured executive assessment to raise the probability of long term success, reflected in a consistently high completion and success rate on senior mandates. As the German partner of Friisberg & Partners International, GET AHEAD offers clients seamless cross border execution and access to a collaborative network spanning more than 30 offices in 20 countries while remaining locally connected to the German market. Sector capabilities cover digital, media, advanced technology and IT; consumer and luxury goods, fashion and retail; industrial and manufacturing; chemicals, pharma, life sciences and healthcare; clean technology, energy, utilities and transportation; private equity and professional services; as well as arts, culture, non profit and the public sector. Services include executive search for C suite and senior leadership, interim management to bridge capability gaps or drive time critical change, and rigorous executive assessment underpinned by validated diagnostics delivered by Hogan certified consultants. Clients range from global corporations to family owned Mittelstand champions and private equity portfolio companies that rely on GET AHEAD to identify, evaluate, and secure leaders able to drive growth, restructuring, digitization, and cultural change. The firm is recognized for a personal, rigorous, and competent consulting style and for delivering shortlists that balance performance track record with leadership potential and cultural fit. Through advisory support and structured candidate evaluation, GET AHEAD helps boards, investors, and hiring managers make confident leadership decisions that endure.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceChemical ManufacturingElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQHamburg, Germany

Global Mind Executive Search

Global Mind Executive Search Consultants is an independent boutique firm specializing in senior leadership hiring and evaluation. Serving clients across Germany and internationally, the firm focuses on executive search for Executive Board and C level roles, non executive and advisory board appointments, and top expert and leadership positions, including corporate functions such as Human Resources, Finance and Accounting, Treasury, Legal, Risk, Compliance, Tax, Corporate Development, M and A, Investor Relations, Public Relations, IT, Logistics, and Procurement. With more than 20 years of market experience, Global Mind leverages a deep network with decision makers and closes every search with rigorous reference checking. Its model ensures true global benchmarking: in international mandates, the same consultant meets and interviews all qualified candidates worldwide, representing the client with a consistent message and maintaining speed, discretion, and effectiveness unencumbered by the client and candidate conflicts common in large global search conglomerates. Beyond search, the firm conducts management appraisals and management audits for top management, supporting boards and owners with internal and external benchmarking, and offers tailored coaching to prepare executives for upcoming appraisal interviews. Advisory services also extend to assessing external executive availability and selection in the context of strategic realignments, mergers and acquisitions, spin offs, divestitures, and IPO preparation. Sector strengths include Financial Services across banking, insurance, real estate, private equity, capital markets, corporate and investment banking, asset and wealth management, and operations; Professional Services across accounting, tax, advisory, and law; Industrial and Automotive including mechanical engineering; Life Sciences and Healthcare; and Technology and Digital. Whether building boards, reinforcing corporate control functions, or appointing transformational leaders, Global Mind combines disciplined research, direct sourcing, and senior led engagement to deliver lasting leadership outcomes.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementAerospaceDefenseConsumer Goods Manufacturing

HQFrankfurt, Germany

Freund HRC

Freund HRC is a Germany based headhunting and human resources consulting firm headquartered in Erfurt, Thuringia, that has supported companies for more than 30 years with the discreet direct search of specialists, engineers, and executives. Operating across Germany and internationally, the firm focuses on value creating industrial sectors as well as public services, combining deep technical insight with a partnership approach to fill key roles sustainably. Its engineers for engineers model ensures that consultants speak the language of customers in fields such as mechanical and plant engineering, EMSR and automation, future technologies including new mobility, aerospace, fuel cells and hydrogen, laser and photonics, as well as hard and software related disciplines. Beyond manufacturing and technology, Freund HRC recruits for public utilities and infrastructure providers, municipal services, and technical functions within public administration, and it supports construction industry needs across civil, structural, road, and bridge building. Assignments span first and second line management, middle management, and senior leadership, and also include W2 and W3 professorships in cooperation with universities where companies and academia intersect. The firm also covers 3PL and 4PL logistics roles in operations, quality, controlling, and sales, and it is experienced in sourcing international talent, including skilled workers and apprentices from Vietnam, to help clients address structural talent shortages. Core services include executive and direct search for permanent placements, coupled with problem oriented collaboration projects that align external experts with client challenges. Each mandate is delivered as an equal partnership in the candidate, advisor, and enterprise triangle, emphasizing market mapping, targeted outreach, rigorous assessment, and transparent communication. Known for reliability, discretion, and persistence, Freund HRC aims to deliver hiring excellence by aligning role requirements with personality and performance, helping customers bring the right people into the right positions and enabling long term business success.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseEnvironmental ServicesWater ManagementUtilities

HQErfurt, Germany

GEJOBA Personalberatung

GEJOBA Personalberatung is a specialist recruitment consultancy focused on filling technically demanding and time critical roles for industrial clients. Acting with discretion and reliability, the firm combines deep industry know how, an international network, and a hands on approach to support both specialist and leadership hiring. GEJOBA engages candidates through active, professional direct approach, presents clients as attractive employers, and delivers authentic candidate profiles via GDPR compliant online access to its database. With more than 30 years of practical experience in complex technologies, the team has a proven track record across electrical engineering, automation, electronics, Industry 4.0, measurement and controls technology, analytical instrumentation, special mechanical engineering, IT, and production technologies, serving target markets that include power engineering. The firm recruits across the full business value chain, frequently covering research and development, product and project management, sales, service, quality control, finance and controlling, human resources, purchasing, and marketing. GEJOBA works in close partnership with HR, hiring managers, and executive stakeholders to fully understand requirements, ensure cultural and technical fit, and streamline selection so clients meet only the best matched candidates. Engagements are tailored with transparent and fair fee models, and the process is designed for clarity, speed, and candidate care. GEJOBA also enables secure and efficient remote recruiting by organizing video and phone interviews, ensuring continuity of hiring while safeguarding all participants. Throughout every search, the consultancy emphasizes authenticity, trust, and mutual confidence, aligning its methodology to client needs and market realities. Whether the brief calls for a highly specialized expert or a seasoned leader, GEJOBA leverages its sector expertise, market insight, and network to deliver results and long term value for clients and candidates alike.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentPayrolling/EORAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

German Board Advisors

German Board Advisors is a German recruitment and talent advisory firm that connects exceptional people with exciting companies across all hierarchy levels. Acting as a premium partner for modern search and selection, the firm delivers executive search through to specialist hiring, supported by rigorous assessment center services, new placement programs, and succession advisory. Drawing on more than 20 years of relationship building with candidates and employers, German Board Advisors combines a highly personal, candidate-centric approach with science-based diagnostics to provide objective insights into skills, leadership capability, motivation, and cultural fit. The team serves midsize and family-owned businesses, private equity backed portfolios, partner-led firms, family offices, and international corporations, building teams across the full value chain from board and managing directors to functional experts in sales, marketing, operations, production, R&D, procurement, logistics, administration, finance, controlling, HR, and IT. Sector expertise spans real estate and construction, technology and digital, retail and consumer goods, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing and automotive, as well as consulting and financial services. To accelerate time to hire and improve decision quality, German Board Advisors leverages user-friendly online assessment solutions available in German and English, enabling efficient, location independent delivery and clear reporting. For organizations undergoing transformation, consolidation, or restructuring, the firm complements search with new placement coaching and career transition support, helping affected employees prepare professional application materials, interview effectively, and navigate assessment processes. Succession engagements are delivered through tailored strategies that clarify goals, evaluate options, and implement plans to secure the long term continuity of the business. With offices in Duesseldorf, Hamburg, and Munich and an active job board, German Board Advisors remains closely aligned to market dynamics, scanning each search anew and providing fast, personal, and high quality service anchored in the leadership of founder and managing director Michael vom Bruck.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionAutomotiveAerospaceDefense

HQDüsseldorf, Germany

Ginkgo Search Partners

Ginkgo Search Partners is an international boutique executive search firm focused on placing first and second line management in China for multinational corporations and globally active mid-sized companies. Executive search is its core competency, delivered by a team of seasoned consultants with deep China experience and a proven direct approach to engage passive leadership talent. With offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Munich, the firm combines on-the-ground market access with bilingual German and Chinese consulting expertise, ensuring culturally attuned advisory support and a precise understanding of client needs across both headquarters and local entities. Ginkgo Search Partners structures delivery through a key account model so that each client works with a dedicated consultant who manages only a limited number of concurrent mandates, enabling quality, speed, and transparency throughout a retained search process. Industry practices cover automotive, broader industrial and manufacturing, transportation and logistics, life sciences including chemical and pharmaceutical, consumer goods, technology and communications, and professional services. The firm complements search with leadership assessment and leadership development to evaluate competencies, reduce hiring risk, and accelerate onboarding and long term performance. Clients benefit from an extensive network of Chinese and international executives, systematic research, and discreet direct sourcing that unlocks hard to reach candidates. The firm highlights strong outcomes including a 95 percent placement rate, 80 percent repeat business, and a six month guarantee, reflecting a commitment to accountability and long term partnerships. Whether building a local leadership bench, strengthening succession pipelines, or hiring country managers and functional heads, Ginkgo Search Partners provides targeted, practice led solutions tailored to the realities of the China market and the expectations of global stakeholders.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseWarehousingDistributionPublic Transit

HQGermany, Germany

Headgate

Headgate is a German executive search firm specializing in leadership appointments for family owned companies and hidden champions. From its base in Altenstadt, the team acts as a brand ambassador for mid sized groups and family controlled corporations when leadership becomes the decisive success factor and standard recruiting no longer suffices. With more than 2,500 search projects across automotive, construction, FMCG and retail, industrial manufacturing, logistics, IT, and medical technology, Headgate combines deep sector expertise with rigorous assessment and a candidate experience that emphasizes speed, discretion, and cultural fit. The firm delivers C level and senior management hires through a proven search methodology that includes in depth diagnostics, confidential direct approaches, modern marketing assets such as landing pages and company videos, and a tightly managed process designed to secure acceptance from scarce leaders. Clients benefit from a distinctive 24 month guarantee on executive placements and from the option of fully confidential or undercover mandates when situations are sensitive. Focusing on businesses with 1,000 or more employees, Headgate serves family enterprises, corporate groups, and hidden champions that value long term impact over short term fixes. The firm has been recognized repeatedly by Wirtschaftswoche as Best Personnel Consultancy from 2020 through 2024 and named among the top consultancies by Handelsblatt, reflecting strong client and candidate advocacy, high response rates, and excellent reviews on Kununu. Values such as integrity, confidentiality, mutual respect, innovation, and openness to new paths guide every engagement, while use of advanced technology helps expand reach without compromising quality. Headgate limits client conflicts by partnering with a maximum of two companies per sub sector to keep candidate markets wide open. The consultants act as advisors on equal footing, not resume forwarders, and they maintain transparent communication with hiring stakeholders and candidates at every step. Their executive search capability is complemented by discreet market mapping, succession planning input, and employer branding support that helps family companies tell their story credibly to attract modern leaders who still respect tradition. The team engages both visible and passive talent, leveraging targeted outreach and data driven research while protecting confidentiality throughout. Timelines are engineered for speed, often concluding in weeks from project start to signed contract, without sacrificing due diligence. This disciplined, human centered approach produces stable appointments and long term value creation for owners and leadership teams.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & Aviation

HQAltenstadt, Germany

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