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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

SABINE MÄRTEN Executive Search

Based in Munich, SABINE MAERTEN Executive Search is a boutique headhunting firm focused on securing outstanding leadership and expert talent for critical roles. For many years the firm has specialized in appointments to supervisory and advisory boards, C-level and managing director positions, senior leadership roles, and distinctive specialist mandates. Its client base spans renowned international corporations, established mid-sized companies, single family offices, foundations, and innovative start-ups. The clear sector focus is Financial Services and Real Estate, covering investment and asset management, real estate advisory and project development, insurers, and banks. SABINE MAERTEN Executive Search delivers a rigorous, transparent quality process grounded in deep market knowledge and a direct search approach. Access to top candidates is built on carefully maintained personal networks, market referrals, continuous candidate screening, and a research-supported proprietary database. Every mandate is personally managed end-to-end by an experienced consultant who runs only a limited number of assignments in parallel to ensure speed, precision, and a consistent candidate and client experience. Complementary to executive search, the firm provides tailored compensation studies and management audits for companies, as well as individual coaching for leaders and key employees, enabling clients to benchmark competitively, de-risk selection, and accelerate performance. SABINE MAERTEN Executive Search is a member of the German association BDU and operates in line with its professional principles and the GoPB standards for qualified executive search. Founder Sabine Maerten brings more than three decades of leadership and industry experience in finance and real estate and holds the BDU certification as a Certified Executive Recruitment Consultant, supported by a broad network of psychologists and coaches. With partner offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Cologne and international cooperations, the firm executes national and cross-border searches while upholding absolute discretion, objective assessment, and reliable delivery.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementConstructionArchitectureInterior Design

HQMunich, Germany

Brainswork GmbH

Brainswork GmbH is a Germany based consulting and recruiting partner that helps organizations shape the future by aligning people, interactions, and workspaces. Operating under the HLP Brainswork brand, the firm brings together three core capabilities: recruitment to secure the right talent, future strategy to identify early signals and opportunities, and organizational design to enable teams to perform at their best. In recruitment, Brainswork focuses on quality, transparency, and culture fit, managing end to end searches for permanent and leadership roles so clients can concentrate on their businesses. Its organizational design practice centers on High Impact Human Relations, moving beyond static New Work labels to build HR functions that strengthen relationships and deliver measurable impact. Engagements guide clients through practical mindset shifts such as profit to purpose, hierarchies to networks, controlling to empowering, and privacy to transparency, with clear emphasis on designing experiences, shaping culture, driving performance, and making HR fit for purpose. The team works collaboratively at eye level with clients, combining deep expertise with a solution oriented approach and evident passion for connecting people who build tomorrow together. Brainswork supports startups in setup and scaling phases as well as established companies seeking to run and innovate the business, with notable strengths in technology driven environments reflected in client feedback from IT architects and thought leadership on topics like blockchain. The company is accessible and service minded, inviting contact to discuss specific challenges and co create tailored solutions. Brainswork maintains a presence in Limburg an der Lahn, Frankfurt am Main, and Meckenheim, and engages an international minded team of consultants and customer relationship managers who value respect, trust, and partnership. The result is a pragmatic blend of talent acquisition, strategic foresight, and organizational enablement that equips clients to adapt faster and perform better.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Human Resources

HQMeckenheim, 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

Kontrast Personalberatung GmbH

Kontrast Personalberatung GmbH is a German executive search and recruitment consultancy with offices in Hamburg and Berlin, delivering mandates across the DACH region for public employers and the Mittelstand. The firm employs in house headhunters and combines direct search, targeted advertising and an active talent pool to fill leadership, management and qualified specialist roles on a permanent basis. Beyond search, Kontrast strengthens hiring decisions with structured, evidence based selection procedures, including management assessment centers and competency based interviewing, tailored to the compliance needs of public sector clients and to the governance and codetermination frameworks of medium sized enterprises. Sector expertise is especially strong in medicine and nursing, healthcare education and administration, and pharmaceuticals and medical technology; in public administration and higher education; and in IT and digital, engineering, architecture and real estate, as well as energy and environment. Typical assignments span executive appointments and C level succession, directors and department heads, physicians and nursing leadership, architects and TGA engineers, and commercial functions such as finance, HR, sales and general management. Kontrast also provides personnel marketing to raise employer visibility and activate the right candidate audiences while maintaining confidentiality and data protection, ensuring that vacancies reach scarce talent segments without diluting brand standards. The firm emphasizes transparent communication, fast response times and respectful candidate care, reflected in client and candidate feedback highlighting reliability, professionalism and partnership. Clients can request proposals and run structured searches end to end, while candidates access a continually updated job board featuring hundreds of vacancies in healthcare, technology and the public sector. This blend of executive search, permanent placement and rigorous assessment helps organizations make timely, compliant and high quality hires that stand up to internal and external scrutiny and deliver long term value.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsEducation AdministrationSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurity

HQHamburg, Germany

Innova Search - Manufacturing Division

Innova Search - Manufacturing Division supports manufacturers and industrial businesses across the UK with a clear, value-driven approach to hiring commercial and management talent. Drawing on the Affinity Search & Selection model and the experience of consultants who understand procurement, buying, supply chain, logistics and transport, office operations, retail-linked channels, and manufacturing environments, the division delivers permanent, contract, and interim solutions aligned to client budgets and timelines. Its transparent fee structure lets clients select from four packages typically ranging between 14% and 20%, with replacement guarantees from one to four months, removing unnecessary fee negotiation and focusing everyone on filling vacancies quickly and well. The delivery process begins with a thorough vacancy brief to capture culture, priorities, and success criteria; this is followed by targeted market outreach across major job boards and proactive search via CV databases, social media, and modern screening technology. Consultants then shortlist, screen, and present hand-selected candidates, coordinate interviews, and manage risk to keep hiring smooth and predictable. For niche or confidential mandates, the team offers exclusive search and discreet headhunting, along with optional behavioral and psychometric testing (GBP 50 per candidate) including expert interpretation. Based in Chester at Poplar House, Park West, CH1 4RN, and serving employers nationwide, the division works with SMEs through to multi-site organizations and typically produces shortlists within a week, recruiting from entry level through to executive leadership. Its core coverage spans production-supporting functions such as procurement and supply chain, warehousing and distribution interfaces, commercial roles in sales and business development, as well as enabling teams in marketing, HR, finance, and administrative support. With fast performance, competitive rates, and a smooth, honest, and transparent service, Innova Search - Manufacturing Division aims to be the recruitment partner of choice for manufacturers seeking leaders and professionals who will enhance operational efficiency, strengthen supply chains, and drive commercial growth.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTruckingWarehousingDistribution

HQChester, United Kingdom

Heng AND Hurst

Heng & Hurst is a specialist recruitment partner serving Australia and New Zealand across the pharmaceutical, medical device and medical technology sectors. The firm focuses on building and shaping high performing commercial, medical and HR teams, as well as senior operations functions, for organizations that need to scale with confidence in highly regulated markets. Founded in 2017 and powered by a team with more than 20 years of life sciences recruitment expertise, Heng & Hurst combines deep sector knowledge with a performance driven approach to deliver shortlists that are consistently on brief, on time and on standard. Its solutions span permanent recruitment for core growth roles, executive search and interim leadership through H&H Executive, and tailored project based hiring programs via H&H Tailormade, complemented by H&H Learning to upskill hiring teams and enhance candidate readiness. Clients value the consultative discovery process, where the team invests in understanding culture, leadership style and future plans to ensure lasting fit and impact, a partnership ethos reflected in testimonials from recognized brands such as UCB Australia, Danone and AMSL. Coverage extends across sales, marketing, medical affairs and HR, with proven capability to embed talent that drives commercial performance and patient centric outcomes. For candidates, Heng & Hurst provides market insight, honest guidance and discreet access to opportunities, helping professionals accelerate their careers in pharma and medtech across Australia and New Zealand. With rigorous assessment, compliance awareness and a commitment to service excellence at every stage of the process, the firm acts as a trusted connector between high potential talent and innovative life sciences companies, delivering measurable hiring outcomes when performance matters.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsMental Health CareVeterinaryHealthcare & Life Sciences

HQAustralia, Australia

B Recruitment

DURV. is a specialist recruitment partner focused on supply chain, logistics, and production roles across the Netherlands. From its base in Breda, the firm combines deep sector expertise with AI and Recruitment Marketing Automation to reach latent talent that traditional methods miss and to accelerate high quality hiring without compromising the human experience. DURV. concentrates on the end to end supply chain domain, including supply chain planning, demand, procurement, production, transport, and warehouse, and supports organizations in retail, high tech and industrial production, fuel distribution, and logistics. Its transparent, data informed approach starts with a deep intake to clarify the real hiring need, followed by DURV Radar to detect and activate relevant specialists with the right message at the right moment. An objective DURV Score makes the match visible by weighing skills, context, and growth potential, so hiring teams can see at a glance who fits best. Throughout the process, DURV Coach provides focused guidance to both candidates and hiring managers, with regular check ins after start and ongoing aftercare to secure a lasting placement. The firm prioritizes quality over quantity, operating with streamlined automation to shorten time to hire, improve process and candidate quality, and deliver a sharper price point versus market averages. Typical vacancies range from customer service and supply chain coordinators to QHSE managers and leadership roles in complex production environments. For candidates, DURV. ensures discretion, clear communication, and support on salary and contract discussions, turning a career move into a confident step forward. For employers, DURV. acts as a reliable partner from intake and selection to onboarding and follow up, reducing wasted time and budget while ensuring each match is sustainable. The result is recruitment that is smarter, faster, and more transparent, connecting organizations and professionals who truly fit and stay.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseSupply Chain ManagementFreight ForwardingAirlines & Aviation

HQBreda, Netherlands

Staff for Employment

Staff for Employment is a UK based recruitment and talent acquisition consultancy focused on technical markets across engineering, manufacturing, and environmental disciplines. Positioned as the recruitment arm of Deans Group Ltd, established in 2010, the company delivers permanent and temporary hiring solutions nationwide, operating both remotely and on site to fit client needs. Its specialist permanent team partners with employers to understand long term objectives, leveraging a pre qualified talent network and targeted headhunting to secure hard to find skills. For time sensitive and variable demand, the firm provides compliant temporary staffing, handling full candidate vetting, reference checks, right to work verification, on site pre and post employment assessments, and the administration around applications, payroll, and required licenses. Consultants apply a consultative process that includes market mapping, competitor analysis, and salary insights, then back delivery with transparent and simple pricing and regular service reviews against agreed KPIs such as attendance and retention. Core coverage spans energy, recycling, waste management, water, technology enabled engineering, and broader industrial settings, from design and project engineering to maintenance, production, quality, and HSE functions. A media led and AI assisted attraction strategy supports bespoke campaigns that boost engagement in niche communities while confidential search reaches passive talent in scarce markets. Candidates benefit from a 100 percent confidential service, structured screening and interview preparation, and clear guidance on opportunities aligned to their skills and aspirations, with the option to submit a CV for proactive representation. By combining sector knowledge, disciplined process, and responsive communication, Staff for Employment provides a reliable, people first recruitment partnership that strengthens clients workforces and supports sustainable growth across the UK.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseWater ManagementUtilitiesSoftware Development

HQBirmingham, United Kingdom

MSC Headhunting

MSC Headhunting is a specialist executive search firm focused on the direct recruitment of senior leaders and hard to find specialists across Europe and worldwide. For more than 25 years the company has delivered retained headhunting solutions that combine rigorous research, tailored outreach and deep market insight to identify and engage exclusive candidates who are not active on job boards. With multilingual consultants and established offices in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, MSC runs a disciplined, transparent and deadline driven process that emphasizes confidentiality, close alignment with client stakeholders and clear communication at every stage. Its senior executive recruiting methodology is designed to fill key roles quickly and accurately, providing clients with a curated shortlist of quality checked candidates matched to sector, functional and leadership requirements. MSC is known for three distinctive guarantees: the presentation of carefully selected candidates who fit the brief, delivery within an agreed timeframe, and a commitment that placed candidates will remain in post for 12 months (6 months for non board roles). The firm does not rely on a candidate database; instead it conducts bespoke market mapping and targeted headhunting to secure the best available talent. MSC has extensive experience across technology, oil and gas and broader energy, maritime, manufacturing and engineering, as well as marketing, media, healthcare, finance and retail, serving blue chip corporations, high growth innovators and public institutions. Clients value MSC for reliability, discretion and responsiveness, including 24 7 availability from its team and consistent project control from kick off to successful acceptance. Testimonials and case studies highlight the ability to deliver exceptional shortlists under tight timescales while maintaining professionalism and a positive candidate experience. Organizations seeking a trusted retained partner for critical leadership hires rely on MSC Headhunting to secure results with precision and confidence.

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

HQFrankfurt, Germany

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