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division one

division one is an international top level recruitment consultancy headquartered in Stuttgart with additional offices in Frankfurt and Duesseldorf. Founded in 2009, the firm has grown into a team of around 45 specialists and is widely recognized for excellence, earning repeated Top Consultant honors and listings such as Handelsblatt Top Personalberatung. division one focuses on leadership hiring and transformation, delivering executive search for permanent top leaders, interim management for mission critical mandates, and board solutions for supervisory and advisory bodies. Its Leadership Advisory practice supports change, culture, and organizational effectiveness, and includes career planning and guidance for top executives such as outplacement and the one.excellence.leader program. A defining strength is the close collaboration between business units and sector experts, which ensures a comprehensive market view and translates into precise, timely shortlists with a sharp focus on both professional capability and cultural fit. Through the global ENEX partner network, division one serves clients in over 40 countries, connecting companies with proven leaders and mobilizing interim professionals for urgent initiatives across functions and regions. Sector coverage is broad, with particular depth in manufacturing and engineering, technology, and financial services, complemented by dedicated practices in automotive, industrial, energy, healthcare, consumer markets, private equity, professional services, public sector, restructuring, and more. Whether filling CEOs, CFOs, CTOs, plant and operations leaders, or specialized board roles, the firm applies rigorous, transparent processes and continuous, honest communication to create trust and reduce hiring risk. For executives, division one offers holistic guidance that integrates personality, private environment, and career objectives, enabling confident decisions about the next step and long term success. The result is a partner that builds careers and develops companies by aligning leadership impact with strategic goals and measurable business outcomes.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseIT InfrastructureTelecommunicationsCloud Computing

HQStuttgart, Germany

DOM CONSULTING®

DOM CONSULTING is a boutique career transition and executive outplacement partner based in Cologne and working nationwide across Germany and the wider DACH region. Led by Christina Kock, the firm is dedicated to senior leaders, with a distinctive focus on executives 50 plus who are managing forced or self initiated career changes. Its signature program, Inverses Headhunting, flips the traditional search dynamic by equipping leaders to proactively identify and approach target companies and the right executive search consultants in order to access the hidden and especially the latent job market. The approach applies a structured, performance based methodology that starts with clarifying goals and success narratives, then builds compelling positioning, market maps, target lists, and outreach strategies, while upgrading CVs, cover materials, and social profiles for credibility at the right decision making level. DOM CONSULTING provides hands on coaching for messaging, interviews, salary and contract negotiations, and supports through onboarding, aiming to compress time to market significantly. Complementing this is tailored outplacement for employer sponsored and individual transitions, business coaching, and LUXXprofile personality analysis and training to sharpen self awareness, leadership impact, and role fit. Over more than 15 years, the firm has accompanied hundreds of clients across functions and sectors, from finance and legal to marketing and operations, and reports material reductions in time to a suitable next role through rigorous preparation and proactive market development. Engagements follow a one face to the customer model, ensuring senior to senior partnership, confidentiality, and accountability from first conversation to acceptance and beyond. Insight sharing through talks such as Hidden Top Jobs and Corporate Hunting extends practical guidance to leaders navigating an opaque market, anchored in the firm motto that success can be planned when goals, steps, and execution are aligned.

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

HQKöln, Germany

Carmichael Fisher

Carmichael Fisher is a global executive search firm that partners with organizations to identify, engage, and appoint high impact leaders across multiple industries. The firm brings global knowledge and local expertise through a collaborative team of international search professionals who respond to each assignment with a hand picked group of sector specialists. Its core capabilities span executive search for senior leadership and board roles, non executive director search to enhance board effectiveness and diversity, market intelligence and mapping to uncover trends and talent pools, and data driven assessment that provides clear, whole person insights to guide selection and organizational design. Carmichael Fisher operates across dedicated practices in banking and financial services including commercial and retail banking, insurance, fintech, payments and banking technology; life sciences and healthcare services spanning pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical technology and healthcare providers; industry and manufacturing with depth in automotive, energy, building materials and food and agribusiness; technology with consultants immersed in software, product and engineering leadership communities; real estate across the full asset and project life cycle; and transport, logistics and supply chain, as well as aerospace, defense and aviation. The firm emphasizes culture fit, inclusion, and long term value, assembling bespoke teams who understand client context and candidate motivations. Its researchers and consultants combine extensive networks with entrepreneurial outreach, ensuring searches are not constrained by existing contacts but guided by rigorous market mapping and insight. Through tailored engagement, transparent assessment frameworks, and consistent communication, Carmichael Fisher helps clients rejuvenate boards, build high performing executive teams, and secure leaders capable of driving transformation, innovation, and sustainable growth. With cross border reach and sector specific depth, the firm delivers personalized searches that adapt to the unique challenges, geographies, and talent dynamics of every mandate.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceAutomotiveAerospaceDefense

HQJacksonville, Germany

Brenner HR

Brenner HR GmbH is a boutique executive search firm based in Auernheim, Germany, specializing in discreet, results oriented headhunting for leadership and C level roles across the innovative Mittelstand and growth companies. Led by founder and managing director Tanja Brenner, the firm delivers end to end search for CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CTOs, and heads of Finance, Legal, Procurement, HR, Sales, IT, Production, and Service. Clients engage Brenner HR for confidential mandates that require proactive direct sourcing, rigorous assessment, and an undercover approach that protects competitive strategy and employer reputation throughout the process. Combining a background in business administration with certification as a persolog trainer, Tanja applies structured personality analytics to complement evidence based selection, ensuring cultural and role fit beyond the resume. Each assignment follows a clear, time bound methodology from briefing and role calibration to targeted research, outreach, longlist and shortlist creation, interview orchestration, reference validation, offer support, and onboarding touchpoints. With sector knowledge spanning technology, manufacturing and engineering, life sciences, energy, and defense related environments, Brenner HR leverages a strong network to access leaders who are not active on the market. A curated Top Leader talent pool and a dedicated leadership job portal further expand reach while preserving confidentiality for both clients and candidates. Known for hands on senior attention, transparent communication, and measurable quality, the firm focuses on permanent appointments and critical succession or transformation hires in southern Germany and beyond. Whether a medium sized hidden champion seeks a successor for the management team or a scale up needs its first enterprise ready C suite executive, Brenner HR provides precise, discreet, and efficient delivery that aligns leadership hiring with long term business strategy.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationHospital & Health Care (Nursing)

Cribb

Cribb is a German executive search and leadership advisory firm focused on growth and digital transformation. Founded in 1998 in Hamburg, the consultancy specializes in the digital economy and today serves clients across the DACH region, wider Europe, and North America as part of the Renovata & Company platform since 2024. Cribb works closely with owners, boards, and management teams to fill mission critical leadership roles and to guide organizations through change. Its Search Services span Executive Search, Board Search, Mid Level Search for next leaders and senior experts, and Interim Management to bridge temporary leadership gaps. Complementing search, the firm delivers Board Advisory, Executive Impact Assessment, Digital Readiness Assessment, and Executive Onboarding to de risk hiring decisions and accelerate time to impact. Repeatedly recognized among Germanys best recruitment consultancies by outlets such as WirtschaftsWoche as well as Focus Business and Statista, Cribb combines deep digital know how, a highly curated network, and a transparent, data informed methodology. Consultants engage with thousands of candidates from the digital ecosystem every year, leverage diagnostics for cultural and capability fit, and run structured processes with clear milestones and reporting to deliver high quality shortlists within agreed timelines. The firm supports leading digital natives, private equity investors and their portfolio companies, and blue chip corporations and Mittelstand champions that are building digital capabilities across product, technology, data, marketing, sales, and operations. With offices in Hamburg, Berlin, and Munich and access to Renovata locations in London, Paris, and New York, Cribb offers local proximity with global reach. Known for agility, integrity, and personal engagement, the team matches leaders who embody core digital values with organizations that want to unlock transformation, build high performing boards and executive teams, and achieve sustainable growth in an economy where technology, culture, and strategy must align.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceBankingInsuranceInvestment Management

HQHamburg, Germany

Deininger Unternehmensberatung

Deininger Unternehmensberatung is an international executive search and leadership advisory firm that has been helping companies secure outstanding leaders for more than four decades. Founded in 1981 in Frankfurt am Main, the partner led consultancy has evolved from traditional headhunting into a modern, data informed advisory that blends rigorous research, market intelligence, and human judgment. Its integrated offering combines Executive Search, Management Diagnostics, and Leadership Advisory to reduce hiring risk and accelerate leadership impact. Acting as a strategic partner rather than a pure intermediary, Deininger aligns every mandate with client strategy, values, and culture, and focuses on securing personalities who fit, perform, and stay. The firm identifies and engages C suite and senior management talent as well as critical leaders in upper and middle management, with a consistent emphasis on cultural fit, succession readiness, and measurable results. Through management diagnostics it makes leadership quality visible, assessing strengths, development areas, and potential to inform selection, onboarding, and succession planning. Leadership advisory services strengthen boards and executive teams through coaching, mentoring, and tailored development that balances continuity with innovation and guides change with clarity. Deininger executes international searches through offices in Berlin, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Warsaw, Dubai, Shanghai, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, and Atlanta, enabling cross border delivery with local insight, confidentiality, and speed. With more than 20 consultants and around 100 staff, the team brings domain depth and a wide network across sectors such as financial services, consumer and retail, and education. Clients value disciplined process excellence, cultural intelligence, and transparent communication that continues well beyond placement. Whether securing a CFO for a global group, building a country leadership bench, or planning succession for pivotal roles, Deininger combines access, diagnostic rigor, and leadership development to deliver lasting results and help organizations shape a future ready leadership pipeline.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementLuxury GoodsHigher Education (Faculty, Administration)Corporate Training & Coaching

HQBerlin, Germany

dla digital leaders advisory

DLA digital leaders advisory is a boutique executive search and leadership consulting firm based in Munich that helps organizations secure future ready leadership on the C level and in critical transformation roles. The firm focuses on the intersection of digital and cultural transformation, building long term relationships with top managers, advisors and digital pioneers who can turn technologies into new business models while bringing people along the change journey. DLA specializes in C level executive search for roles such as CEO, CTO, CISO and CHRO and supports clients across European markets with a transparent, methodical process that covers analysis, market mapping, direct approach, cultural fit assessment, selection, and onboarding. Beyond search, DLA delivers Leadership Assessment based on the Hogan suite to reveal strengths, risks, drivers and potential, inform succession decisions, and create individual development plans, as well as Leadership Advisory services with its partner Mana Leadership Advisory to diagnose team dynamics, align role expectations and sustainably develop exceptional leaders. Sector expertise spans Data Analytics, Deep Tech and Security, Professional Services including strategy firms and the Big Four, Industrial Tech and automation, and private equity investors and their portfolio companies. The team combines deep market knowledge, a multi disciplinary European network and decades of dialogue with senior executives to reduce uncertainty and raise decision quality in fast moving environments. Recognized by WirtschaftsWoche among Germanys best recruiters, DLA is frequently engaged for confidential mandates, diversity focused projects such as Female Leadership Advisory, and cross border appointments that demand discretion, speed and cultural precision. Clients value the firms candid partnership approach, high process discipline and the personal commitment of its partners, while candidates appreciate the respectful, informed and career long guidance they receive.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceProject ManagementAutomotiveAerospace

HQMunich, Germany

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

FMT International Executive Search

FMT International Executive Search is a specialist recruitment partner focused on identifying, engaging, and appointing senior leaders across borders. Operating primarily on a retained model, the firm delivers executive search for C suite, board, and mission critical leadership roles, and provides interim management solutions when organizations require immediate impact or transformation expertise. Its approach combines rigorous market mapping, structured competency frameworks, and evidence based assessment to align candidate capabilities with business objectives and culture. From the outset, FMT conducts stakeholder interviews to clarify the mandate, success metrics, and decision criteria, then builds inclusive longlists and shortlists supported by robust research, confidential outreach, and disciplined candidate experience management. The team manages end to end delivery including interview design, case and presentation assessments, behavioral and technical evaluations, psychometric testing where appropriate, and thorough referencing and due diligence. FMT supports clients across corporate functions such as general management, finance, operations, technology, commercial and sales, human resources, and legal, coordinating cross border searches with sensitivity to local markets, languages, and compliance. The firm emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion by broadening talent pools and mitigating bias through structured evaluation and consistent scoring rubrics. Throughout an engagement, clients receive transparent reporting on pipeline activity, time to slate, and candidate feedback, along with compensation benchmarking and offer negotiation support. Post selection, FMT facilitates onboarding and 90 day integration planning to help new leaders ramp quickly and sustainably. For interim needs, the firm maintains a bench of seasoned executives available for fractional, project based, or bridge assignments, enabling clients to stabilize change, accelerate initiatives, or cover critical gaps. With a high touch, consultative style grounded in discretion, speed, and accountability, FMT International Executive Search delivers leadership appointments that stand up to strategic, operational, and cultural demands while improving hiring efficiency and retention outcomes.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Technical WritingProject ManagementSenior Executives

HQGermany, Germany

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