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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

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

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

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

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

Herbold Fischer Associates

Herbold Fischer Associates is an executive search partner focused on identifying leaders who can shape the future of their clients organizations. The firm combines experience, empathy, and efficiency to deliver high caliber appointments across C level, top and middle management, and supervisory board roles. Their consultants work with internationally active companies across key industries and apply a structured, creative search process that aligns professional credentials with cultural fit. Drawing on long standing networks and market insight, they secure digital minded executives and IT specialists who can drive transformation as well as seasoned functional leaders in operations, finance, commercial, and technology. The team emphasizes rigorous brief taking, targeted research, direct approach, and careful assessment to ensure long term success for both client and candidate. With a track record of successful placements dating back to 2003, the firm supports clients navigating disruption in sectors such as automotive and industrial services, energy, logistics, professional services, private equity, and healthcare. In addition to executive search, Herbold Fischer Associates advises on leadership for digital transformation and on diversity and inclusion to strengthen decision making and organizational resilience. Engagements are delivered with discretion and transparency, and progress is communicated clearly from kick off through onboarding. Clients value the firms ability to present shortlists that balance immediate impact with sustainable leadership potential, and candidates appreciate a respectful, direct, and informed process. Searches are executed locally and internationally, leveraging research capability, market mapping, and confidential referencing, while ensuring full compliance with data protection standards. The firm operates as a trusted advisor, offering candid counsel on role design, compensation, and succession planning, and remains committed to building leadership teams that combine vision with execution to deliver measurable business results over the long term.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseUtilitiesHospital & Health Care (Nursing)Physicians

HQFrankfurt am Main, Germany

HMP Executive Search

HMP Executive Search is a specialist search and leadership onboarding partner focused on placing upper and middle management roles with a strong emphasis on values compatibility and cultural fit. As a business unit of DS Group UG based in Aschaffenburg, Germany, the firm supports both Mittelstand companies and international groups across industry, trade, and services. Its core offering spans direct and executive search built on jointly defined requirement profiles and an analysis of the role context, leveraging deep knowledge of sub labor markets and an extensive network to secure integrative leaders with high professional and social competencies. HMP commits to quality with a guarantee to refill the position and resume the search at no fee if a placement does not prove sustainable. Beyond placement, the firm continues as onboard coaches, guiding young professionals and newly hired leaders through the first 100 days to secure traction and acceptance within the existing corporate culture. Senior coaches and business mentors facilitate structured reflection of critical situations through regular in person sessions and interim calls to reinforce impact. The team also provides HR marketing support, developing job ad concepts aligned to the clients corporate identity, advising on media selection and timing, and, if required, publishing searches discreetly under the HMP name; this service is free of agency fees, with clients paying only publisher insertion costs. HMP extends its leadership development reach with keynotes, board conversations, and curated entrepreneur roundtables limited to small groups, addressing topics such as transformation, succession, and cultural change. Managing partner Kornelia Straub Kuri leads the personnel consulting practice and has advised high potentials since 1998, with long standing experience in coaching and systemic organizational consulting, including initiatives to increase the appointment of female leaders. Senior Advisor Dr. Dietmar Straub contributes over 25 years of executive experience from machinery and automotive supplier industries to mentor first level leaders.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseE-commerceLuxury GoodsManagement Consulting

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