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Chief Executive
A chief executive search is a decision about the next decade of a company. We make sure the board, the shareholders and the leadership team agree on what that decade should look like.
Chief executive · Managing director · Country president · Successor to the founder
Lead partner
Thomas Achterberg
Chief executives and managing directors in the German-speaking market
We place chief executives in listed companies, private equity portfolios and owner-led groups. A large share of our work concerns succession, when a long-serving leader steps down or a family hands over day-to-day control.
What we do differently
We write the brief only once the chair and the largest shareholder give us the same answer. When they do not, we help them reach one before the search begins.
Internal candidates are assessed alongside external ones, discreetly and to the same standard.