Professional Focus

• Managing Partner with Boyden since 1999
• Successful track record of numerous c-level search assignments with national and international clients in Europe and abroad
• Experience across a wide range of sectors, with a focus on automotive, industrial and technology; additional expertise in consumer goods (both FMCG and general) and professional services
• Recruits senior managers in a variety of functions, including sales and marketing, finance and operations
• Versatile leader with a command of executive search, global relationships, management assessment and board services

Business Expertise

• Previously served as Managing Partner with another leading global executive search firm; gained experience in international account management, regional and global preferred provider relationships
• Developed a successful executive search division for a major consulting firm
• As a Senior Management Consultant, led an initiative to develop and implement marketing and sales strategies
• Served as a Divisional Manager of Marketing and Public Relations for a leading private hospital group
• Embarked on a five-year tour of duty in Parliamentary affairs, first at Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament in Kiel, and later in the Federal Parliament in Bonn, where he was Chief of Staff for a committee chairman

Practice Membership

Global Industry Practices

• Consumer & Retail
• Industrial

Additional Expertise

• Automotive
• Board Services
• Board Appraisal
• Venture Capital
• Private Equity
• Management Assessment

Education & Certifications

• MBA from Kiel University; additional studies in law
• Commercial apprenticeship with leading import/export trading group

Affiliations & Awards

• Board Member – European and German Association of Executive Search & Leadership Consultants (AESC)
• Named to BusinessWeek’s top 100 “World’s Most Influential Headhunters”
• Named one of Germany’s most influential  Search Professionals by Wirtschaftswoche