Leading recruitment and headhunting consultancy for Germany

Hanson Search specialises in executive search, Berlin. We’re experts in identifying and developing board and mid-to-senior level leadership professionals for NGOs, leading corporates, fast-growing high-tech businesses, boutique consultancies and government departments for their marketing and sales, communications and public affairs teams.

With over a decade of experience working on roles in Berlin and across Germany, we are ideally placed to manage European accounts and have worked with leading brands based in the country including Philips, Heineken and Volkswagen AG as well as for a wide range of sectors such as green energy, sustainability and healthcare.

Executive Search Berlin

Our experienced team of executive search headhunters and recruiters come from a range of industry backgrounds across Europe giving us a unique understanding of the challenges you are facing, current industry trends and where the latest up-and-coming sector talent can be found. This means you can be confident that we’ll be able to find the very best candidate to make an impact and give you a competitive edge.

Post-Brexit continues to see opportunities increase in Germany which has become an important EU financial hub and a strong market for the automotive and energy industries. Whatever sector you’re in, we can help you make the most of these opportunities by finding the talent with the skillset you need in the C-suite, marketing and sales, communications and public affairs teams.

To discuss your current executive search Berlin goals or to find out how we can help you through our specialist executive search and recruitment services, please get in touch with our European Team today.

  • Hanson Search quickly ‘got’ us. They were proactive in their search and responsive in their service right from the outset. Very happy client.

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    MD, firstlightPR

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    Managing Partner, Brunswick Group - Gulf

  • I’ve worked with headhunters for the past 20 years, but I’ve found Hanson Search has a better understanding of how to attract and secure the right talent for our market.

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    CEO, Hanover

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