Selected search mandate
Chief Technology Officer
Advanced Manufacturing · Germany — anonymised and published with client consent.
All mandates
- Business context
- Family-owned group investing in automation and connected products.
- Search challenge
- Bridging a traditional engineering organisation and a software roadmap, with supervisory board approval required at each stage.
- Outcome
- Appointed a CTO from an automotive tier-one supplier; two further leadership hires followed.
How the search was run
- 01
Mandate Definition
- 02
Leadership Profile
- 03
Market Mapping
- 04
Target Identification
- 05
Executive Approach
- 06
Assessment & Calibration
- 07
Shortlist Presentation
- 08
Client Interviews
- 09
References & Due Diligence
- 10
Offer & Negotiation
- 11
Appointment
- 12
Transition & Onboarding
Assessment framework
Executive track recordFunctional expertiseScale and complexityP&L responsibilityTransformation experienceInternational exposureBoard interactionCultural alignmentStrategic capabilityLeadership styleMotivationCompensation alignment