Services · Executive Advisory
Advice on critical leadership decisions.
Four practice areas, clearly connected: executive search, executive assessment & leadership audit, board & governance and executive career advisory. I never run search and coaching for the same organisation at the same time – it is a question of independence.
Executive Search & Leadership Advisory
Filling critical positions at C-level, VP and senior leadership level across the German-speaking region. Instead of anonymous databases, I rely on targeted direct search, a well-founded assessment of capability and cultural fit, and a network built over many years. More on the approach under Executive Search; role-specific under CEO Search and CFO Search. For selected time-critical vacancies I offer Emergency Executive Search with a 6–8 week target window. For business-critical AI leadership roles and board expertise: AI Leadership Search. For strategic leadership and organisational questions without an immediate search mandate: Leadership Advisory. For investors, operating partners and portfolio companies: Private Equity Advisory with a focus on portfolio leadership, management assessment, CEO/CFO succession and governance.
Executive Assessment & Leadership Audit
Structured assessment of capability and potential for CEO, CFO, managing director, executive board and other critical leadership roles. Applications range from selection and succession assessment to management audit, leadership audit and private equity leadership due diligence. Gregor Ghirmay is trained and certified in management and executive assessment; the diagnostic architecture uses DIN 33430 as its quality framework. A proprietary digital assessment infrastructure supports role blueprints, structured interviews, executive work samples, an evidence matrix, reporting and quality monitoring – without any automated hire/reject decision. More under Executive Assessment & Leadership Audit.
Board & Governance Advisory
Advice on supervisory and advisory board appointments, the composition of oversight bodies and succession questions at the very top. This includes the question of which competencies a board actually needs – and which board compositions work effectively in practice. In depth: Board Advisory and CEO Succession.
Executive Career Advisory
Support for experienced executives in transition and reorientation phases: positioning, target market, LinkedIn, CV, interview preparation and strategic sparring. Confidential and cleanly separated from ongoing search mandates. More under Executive Career Advisory.
Clients
Mid-sized companies, financial services firms, hidden champions, private equity-backed companies and companies with links to DAX-listed groups in the DACH region. Find out more under Industries & Markets, Mid-Market & Hidden Champions, Financial Services, Industrial & Mechanical Engineering, Private Equity Advisory, Private Equity Executive Search and Frankfurt & Rhine-Main.
How I work
I lead every mandate personally – from clarifying the brief to completion. I remain your point of contact throughout the engagement. I deliberately keep the number of parallel mandates limited, because quality at this level requires attention. Discretion is a given and not negotiable.