CHR Partners

What CHR Partners does

CHR Partners d.o.o. (also operating under the Convivo HR brand) is a Slovenia-headquartered boutique HR services and consulting firm that delivers six interconnected service lines: Executive Search, Recruitment Solutions, Leadership Insight (individual and team profiling), Career Coaching, Leadership Architect (strategic HR solutions), and HR Legal. The firm targets C-level and senior functional placements, with documented search mandates across life sciences, FMCG, automotive, industrial automation, electronics, and consumer appliances. Customer logos span major multinationals including Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Siemens, Ericsson, Coca Cola HBC, Abbott Nutrition, Brown Forman, Imperial Tobacco, Opel, Lenze, B/S/H, and ALD Automotive.

The company's core technology consists of licensed partner deployments of two proprietary psychometric and behavioral assessment platforms — proFILINGVALUES® and autonomtalent® — used within a documented Behavioral Competency Based Assessment methodology. Differentiated delivery rests on a senior partner bench with first-hand corporate HR and commercial leadership experience at Novartis, GSK, Imperial Tobacco, P&G, Neumann International, and Sandoz, multilingual coverage of 16+ CEE and DACH countries, and a strategic alliance with Leading Search Partners (Graz and Vienna) extending physical reach into Austria and Germany.

Commercially, CHR Partners operates a sales-led, direct-engagement professional services model with no published pricing; engagements are custom project-based, typically multi-year contracts, with confidentiality framing both candidate sourcing and client work. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-enterprise across multinational corporations, entrepreneurial businesses, private equity firms, family-owned companies, and non-profit organizations; the firm maintains a single headquarters in Ljubljana and relies on partner travel plus the Austrian/German partnership rather than additional office footprint.

Name

CHR Partners

Legal name

CHR Partners d.o.o.

Website

https://chr-partners.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CHR Partners is a Slovenia-based boutique HR services and consulting firm delivering executive search, recruitment, leadership development, career coaching, and HR legal services to multinational and regional clients across 16+ CEE and DACH countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Ljubljana

HQ country

Slovenia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Executive Search Services: Comprehensive executive placement services with competency-based framework and search strategy. Includes candidate assessment, confidential reports, negotiation support, and on-boarding assistance.
2. Recruitment Solutions: Tailor-made recruitment process for interims, talents, experts, and project-based employees. Includes search strategy, competency-based interviewing, candidate presentation, and job offer preparation.
3. Leadership Development & Coaching: Leadership insight services, individual and team profiling, career coaching, and management audit programs.
4. HR Consultancy: HR legal services, HR policies development, HR mediation, and HR process optimization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CHR Partners is a full-fledged HR service and consulting company specializing in executive search, recruitment solutions, individual and team profiling, and HR consultancy. Services are delivered by a small partner-led team using licensed profiling tools and competency-based assessment methodologies to identify, place, and develop executives and specialists for corporate clients across Central, Eastern, and DACH Europe.

Product overview

CHR Partners is a full-fledged HR service and consulting company offering a unified portfolio of six interconnected services. The core offerings include Executive Search for placing senior executives through structured competency-based processes, and Recruitment Solutions for attracting and selecting talents. These are complemented by Leadership Insight using licensed profiling tools (profilingvalues® and autonomtalent®) for individual and team assessments, Career Coaching for career transition support, Leadership Architect for strategic HR solutions and talent management, and HR Legal for compliance and mediation services. Together, these services provide end-to-end HR support from talent acquisition through leadership development and legal compliance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search A comprehensive and structured process for placing senior executives whose background, attitude, and approach fit the strategic direction of the client's business, delivered through a competency-based framework, behavioural assessments, and confidential assessment reports. Targeted at C-level and senior leadership hiring needs.
• Recruitment Solutions A time- and cost-effective tailor-made recruitment process for attracting, screening, selecting, and hiring interims, talents, experts, and project-based employees using database search, advertising, and direct search via business networks. Intended for sales, marketing, HR, finance, manufacturing, and technology roles across CEE/DACH markets.
• Leadership Insight High professional insight and profiling services using licensed tools (proFILINGVALUES® and autonomtalent®) to identify and realize individual, team, and organisational potential, including management audits and assessment programs. Targeted at leadership teams seeking to build high-performance cultures aligned with company strategic objectives.
• Career Coaching Comprehensive performance-based interview and profiling services to identify strengths, talents, skills, and personal interests for career path decisions, including outplacement support, career change programs, and job search coaching. Targeted at senior professionals and clients managing workforce transitions.
• Leadership Architect Tailor-made HR solutions to increase leadership efficiency and boost business performance through talent management, performance management, learning and development, career development, compensation and benefits, competency management, organizational design, and culture and change management. Targeted at senior HR leaders and executive teams designing HR strategy.
• HR Legal Practical coaching and business advice on the implementation of HR policies and employment legislation, including HR Policies and Regulations development, compliance support, and HR Legal Mediation for conflict resolution. Targeted at HR and legal teams needing hands-on HR legal support across CEE/DACH jurisdictions.

Named customers18 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Leading Search PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerald Metzler serves as partner with Leading Search Partners in Graz and Vienna offices, specializing in industry, retail, and financial services sectors. M&P Leading Search Partners GmbH was previously founded and managed by Gerald Metzler. This partnership extends CHR Partners' coverage into Austrian and German markets.
• proFILINGVALUES®coreTechnology or IntegrationCHR Partners holds the partner license and certification for proFILINGVALUES® system, used for individual and team profiling and assessment services.
• autonomtalent®coreTechnology or IntegrationCHR Partners holds the partner license and certification for autonomtalent® system, used for talent assessment and profiling services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Amrop: Global executive search partnership with strong Central & Eastern European presence. Comparable in serving multinational clients across CEE/SEE for senior leadership and board appointments, with a similar partner-network operating model.
• Pedersen & Partners: Executive search firm headquartered in Prague with deep Central & Eastern European coverage. Most directly comparable peer — same CEE focus, similar boutique partner-led model, overlapping multinational client base in life sciences, FMCG, and industrial sectors.
• SpenglerFox: Boutique executive search firm with established CEE/SEE and DACH coverage, focused on mid- to senior-level cross-border mandates. Directly comparable in service scope, regional reach, and multinational client mix.
• Stanton Chase: Global executive search partnership with meaningful CEE/DACH bench. Comparable partner-led boutique model serving multinational clients across similar verticals (industrial, life sciences, consumer).

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with deep European presence. Competes for senior leadership and board mandates in the same client verticals as CHR Partners, including life sciences and consumer/industrial.
• Korn Ferry: Global executive search and organizational consulting leader with expanded CEE practice. Operates broadly across talent advisory rather than pure search, but increasingly competes for the senior mandates CHR Partners targets.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search firm with strong European practice including DACH. Competes for the same C-level and board-level mandates that CHR Partners' senior partner Rolodex targets, though at much larger scale.
• Odgers Berndtson: International executive search firm with established Central European offices. Larger and broader incumbent than CHR Partners, but competes for the same multinational C-level and senior commercial mandates in the same geography.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with established European practice and growing CEE coverage. Broad incumbent that competes with CHR Partners for multinational senior leadership assignments in the same verticals.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with established European coverage. Competes directly for senior executive assignments in life sciences, technology, and industrial sectors — several of CHR Partners' strongest verticals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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