What TW CONSULT search & selection does

TW CONSULT search & selection is a German executive search and personnel consulting boutique founded in 2004 by Tanja Wunderlich and headquartered in Aschheim, Bavaria, near Munich. The firm operates with a six-person team comprising two partners (Tanja Wunderlich and Viktor Felber, who joined in 2006) and four in-house search consultants. Its core offerings include full-service Executive Search covering C-level, managerial, and expert-level positions; Active Sourcing/Headhunting for hard-to-fill mandates; Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) for high-volume projects; In-House Recruiter Training; and Career Advisory (delivered through a partner's separate personal brand). The firm serves enterprise clients primarily in the FMCG, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences, Biotechnology, and Electronics/Manufacturing sectors, with a stated client base that includes Galderma, Sartorius, Vishay Intertechnology, TVM Capital, Curacyte, and Querplex.

The business operates on a pure professional services model with no technology platform, proprietary software, or AI-driven tooling — revenue is generated through engagement-based professional fees for confidential search mandates. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per engagement based on scope and seniority. The go-to-market motion is direct enterprise field sales: partners engage client HR leaders, source candidates proactively, and manage the full search process from briefing through onboarding. Customer acquisition is driven almost exclusively by long-term client relationships and word-of-mouth referrals, with no formal marketing infrastructure beyond a corporate website.

The company is privately held, founder-owned by Tanja Wunderlich (listed as Inhaber in the legal notice), bootstrapped with no external funding, and operates as a stable lifestyle boutique rather than a high-growth firm. Its competitive positioning rests on personal partner involvement, deep sector specialization, and discretion in senior-level searches. Geographic reach is concentrated in the DACH region, anchored from the Munich area.

Name

TW CONSULT search & selection

Legal name

TW Consult search & selection

Website

https://tw-consult.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

TW CONSULT search & selection is a Munich-based German executive search boutique founded in 2004, operating with a six-person team to deliver C-level, managerial, and expert-level recruitment for enterprise clients in FMCG, Pharma, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search / Personnel Consulting

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences Leadership Search (BPACAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Active sourcing recruiting
• Personnel consulting
• Headhunting services
• Recruitment process outsourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Aschheim

HQ country

Germany

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 & Headhunting Services: Full-service executive search engagements from initial briefing through qualified candidate identification, approach, placement, and onboarding support. Revenue generated through professional service fees for confidential searches for C-level, managerial, and expert positions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

TW CONSULT search & selection is a German personnel consulting firm that delivers full-service executive search, active sourcing/headhunting, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) for C-level, managerial, and expert-level positions. The firm also provides in-house recruiter training and career advisory, operating primarily across FMCG, Pharma, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing sectors in the DACH region.

Product overview

TW CONSULT search & selection is a German executive search and personnel consulting firm offering a unified portfolio of talent acquisition services. The core offerings include Executive Search (full-cycle C-level to expert-level recruitment with confidentiality), Active Sourcing/Headhunting (proactive candidate identification and outreach), and RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing for high-volume mandates). Supporting services include In-House Recruiter Training (building internal recruiting capability) and Career Advisory (consulting for job seekers). The company operates as a service-based consulting firm rather than a software platform, with all offerings delivered through direct human expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search Full-cycle executive search covering briefing, candidate identification, approach, placement, and onboarding support for C-level, managerial, and expert positions, with strict confidentiality.
• Active Sourcing / Headhunting Proactive candidate identification and outreach across all relevant channels, including direct approach and targeted sourcing for hard-to-fill positions.
• RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing)

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Viktor Felber Personal Brand (viktorfelber.com)minorOthersViktor Felber, partner at TW CONSULT, maintains a separate personal website for Executive Career Advisory services. TW CONSULT refers candidates to this personal coaching and advisory service for career transition support. This is a complementary personal brand rather than a formal corporate partnership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search leader with substantial German presence and longstanding practice across pharmaceutical and life-sciences mandates; competes with TW CONSULT for the same senior and board-level engagements but with vastly greater resources and geographic reach.
• Kienbaum: One of Germany's largest HR consulting and executive search firms, with deep DACH roots and a similarly broad portfolio spanning search, RPO, and HR advisory — the most direct German-based comparable in scale and service mix to TW CONSULT.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and on-demand talent advisory publicly listed firm with significant European operations; competes across executive-level placements in Pharma, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing — the same verticals TW CONSULT services.
• Signium International: International boutique executive search firm with significant European Life Sciences practice, including German offices; competes for the same senior pharmaceutical and biotech talent mandates.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with a strong practice serving pharmaceutical, biotech, and industrial clients in Europe; competes for many of the same C-level mandates as TW CONSULT but at much larger scale.
• Odgers Berndtson: International executive search firm with major operations in Germany and a deep Life Sciences practice; overlaps directly with TW CONSULT's pharma and biotech mandate focus across DACH.
• Amrop: Global executive search partnership with European presence and life-sciences/life-sciences-adjacent expertise; overlaps with TW CONSULT in mid-to-senior executive placements across regulated industries.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with a strong European practice and dedicated Life Sciences and Healthcare expertise; competes for the same C-suite and board placements in Pharma and medtech served by TW CONSULT.

Direct peers

• HKP Group (Heuser Kemper Personal): Mid-sized German executive search and HR advisory boutique comparable in scale to TW CONSULT, serving similar enterprise clients with cross-functional search mandates in Germany and Western Europe.
• Baumann Unternehmensberatung: Germany-based executive search and HR consulting boutique offering comparable C-level and senior management search in DACH; one of the closest peer competitors to TW CONSULT in size, geography, and service orientation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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