Built on strong partnerships
Great outcomes in executive search rarely happen in isolation.
For international companies navigating complex, cross-border hiring, the quality of your search partner’s network matters as much as their local expertise.
At FES Partners, we have deliberately built long-term relationships with best-in-class partners across Europe and the world — extending our reach, deepening our specialisms, and giving our clients a genuine global advantage.
Dr. Maier + Partner — Germany
Our close working relationship with Dr. Maier + Partner is an important pillar in our practice. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Stuttgart, Dr. Maier + Partner is one of Germany’s most respected executive search and HR consulting firms — ranked among Germany’s top executive search firms by both Handelsblatt and brand eins/Statista, with offices in Stuttgart, Munich, Nuremberg and Frankfurt.
They are deeply embedded in the DACH business community, and particularly among the Mittelstand and family-owned companies that form the backbone of the German, Austrian and Swiss economy.
We collaborate closely with Dr. Maier + Partner on cross-border searches — most commonly when a DACH Mittelstand company is looking to place a senior leader in Asia, or when expanding into China, Southeast Asia or Japan. This partnership gives our DACH clients a seamless, bilingual, culturally fluent service from headquarters to the region — and gives candidates the benefit of two connected networks on both sides of the world.
Like FES Partners, Dr. Maier + Partner are proud members of the Lense & Lumen Advisory Group.
Lense & Lumen Advisory Group — global network
FES Partners is a proud member of Lense & Lumen, a global alliance of premier executive search and HR consulting firms. Lense & Lumen brings together independent, high-quality boutique search firms from across Europe, Asia, and beyond — each with deep local expertise in their own markets, and each committed to the same standards of quality, integrity and client service.
Membership of Lense & Lumen means our clients can access a truly global search capability without sacrificing the personal, high-touch approach that defines everything we do. Whether a search spans multiple continents or requires close coordination between regional teams, our Lense & Lumen partners give us the reach to deliver.
Valtus Alliance — interim management, worldwide
FES Partners is the exclusive China partner of Valtus Alliance, the world’s leading network for executive interim management firms. Valtus connects companies with experienced, immediately deployable interim executives across more than 30 countries — giving businesses the senior leadership capacity they need, exactly when they need it.
Through our Valtus Alliance partnership, FES Partners can source and place experienced interim managers in China with speed and precision. Whether a company needs a turnaround leader, an interim country manager, or a bridge executive during a transition, our access to the Valtus network means we can move fast without compromising on quality.
This partnership is particularly valued by international companies managing leadership transitions, M&A integration, or rapid market entry in Greater China and the APAC region.
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Whether you’re expanding into Asia or hiring across borders, we’d be glad to support your search.