Profile

As an owner-managed and independent recruitment boutique and executive search consultancy, we have been supporting companies in a wide range of industries and business areas since 1982. We are committed to providing candidates and clients with high quality and ethical service standards.

We are very proud of our long-standing membership and certification by the AESC, to which only 5% of German executive search consultancies belong. The Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) is the global organisation within the executive search industry that requires its members to adhere to strict qualitative and ethical professional standards.

On a national level, we are a member of the Bund Deutscher Unternehmensberatungen (BDU), an association that promotes the interests of our industry and is also committed to maintaining the highest quality standards.

As consultants, we see ourselves as advisors and sparring partners, and we attach particular importance to continuity and loyalty.

Since our founding in 1982, we have been able to successfully and sustainably fill first and second level management positions for hidden champions in the SME sector, family businesses, medium-sized group companies and public sector organisations in a wide range of industries, both nationally and internationally.

1982 Company founded by Michael Höchsmann.
2000 Certification and membership of the AESC, foundation of Höchsmann & Company KG by Michael Höchsmann and Dr Gerhard Michael Eckert.
2009 Start of cooperation with PI Company GmbH to professionalise and expand the assessment offering.
2011 Relocation of the office to the Japanese Quarter in Düsseldorf. Dr Gerhard Michael Eckert takes over 100% of the company shares in 2012.
2014 Introduction of the ‘Team H&C Talents’ line, which specialises in ad-supported and discreet recruitment in the field of ‘Professional Search’.
2015 Höchsmann & Company joins a leading global network of executive search companies with numerous partner offices worldwide.
2021 Thorsten Amend-Schnaar becomes part of Höchsmann & Company as Managing Partner. Opening of the office in Frankfurt am Main and strengthening of the in-house research team on an international level – a successful set-up for the coming years!
2022 Thorsten Amend-Schnaar takes over 100% of the company shares.
2023 Relocation of the Düsseldorf office to Dusseldorf-Oberkassel, investments in IT and infrastructure for optimised mobile working for all consultants and employees.
2024 Strengthening of the team in Dusseldorf and Frankfurt. Expansion of the management diagnostics offering with the introduction of our own diagnostics tool, developed in collaboration with the Swiss company INOLUTION. Certification and membership of the Association of German Management Consultancies (BDU) and intensification of involvement in the AESC, Thorsten Amend-Schnaar becomes a member of the AESC EMEA Council.