Building Tomorrow's Sales & Marketing and R&D Leaders
Beyond Borders, Beyond Expectations
My name is Astrid Gottwald, and I am specializing in connecting Industrial Companies with Transformative Leaders across EMEA & SEA.
For over 14 years, I've specialized in connecting Industrial Companies with high-performing Sales & Marketing and R&D leadership talent across the EMEA and SEA regions.
In today's rapidly evolving marketplace, finding exceptional leaders who can drive innovation, pioneer sustainability initiatives, and navigate complex cross-border dynamics isn't just challenging—it's critical to your organization's future.
The stakes are high. Your competitors are aggressively pursuing the same rare talent. Extended vacancies drain resources, erode team dynamics, and threaten market position. Traditional recruitment approaches often fall short, especially when you need leaders who can excel across multiple countries, sites, and business units.
Our track record speaks for itself:
Success Rate In Executive Placements
Retention Rate Beyond Three Years
Of Placed Candidates Are Promoted Within 3-5 Years
Through our proven six-stage methodology and exclusive access to passive talent pools across EMEA and SEA, we identify and secure those exceptional leaders who aren't actively seeking new roles but are open to the right opportunity.
Whether you're facing immediate talent needs, seeking strategic insights into the EMEA or SEA marketplaces, or exploring your own leadership journey, we're here to help. Choose from one of our focused consultations below:
Select your preferred consultation type below to begin transforming your leadership team:
Talent Needs Call
The Talent Needs Call is for busy executives who want to hire the very best talent in the market.
On our call, we will both determine if it makes sense to work together, and if so, we can be your direct conduit to the top talent that we have been networking with for years, but that are next-to-impossible to find.
STRATEGY Call
The Strategy Call is for forward-thinking executives who want to better position themselves as the economy starts shifting to a new reality.
You may be a leader looking for elite talent, or perhaps you are a rising star looking for a company who won't hold you back, or you may just be looking to pick up some actionable tactics you can use to set yourself up for success.
LeaderShip Call
The Leadership Call is for forward-thinking Industrial leaders who want to take their careers to the next level.
We’ll make sure that you're positioned correctly and in the driver's seat next time you interview for a next level "stretch" leadership position. Then, we’ll talk about what that next level role would look like for you, and how we might be able to be your eyes and ears in the marketplace.
Xiaowei YANG | EU Direct Material Sourcing Lead | Owens Corning
"I had the pleasure to meet Astrid during the recruitment process which led me to work with Owens Corning. Astrid is friendly and extremely professional. She spent more than 4 hours at the beginning to get to know me, gather the information and present me the role. I wasn’t sure to make the move but with her help and of course others from the company, I finally took the decision. Astrid is really helpful during the whole process, patient and open to discuss on any aspect, honest and always give the good suggestions. I really appreciate her way of working and approaching.
And thanks to her, I joined today a great company."
Toshe Bocevski | Senior Talent Acquisition Partner | Panteleon GS
"I have worked together with Astrid for a couple of months and I want to express my gratitude and pleasure.
I really enjoyed my job while working with her and I am also glad that I learned some new things and had fun at the same time.
She is a wonderful person and even tho at the beginning I thought that she will be very strict, then I only realized that her professionalism is on a super high level. :)
I hope to work with her sometime in the future again. Highly recommend her as she is a kind and sharp-minded individual."
Caroline Kremer | Supervisory Board Member | DEG
"In my function as Equal Opportunties Officer, Astrid and myself cooperated in a project targeted to foster career development of young female professionals and peer-to-peer networking within DEG's workforce. Her thoughts and input for the network were highly inspiring and informative. Thand you Astrid for your dedication and voluteering to share your vast knowledge with us."
Ugo Pio Antonello Badanesi | CEO | Eismann Italia
"I had the pleasure of meeting Astrid during the recruitment process that led me to work for LR Health & Beauty. I am very grateful to Astrid for these successful years spent in LR, with her professionalism and Hermoso ability to identify talent has challenged the status quo proposing an outsider like me for the position of General Manager in a industry as particular as Direct Selling-MLM not used to dealing with managers from other types of experience. Astrid has managed with great capacity and much support my approach to LR, great experience for me."
Murat Bolelli | Lead, Human Resources Committee | WeLD
"I have had the privilege of working with Astrid on my outplacement process. I am not only impressed by her enthusiasm, commitment and professionalism that she puts to her work but supportive and result oriented approach as well."
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