Executive search for family-business and SME succession in Switzerland
Is the demand real?
A large share of Swiss Mittelstand owners are nearing retirement with no internal successor, and they need an external managing director or a buyer rather than just a hire. This is high-stakes, confidential, relationship-driven work where one successful placement of a CEO or operating partner commands a substantial fee and the owner has both the urgency and the means to pay. The pain is generational and unavoidable: the company either finds a successor or it dies, and big international search firms ignore companies this small.
Growing or fading?
The demographic wave of retiring SME owners across the DACH region is accelerating succession demand, and far fewer next-generation family members want to take over the firm.
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