Hans Jürgen Etterich entered the executive search consulting business twenty years ago after more than twenty-five years of working in industry for international companies. He spent more than six years working outside Germany, three years in the USA and four years in Belgium.

Key industry positions held before working in executive search:

Manager Business Planning, Reichhold Chemical/Hoechst

Director Strategic Planning Europe, Dow Corning Brussels

General Manager Business Development, Continental Can

Managing Director, Mauser Works

He holds degrees in electrical engineering as well as in business administration and went to the Harvard Business School (PMD). After his studies, he spent three years working at University as a R & D Engineer in Nuclear Physics.

Since 1980, when he began his career in executive search, Hans Jürgen Etterich has worked in various business/industry sectors:

Manufacturing

Pharma/Chemical

Consumer Products

Banking

other Services, e.g. Consulting

He has recruited executives for positions at all levels of senior and middle management, mainly for internationally working clients. He is a Partner of Signium International (formerly Ward Howell) Germany since 1984 after having built up an executive search firm as Managing Partner for Carré, Orban & Partner in Germany.