Christian is a leading expert in headhunting, research and assessment. He is a 2nd generation headhunter and as the Founder/ CEO of ESR been involved in over 5000 recruitments of which 4000 has been semi-search and 1000 full-search assignments through ESR´s "Executive Service". Before launching his research company in 1997, Christian worked as an associate for two world leading headhunting organizations; A.T. Kearney in Scandinavia and Ward Howell in Los Angeles & Chicago. He is the author of "Secrets of the Executive Search Experts", — the U.S. bestselling book on recruitment.
Christin is a leading expert in headhunting and assessment. She is the Managing Director and senior partner since 1998. She has been involved in more than 5000 recruitments of managers, specialists and "board members". Christin is ranked by a leading business magazine as one of the top five female headhunters in the marketplace. Prior to building up ESR with Christian, she worked as a research associate for the world’s leading full-search headhunting firm: Korn Ferry International. Christin has co-authored several books on recruitment and psychology with focus on testing of high performers.
Anne Tvedt is a leading expert in headhunting and candidate research. She is a partner at ESR, which she joined in 2011. One of Anne's main focus areas has been for the last 12 years on both senior specialists, mid and upper managerial roles, where she has hired several hundred key people. The companies range from start-ups to the largest stock exchange companies both nationally and internationally. Prior to ESR, she worked with international sales in Norway and abroad. Anne has her Bachelor Degree from BI Norwegian Business School.
We have a strong core team and when additional capacity is needed we utilize strong quality checked and experienced researchers from our "global talent pool". This enables us to rapidly assist fast-growing companies globally. Wherever we recruit, regardless of industry and region our lean best-practice model is applied by our recruiters who are certified in both our process as well as within their industry. The domestic and international assignments from our offices in Scandinavia and U.S. Our team has one goal; to turn every stone in order to discreetly identify, approach and screen the best talent at the clients competitors. Our focus is strictly on the top talent not actively looking for a job, who needs to be approached individually. We belive that every recruitment can be successful with the right profile specification and research strategy.