Who are we?
Phoenix Executive helps organisations build stronger, future-ready leadership. We specialise in finding top candidates at local, national and global level to ensure your long-term success, and our sparkling and smart approach has been proven successful for close to 25 years. With a strong commitment to diversity and inclusive leadership, we ensure our searches and advisory work open doors to a broad range of talent. Through executive search, leadership development and tailored advisory, we support boards and senior leaders in shaping teams that perform, adapt and lead with purpose.
Our Vision
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We strive to proactively seek employees with differences because they add value to organisations and make them successful.
Our Values
Passion: We are passionate about what we do. Passionate about cultures, about people, about diversity.
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Integrity: We are honest and ethical. We conduct our business with absolute integrity.
Diversity & Inclusion: We embrace differences. At Phoenix, we come from diverse cultures and backgrounds and we love it.
Our Strengths
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International Environment: We believe that our cultural diversity and extensive language skills strengthen our ability to connect with candidates and clients wherever they may be.
Lean organization: We are a small team, giving us the ability to make decisions fast while maintaining a high level of professionalism.
Why work with us?
Diversity
We can help you achieve diversity goals. Workplace diversity provides different perspectives, innovative ideas and creativity a growing company needs to ensure long-term success.
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We are passionate about diversity and equality regarding mix of genders, races, ethnicities and ages. This is why we have decided to work with Forté Foundation to create a database for Global Board Ready Women (GBRW).
Tailor-made Searches
The search process is adapted to your needs. We are solutions focused – working together to achieve search success.
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Our ability to find creative solutions contributes to our reputation for high quality and professional relationships and outcomes. We take the time to understand your needs and the issues which are critical for search success.
International Reach
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We believe that our cultural diversity and extensive language skills strengthen our ability to connect with candidates and clients wherever they may be. We conduct and coordinate searches across several countries or continents simultaneously.
Our Partner Forté Foundation
We believe in equal opportunities for both men and women, for every search we select only those with the closest and best fit. To enhance equal opportunity we have created a partnership with the Forté Foundation.
Past Events
Recap of the Women Leadership Conference Brussels – 13 November 2025
Beyond the Chaos: An Exclusive Gathering of Visionaries Committed to Equity in Leadership
Thank you for making the Women Leadership Conference a memorable success! Phoenix Executive and Forté Foundation brought together an inspiring lineup of speakers, panelists, and participants for an engaging afternoon of dialogue, learning, and collaboration in Brussels.
Highlights
What an amazing line-up of speakers and panellists at last Thursday’s Global Women on Boards conference, organised by Vera Klaus and Christine Heeger from Phoenix Executive, together with Elissa Ellis Sangster from the Forté Foundation, and dynamically moderated by Kerstin Born-Sirkel.
The event opened with a compelling keynote by Bianca Bax, offering valuable insights on modern leadership and emphasizing how complementarity drives results.
This was followed by a lively debate on “Allyship in an AI-Driven World,” moderated by Robert Baker, featuring high-level experts Pierre-Yves BUSQUIN, Honorine Umuhire, Karen Massin, Katarina Wallin Bureau, and Daniel Friedlaender focusing on how leaders can recognise and challenge digital inequities.
During the coffee break, participants also had the chance to learn more about Helen Tubb’s new career advancement program for women.
The second half of the program began with an insightful presentation by Lauren Burge, who outlined how compliance can be transformed into a competitive advantage, emphasizing both its strategic and cultural value.
The final engaging and thoughtful discussion, moderated by Svjetlana Jerkovic, brought together experts Monali Bagul, Liran Kessler MA FCIPD Kessler, Ellen Klaus, Amina Alaoui Kacimi and Amelia Greene to explore how organizations can put values into action by reimagining systems for equity and sustainability at scale.
To close the event, Viviane Reding delivered a fascinating speech on her political experience and the evolution of gender equality in the European Union.
We are grateful to our talented photographer, Anastasiia Varvarina, for these beautiful pictures and we thank everyone who made this event so special.
Recap of the Women Leadership Conference Brussels – 14 November 2024
Promoting Allyship and Inclusion in Today’s Workplace
Highlights
The Women Leadership Conference in Brussels brought together an exceptional lineup of speakers and panelists to address critical themes of allyship, inclusion, and diversity in the workplace. EU Commissioner Nicolas Schmit opened the event with a focus on Equality & Inclusion as key EU priorities, followed by a powerful keynote from Caroline Farberger, who highlighted the unique challenges faced by women and men in professional settings.
Insightful panel discussions explored topics ranging from business-led diversity initiatives to addressing unconscious bias in boardrooms, featuring thought leaders like Greg Renders, Anaida Dibra, and Elissa Ellis Sangster. Contributions from Fabricia Abreu and Helen Tubb provided actionable insights, while Robert Baker’s session emphasized the importance of engaging men as allies in driving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
The event also featured moments of inspiration, including the introduction of Barbara Vercruysse’s book, The Path of Powerful Kindness. It concluded with Maria Fernanda Garza Merodio’s announcement of WISE (Women in Strategic Engagement), an empowering program designed to support women in management roles through training, networking, and experience sharing.
Global Board Ready Women Leadership Conference – 8 November 2023
Highlights
Our exceptional speakers from diverse continents and regions, including esteemed participants from our partner, Forté Foundation in the US, provided insightful perspectives on diversity, leadership, and opportunities for advancement. The discussions covered a wide range of topics, from regional issues like the EU Gender Equality Law 2026 and Gender Pay to global insights on developments in countries around the world.
Capturing the Moment
We’re delighted to share a group picture featuring our esteemed speakers and participants. This image encapsulates the collaborative and empowering atmosphere of the conference.
