Cornerstone International Group is represented in Austria by Lehner Executive Partners, a leading retainer-based executive search firm originally founded in 1983 and located in Vienna.

Our experts utilize a unique methodology to assist companies in the critical task of recruiting business leaders, based on solid business know-how and the experience of serving clients across a broad spectrum of industries.  Our outstanding work is rewarded by long-term contracts with more than 2/3 of our clients.

Success in serving the Austrian and European markets(*) is based on a unique combination of talent and skill identification, assessment and recruitment, a worldwide network of contacts and the company’s own high quality search methods.  We also serve & support clients expanding to the US from Europe. Within our talented team, we have language capabilities in English, French, German, Greek, Italian and Slovakian.

We create project teams according to our clients ‘ specific situation and thus successfully complete projects for small and medium sized companies as well as multi-national companies. Depending on the profile, company needs and culture, we recruit leaders locally, regionally or globally as needed.

Our service offerings are:

  • Executive Search
  • Supervisory Board & Advisory Board Search
  • Board & CEO Advisory
  • Assessment
  • Turnaround Management

Industries sectors served include High Technology, Financial Services (Banking, Insurance, Fin /Insur Tech, Private Equity, Family offices), Defense, Energy, Industrial /Manufacturing, Paper and Pulp, Professional Services, IT, and Real Estate

Levels and Functional areas covered include CXO, Division heads and Key Players in the areas of Finance, Risk, Operations, IT, Transformation (Process Optimization/ Value Creation /Digitalization), Compliance, Regulatory / ESG, SCM/Logistics and M&A