PASSION FOR BRANDS & TALENTS
The Leading Talents team
Founder and Managing Director
Mag. Karin Igler, MBA
Headhunter by passion, has extensive national and international management experience in the beauty, fashion, FMCG, retail and luxury industries, many years of executive search experience, excellent industry and market knowledge, an outstanding network of candidates and decision-makers at national and international level, lasting mutual trust, tact and creativity. Outstanding international network as well as excellent market and industry knowledge in the beauty, fashion, FMCG, retail and luxury industries
Excellent national and international network as well as excellent market and industry knowledge in the beauty fashion, FMCG, retail and luxury sectors
- Many years of management experience as a Marketing and Sales Manager, later Regional General Manager Central and Eastern Europe with an international luxury cosmetics group
- Head of International Retail & Sales at the largest Austrian textile group
- Country Manager of a renowned beauty start-up at the world’s largest internet incubator Rocket Internet
- Foundation of a very successful executive search company specialising in the FMCG, retail and luxury industries
- Over 10 years of experience as a headhunter and executive search consultant in the consumer goods, retail and luxury industries.
- Master’s degree in commercial sciences from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration as well as Executive MBA from IMADEC University in cooperation with the University of Texas at Austin, certified NLP Master Practitioner as well as trained coach, extensive HR training
- Passions: headhunting, inspiring conversations, beach & sea, yoga, sports, nature
Our team has both extensive industry knowledge and international management experience as well as many years of executive search know-how in the beauty, fashion, retail, FMCG, lifestyle and luxury industries.
We work with the most renowned brands in the beauty, fashion, lifestyle, retail and luxury sectors throughout the DACH region and Europe to find the perfect “Leading Talents” for them.
Respect in our dealings with each other and the highest level of discretion are a matter of course for us. We document our processes in detail and keep our clients well informed through regular status reports.