Partner-led · Retained · CEE
Executive search and CEO & Board Advisory
Boards, CEOs, CHROs and investors use Menity to appoint CEOs, Board members and C-level leaders across CEE.
We also assess internal successors and management teams, advise on leadership after acquisitions, and benchmark senior roles and pay. Independent since 2007. Every assignment is led by a Managing Partner.
2007
FOUNDED
500+
RETAINED MANDATES
4
CEE MARKETS
82%
RETURNING CLIENTS
When clients involve Menity
The questions clients bring to us
When a CEO or C‑level leader is leaving, or has to be replaced before the organisation knows. We map the market and approach candidates without naming the client until the right moment.
We assess the management team before an investment or compare both teams after a merger, recommending whom to retain and which roles need to change.
Can the current team deliver the plan?
Before expansion or restructuring, or when targets are missed, we assess which leaders can deliver what comes next and where a change is needed.
Will the candidate meet regulatory requirements?
For banking and aviation appointments, we check relevant experience and eligibility against applicable fit-and-proper or nominated-person requirements before presenting candidates.
How we support the decision
Executive search, succession and management assessment
Sector context
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Partner accountability
The partner in the first conversation remains accountable
Vladimír Janík or Peter Nemčok defines the brief with you, leads candidate or management assessment, and presents the final recommendation. Menity’s research team supports the assignment.
Mandate perspectives
Selected executive search and advisory mandates
Examples of completed search and advisory mandates. Client names remain confidential.
Aviation
CTO in an EASA-regulated environment
A European operator needed a CTO acceptable to the competent authority.
Menity screened eligibility upfront: four of five shortlisted candidates already held nominated-person status. The client appointed from the shortlist.
A B2C technology group needed a regional leader to turn customer data into pricing and value propositions across 8 CEE markets.
Three of four assessed candidates were not actively seeking a move. The client appointed a leader Menity identified and approached directly.
Industrial
CEO succession
The European HQ expected an external search. Our assessment identified an internal successor who met the requirements but needed six months of preparation.
We recommended an internal appointment with a transition plan. No external search was launched.
CEO Perspective · September 2026
“Which hiring, promotion or exit decision would you approach differently today — and what changed your judgement?”
One question.
One CEO.
One perspective.
Radoslav Kopka
Managing Director, PERI Slovensko
In conversation with Peter Nemčok
Interviews with CEOs and senior executives
Leaders Talk
Menity’s Managing Partners interview CEOs, managing directors and HR leaders about the decisions they face when leading teams and businesses across the region. Guests are selected by Menity, and no fee is paid or received.
October 2026
Head of Human Resources
ING Hubs Slovakia
June 2026
HR Director Commercial &
Enabling Functions, CEE
Molson Coors
May 2026
VP Retail Ops. & eMobility
Managing Director Slovakia
OMV
From the practice
Articles on executive search and leadership
Standards · September 2026 · Vladimír Janík · 4 min read
A practical guide for CEOs, CHROs and boards to comparing advisers, candidate access, assessment and terms.
Standards · August 2026 · Peter Nemčok · 4 min read
How the mandate and its criteria shape who enters the candidate market before a shortlist is presented.
Questions before a senior mandate
What boards, CEOs and CHROs ask first
How retained search works, when to use advisory, internal successors, management assessment and how fees are agreed.
Can you assess an internal successor before we launch a search?
Yes. We assess the internal candidate against the role requirements and relevant external benchmarks. We recommend whether to appoint them, prepare them for the role or begin an external search. The assessment can be commissioned separately.
Can we commission a management assessment without a search?
Yes. We assess individual leaders or management teams before an investment, promotion, restructuring or acquisition. You receive a written recommendation on whom to retain, develop or replace. There is no commitment to an executive search.
How much does retained executive search cost?
Our search fee is typically around one-third of the appointed executive’s annual compensation, with a minimum fee. We agree the fee and payment schedule before work begins. Advisory assignments are scoped and priced separately.
Where we operate
Our core markets are Slovakia, Czechia, Austria and Hungary. We also undertake selected mandates in Germany and the UK.