Bratislava · Slovakia · CEE
Retained executive search in Slovakia
Menity is one of Slovakia’s leading retained executive search firms, focused on CEO, Board and C‑level appointments. Founded in Bratislava in 2007, we lead mandates across Slovakia and CEE.
Every search is retained and led directly by a Managing Partner — from mandate definition and market mapping through assessment to the client’s final decision.
2007
FOUNDED
500+
RETAINED MANDATES
4
CEE MARKETS
82%
RETURNING CLIENTS
Executive search in Slovakia
A leader who can run the Slovak business and work with your HQ
Your next leader needs credibility with local customers and teams, and the ability to deliver what headquarters expects. From Bratislava, we assess candidates in the market where they will lead.
Can they deliver what you need?
We check what candidates delivered in the Slovak business, which decisions they owned and what required group approval. We verify results through reference conversations in Slovak, including with former colleagues who do not work in English.
Can it stay confidential?
In Slovakia, most senior leaders in a sector know each other. A Managing Partner leads your search and personally assesses the candidates. If the current leader is still in the role, we agree who can be approached and when your company can be named. You discuss candidate findings directly with that partner.
Who else is worth approaching?
We approach leaders in Slovakia, Czechia and across CEE, including Slovaks working abroad who are not actively looking. Before presenting them, we establish their interest, compensation expectations and willingness to relocate or travel.
Could your internal successor be ready?
We assess internal and external candidates against the same requirements. We recommend whether to appoint your internal candidate, prepare them for the role or look externally. You can commission this assessment without committing to a search.
Mandate scope
The mandates we lead in Slovakia
Most of our mandates in Slovakia are for subsidiaries of international groups: country and regional leadership, board seats, succession and C-level roles.
Both Managing Partners have built and run Menity since 2007. One of the founders personally leads your mandate, assesses the candidates and gives you his recommendation.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Executive search and advisory in Slovakia
CEO and Managing Director
Country leadership
Regional leadership: CZ/SK and CEE
Confidential CEO replacement
CFO and finance
CHRO and people
CTO/CIO/CISO and digital
COO, operations, plant directors
Commercial, sales and strategy
Legal, risk and compliance
Decide whether to promote an internal successor, hire externally or keep the current management team to deliver your investment plan. Advice is available without a search.
Conversations with leaders in Slovakia
Menity’s Managing Partners interview CEOs, managing directors and HR leaders about decisions they have made. Guests are selected by Menity, and no fee is paid or received.
Leaders Talk · October 2026
Head of Human Resources
ING Hubs Slovakia
CEO Perspective · September 2026
Managing Director
PERI Slovensko
Leaders Talk · May 2026
VP Retail Operations & eMobility
Managing Director Slovakia
OMV
Sector expertise
Selected appointments by sector
Examples of completed appointments in Slovakia and across CEE. Client names remain confidential.
Selected appointments: CEE Operations Director, CEE CHRO, Plant Director, CEE Chief Quality Officer and CIO.
Automotive OEMs, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers around Slovakia’s four car plants, R&D and competence centres, and manufacturing plants across CEE.
Telecom operators, software and IT services, cloud, data and AI, gaming and shared service centres in growth and transformation.
Selected appointments: CEO, Board Member, CFO, Regional Customer Value Director, CIO, COO, CHRO and CEE CMO.
Banks, insurers, leasing companies, consumer finance, payments and fintech, including appointments subject to NBS or ECB fit-and-proper assessment.
Selected appointments: CEO, Managing Director, COO, Chief Risk Officer, CFO, CHRO, Chief Legal Officer and CIO.
Selected appointments: CTO and CHRO with Management Board seats, CFO and Chief Compliance & Safety Officer.
Airline and ACMI operators, MRO organisations and aerospace suppliers, including nominated-person roles that require acceptance by the competent authority.
Menity Bratislava
We lead searches and advisory assignments in Slovakia from our Bratislava office. Meet the Managing Partner who will lead your mandate here, at your premises or at your group headquarters.
Local presence · CEE reach
For clients
Discuss a senior appointment, succession or a leadership review.
Menity operates through locations in:
Bratislava · Prague · Vienna · Frankfurt · London
Questions before a senior mandate
What boards, CEOs and CHROs ask first
Will a Managing Partner personally handle our country manager or plant director search?
Yes. Country, subsidiary and plant leadership roles are central to our work. One of Menity’s founders takes your brief, personally assesses candidates and presents the recommendation. Our research team supports the search, and the partner remains your direct contact through to your hiring decision.
How long does an executive search in Slovakia take?
Menity typically targets a qualified shortlist by week four and a hiring decision within 8–12 weeks of the confirmed brief. Candidate notice periods are additional.
Are any companies off-limits during our search?
Before we begin, we identify any client commitments that prevent us from approaching people at particular companies. We explain how these restrictions affect your target market and agree the search scope with you.