At our peak, we employed almost 30 people in our offices in Frankfurt and Zurich. However, the larger BiermannNeff became, the more we realised that our original desire to find the best solution for our clients, to have more creative freedom, to be flexible and to act for the long term became increasingly less important. The bigger the team grew , the more „driven“ we became – sales was a priority and the internal agenda dictated daily life. Instead of focusing on the essentials, we spent more and more time on internal management tasks and strategic considerations. The financial pressure was enormous and disproportionate to the benefits. We wanted to get back to our roots, to what drove us in the first place. After careful planning and intense discussions, we reduced our team to a healthy size and have since focused on our core competencies: supporting high profile searches in Asset Management, Wealth Management and Private Markets.

This was not an easy decision, but it was necessary in order to refocus and provide the best possible service to our clients. We have now been in business for eight years with the exact same core team. The successes and figures of recent years have shown us that the decision to downsize and return to our original focus was the right one. We have realised: Size alone is no guarantee of perfect service.