Patrizia Zernatto

Patrizia Zernatto has been living as an US correspondent in California for some years and is the link between ERTLER EXECUTIVE SEARCH and the US market. The combination of her studies of media management and cross-cultural communication laid the foundation for a more diversified career path. Amongst others, she operated as the head of the marketing department of LEYKAM Let’S Print and was responsible for the B2B communication of one of the biggest offset printing facilities in Europe. Apart from her job as a US correspondent she supervises the quality management of 101domain, Inc. for the German- and English-speaking countries.
Due to her experiences in different markets and a high flexibility in terms of travelling, she has access to multifaceted business models, which hold out the prospect of a broad range of employees and potential talents.

Michael Neubauer

Michael Neubauer is an organizational talent, strategist and implementer who can look back on a successful international career in the automotive and aircraft supply industry, in automation and plant engineering and software development. For 20 years, established employers such as Pankl Racing Systems, Shvabe Munich, Carbotech Salzburg or SAB have built on his entrepreneurial strengths and leadership qualities, which he has been able to use in a targeted and effective manner, particularly in company reconstruction projects. Due to his activities as an operational manager as well as a managing director, he covers a very wide spectrum of experience, which is a valuable and sustainable asset to the ERTLER EXECUTIVE SEARCH team and, ultimately, to you.

Judith Ertler

For many years, Judith Ertler has been a successful executive in Spa Management in prestigious international deluxe hotels. As the Head of Sales and Trainer of an Austrian cosmetics brand, she successfully implemented spa concepts in European model companies. The internationally operating glass manufacturer Stoelzle hired her as an Area Sales Manager and put her in charge for world-renowned luxury brands. Since 2015, she has been working as a Lecturer for Spa Management at colleges and universities, providing internships and jobs worldwide for young jobseekers. In the course of her work as a Spa Consultant, she advises established clients of the spa industry and helps them successfully implement projects and optimize their processes.

Judith Ertler completes our recruiting team with her many years of practical experience in the fields of spa, beauty, fitness and sales as well as her great instinct for trends and people. Her profound knowledge of the industry and her extensive language skills make her a strong partner who, due to her international pool of valuable contacts and recommendations, would like to find the ideal executive for your business: someone who provides not only proved professional experience and know-how, but also a personality profile that matches your corporate philosophy.

Stefan Huml

Sustainable success requires innovation and innovation requires smart synergies – a guiding principle Stefan Huml has embraced since the beginning of his career. In over 20 years in top management positions in international corporations and SMEs in the high-end retail and construction industries, he was at the forefront of numerous successful change and expansion processes. Leading multidisciplinary global teams, he was responsible for the development of innovative new concepts and products, thereby always keeping a strong focus on the people intended to benefit.
Extensive reflection on values and development potentials in his leadership roles paired with a passion for working with people, have led him into the field of executive coaching. A capacity, in which he supports and consults companies and executives in the face of challenge.
As a recruiting partner at Ertler Executive Search, Stefan Huml shares with you his intuitive instinct for people and their potential, two decades of leadership and recruiting experience, a worldwide network and a profound understanding of organisations’ needs. His mission: To find you talent that not only meets your technical requirements, but also embraces and promotes your company’s values, visions and goals.

Raphael Kammerhofer

Raphael Kammerhofer has turned his passion for meeting people into a career through his sound economic education and his professional career with stations in the international luxury hotel industry, tourism management consultancy and HR consulting. As a passionate networker, he brings a large network of highly qualified personalities from almost all economic sectors to ERTLER EXECUTIVE SEARCH GmbH.
As a start-up entrepreneur in the field of HR-Tech, he is also well versed in the technology and start-up area and in constant interaction with the community.
"Looking beyond the CV" is a matter of course for him and this is how he finds outstanding candidates for you who not only fit perfectly into the team, but also make a long-term and sustainable contribution to the success of your company.

Klaus Hajduk

There is no classic red thread running through Klaus Hajduk's resume, but maybe that is what gives it a special touch. After graduating from high school in Graz, he graduated from the College for Fashion & Apparel Technology in Linz and started his career in the fashion & retail industry at C&A in Germany. This was followed by more than 12 years at Charles Vögele, initially as a store manager in various Austrian cities, then for a few years as an internal auditor at group level and finally as a human resource development manager for the DACH region.
He then assumed responsibility as an HR Director, first in the construction industry at the international company Gaulhofer and after that in the world of optics and hearing aid acoustics at the Michael Pachleitner Group, which is also active in the retail business. After a few years, he switched to the biopharmaceutical sector as Head of Group HR at the plant manufacturer ZETA.
With more than 13 years of experience as a human resources manager, he has an excellent international network and sufficient industry knowledge to support our customers as a partner.

Christopher Zehetleitner

Christopher Zehetleitner stands out due to his education in the field of international management and marketing.
Already during his bachelor studies, he worked with many companies and successfully handled his first campaigns in the field of social media marketing.
After a semester abroad in Belgium, he was able to deepen his previously acquired skills during an internship at Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG in Stuttgart.
Coming into contact with people and bringing them together has always been a main focus of his activities, which he was also able to further deepen as a member of the field sales force. Here he had to prove both his flair for people and his sales talent.

In addition, Christopher Zehetleitner qualified himself through his many years of voluntary work as a paramedic and instructor in an area where the focus is always on people. Through his competences and his motivation, he contributes to the further success of ERTLER EXECUTIVE SEARCH GmbH.

Robin Weihager

Robin - our Swedish Viking in the team - serves as Client Director Nordics. His fifteen year long career, in five different countries, as a professional hockey player gives him a unique background and skill set. After finishing high school he left home at age 15 to continue his studies at the Malmö Hockey Gymnasium, where he graduated the Trade and Sales program.
In Graz, Austria, he met David and they instantly found a connection and saw the possibilities of future synergies.
He's got the Swedish DNA and knowledge of what the Scandinavian market needs and valuate. This in combination with living in the center of Europe for years makes him the perfect partner for searches with these needs.
He is passionate about helping people to grow and to maximize their potential. Used to work in a team, setting and reaching goals together.
He’s got great leadership skills that has given him the honor and experience of being the captain of teams, learning how to read people and to see to everyones needs. Learning how to take care of the individual to make the team stronger. The importance of structure, discipline and hierarchy was implemented in Robins life at an stage and is something he lives by.