Team

Ertler Executive Search is a fusion of David Oliver Ertler’s competences, namely his instinct for people and companies as well as his wide-ranging experiences in recruiting within different industries, and his global network of specialists holding senior management positions.

After having successfully finished the Theresan Military Academy, the officer David Oliver Ertler held different functions in Austria and abroad, until his passion and the challenges of the private industry encouraged him to change profession. He started to work as VP HR for the company Neuroth, where – in his function as managing director – he also headed the training academy. Subsequently, he moved on to the XAL group and set up the strategic and operative personnel management as the global HR executive.

He has expertise and experiences within all classical functions, knows retail and industrial enterprises as well as startup companies first-hand, and spots for his clients those candidates who do not only match a profile but are the right decision for the company.

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.

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.

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.

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.