Heiko Hofer is a Client Partner at Pedersen & Partners, based in France. Mr. Hofer brings more than two decades of Executive Search expertise, with a special focus on the Automotive, Machinery, and Speciality Chemicals Industrial segments for French and DACH clients. Having started his career in search and management consulting with one of the top 5 Executive Search global firms, Mr. Hofer then worked at two start-up search consultancies in France, as Franco-German Business Managing Consultant and Founding Partner respectively. During the last seven years prior to joining Pedersen & Partners, Mr. Hofer served as a Senior Client Partner in the Strasbourg office of a Global Executive Search & Leadership Consulting firm, developing business and relationships with existing and new clients, and executing cross-border search assignments in France and Germany. Mr. Hofer has an International Business Master’s degree from ESB Business School, Reutlingen University in Germany and speaks German, French, and English fluently.