Mercuri Urval’s Global Industrial Practice provides executive search, leadership assessment, leadership development and advisory services for industrial organisations across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. We support businesses across manufacturing, machinery and industrial technology, aerospace and defense, building and construction, materials and process industries, and transportation and logistics. Mercuri Urval has worked with industrial organisations worldwide since 1967.
Industrial companies are operating in a fundamentally more complex environment. Geopolitical shifts, changing global supply chains, accelerating technology and sustained pressure on productivity are reshaping where companies operate, how they invest and how they compete.
Decisions about manufacturing footprints, supply chains, technology and capital increasingly have long-term consequences. For industrial leaders, uncertainty is therefore not simply something to manage around. It is becoming part of the operating environment.
These conditions put new demands on leadership. Industrial leaders must make decisions under uncertainty while maintaining operational performance. They need to lead transformation without losing control of the business, build resilience without sacrificing competitiveness, and turn technology and innovation into measurable results.
The leadership challenge is rarely the same from one industrial business to another. A global, multi-site manufacturer faces different realities from a highly specialised technology company, a construction business or a materials producer.
The operating model, footprint, markets, technology, regulatory environment and ambitions all shape what effective leadership looks like. Leadership expectations therefore need to be grounded in the specific challenges a business faces and the outcomes its leaders are expected to deliver.
Since 1967, Mercuri Urval has worked with industrial organisations around the world. We have helped organisations identify, assess and develop leaders in environments where business performance depends on the quality of leadership decisions.
Our Global Industrial Practice brings together this experience across key industrial sectors. We combine international reach with an understanding of the operational realities, leadership challenges and business context that shape industrial organisations.
We work with companies across the industrial value chain, supporting them with:
Executive search
Leadership assessment
Leadership development
Leadership advisory
Our work starts with understanding the business, its situation and its ambitions. This context helps define the leadership requirements and the capabilities needed to deliver the expected results.
Our global network brings together industrial expertise across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.
We support organisations both within individual markets and across borders, connecting clients with relevant expertise and leadership networks wherever they operate.
As industrial growth and investment continue across Asia-Pacific, we have strengthened our cross-regional capability through our Global APAC Desk, led by Julia Larsen-Disney, Team Director in China.
The desk connects our teams across Asia and Europe, supporting organisations as they grow across markets.
Our Global Industrial Practice covers six sectors:
Product Manufacturing
Machinery & Industrial Technology
Aerospace & Defense
Materials & Process Industry
Explore each practice to learn more about its business context, leadership requirements and relevant contacts.
Our industrial offering also connects closely with our global practices in Automotive & Mobility and Energy & Environment, reflecting the increasingly interconnected nature of industrial businesses and their markets.
For international executive search and leadership advisory assignments within the industrial sector, contact our Global Industrial Practice Head:
Nicklas Jungander
Partner & Global Practice Head Industrial
Nicklas.Jungander@mercuriurval.com
The Global Industrial Practice brings together Mercuri Urval’s expertise in industrial businesses. It is one of several industry practices within our international executive search and leadership advisory firm, supporting clients with an understanding of their sector, business context and leadership requirements.
Our Global Industrial Practice covers Product Manufacturing, Machinery & Industrial Technology, Aerospace & Defense, Building & Construction, Materials & Process Industry, and Transportation & Logistics. Mercuri Urval also supports organisations in other industries through its wider network of industry practices.
We provide executive search, leadership assessment, leadership development and advisory services for industrial organisations. Our industrial expertise helps us understand each client’s operating environment and define leadership requirements around its business priorities.
Yes. We support industrial organisations within individual markets and across borders, drawing on our global network and industrial expertise across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. Our Global APAC Desk also connects teams across Asia and Europe.
We start with the organisation’s business context, including its operating model, markets, technology, regulatory environment and ambitions. We use this understanding to define the experience, capabilities and judgement leaders need to address the company’s challenges and deliver the expected results.