Diverse Leadership is
Diverse Leadership is
We help you build a better board.
ELINOR PARTNERS
ABOUT
Our name ELINOR PARTNERS honours American political scientist Elinor Ostrom, the first woman awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 2009.
ELINOR PARTNERS is a Berlin based bespoke board advisory and talent acquisition agency, focused on identifying top female candidates for supervisory committee positions. Drawing from a global network of senior professionals, we help companies bring in the most valuable and varied perspectives to their boardroom. Our clients range from large corporations and government agencies to start-ups and NGOs, all united by a firm commitment to inclusivity throughout the organisation.
APPROACH
Today’s stewards of business are often sourced from an unnecessarily narrow and homogeneous pool of candidates. With a unique network and expertise, ELINOR PARTNERS goes beyond the familiar routes of corporate headhunters. We provide companies with the most suitable and highly qualified candidate – unbiased by opinion, background, age or gender. For us, diversity is not about fulfilling a quota; it is about building an organisation that is innovative, quick on its feet, and attracts top talent.
EXPERTISE
Equally well connected in the German Mittelstand, the international cultural sector, and the European start-up scene, ELINOR PARTNERS bridges entrenched industry divides. Our unrivalled reach to outstanding female candidates is complemented by a deep understanding of the functioning of company boards. Each client is met with the utmost consideration and discretion, and everything we do is based on trusting relationships built over more than a decade in the field.
TEAM
ANTONIA JOSTEN
Antonia Josten is a founding partner of ELINOR PARTNERS. She has over a decade of experience in high-level executive search as the founder of ANTONIA JOSTEN, the leading recruitment firm for the international arts sector. Her clients include the highest-turnover companies of the industry across Europe, the US, the Middle East and China. Antonia also serves as recruitment strategist to multiple government agencies. Based in Berlin, she holds a BA and MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, is a lecturer at the University of Zurich (UZH) and the co-chair of the executive committee of Human Rights Watch Germany.
HANNAH KUDLICH
Hannah Kudlich is a founding partner of ELINOR PARTNERS. Previously, she practiced as a commercial lawyer at Morrison & Foerster LLP where she specialised in executive employment. Based in Berlin, she has extensive experience in boardroom composition as a shareholder of two family-owned companies of the German Mittelstand. Hannah is also a real estate investor in Germany and the United States. She completed her German jurist licence at Humboldt Universität in Berlin (1. Staatsexamen) and Landgericht Hanau in Frankfurt (2. Staatsexamen), and also holds an LL.M in commercial law from King’s College London.