Germany

🇩🇪 Germany remains the largest economy in Europe with around 3.5 million companies, of which over 99% are SMEs.  In 2023, about 3.44 million of these firms were classified as small and medium-sized enterprises, employing more than half of the private-sector workforce and generating roughly 28% of total turnover.

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This Mittelstand backbone is under pressure from succession issues, digital transformation, energy costs and reshoring of critical supply chains.

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In this context, executive interim management in Germany is increasingly used by Mittelstand and large corporates to manage transformation programmes, carve-outs, crisis situations and post-merger integrations. Interim CEOs, CFOs and COOs provide hands-on leadership while bringing experience in Industrie 4.0, decarbonisation and international expansion.