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ELiN · Executive search for the season ahead

ELiN means
shining light.

Light on the leaders who will shape what comes next. Executive search for C-suite and senior leaders. For HR services, fast-growing and family businesses.

Our story What we do

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Our position · 01

Most searches start with a vacancy. Ours start with a question.

We have run companies ourselves. That is why we ask what your leadership actually needs before we look at who is available. Sometimes the answer is a search. Sometimes it is that you already have the right team. About ELiN

Every leader has a moment they step in.

The water is cold and the moment is here. Some leaders simply step in. You recognise them by that first step, sooner than by the CV. That is who we look for, and that is where our questions start.

A woman steps into the sea on a bright, windy day

The series · 02

The light is on the leaders.

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Esther Schagen-van LuitDirector Cybersecurity Strategy & Risk Management, MicrosoftBe kind. Be brave. Be honest.

Marit van EgmondFormer CEO, Albert HeijnTalent begins with curiosity.

Esther van KootCEO, Flagship AmsterdamSet the bar high, give people ownership.

Maarten van BeekChief Purpose & Strategy Officer, INGCurate talent like art.

Marion van HappenCEO, HeadFirst GroupYou see leadership in what the people around you achieve.

Dr. Marcia GoddardFounder, Brain MattersAlmost nobody is being difficult on purpose.

Debbie KleinCEO, New York PizzaLeaders exist only by the grace of their followers.

Peter ScherjonFounder, Hartman & HartmanSuccess should reflect the humanity that shapes it.

Lena OlivierBoard director & supervisory leaderLeadership is not about pushing harder, but listening better.

Jacques BuithCEO, FlynthLeadership is making people better.

Nancy HooglandChief People & Culture, KnabA leader ensures every link makes the next one stronger.

Vincent BiekmanCofounder, LekkerParkerenBusiness with a Smile.

Joost KreulenChairman of the Board, Empresaria GroupStrategy without execution is daydreaming.

Maximilian KrijgsmanCEO, RGF Staffing the NetherlandsLeadership is not a title. It is a habit.

Chantalle JanclaesFounder & Chief Growth Officer, CurgoalLeadership is about creating space for better questions.

Gino JacobsOwner & Managing Director, ProfoundClarity is a gift you give your team.

Jesse Zahn-van der ValkActive owner, family businessesTwo worlds, one leadership.

Wim de JongFounder, YOUNGBuild together, earn together.

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Long-form conversations with the people redefining leadership. New voices, regularly.

What we do · 03

What we do. And for whom.

Each built for a different moment. Every one begins with the same question: what does your leadership actually need?

01Deliver

Executive Search

The core of our work, and the reason ELiN exists. C-suite, senior leaders and the boardroom, succession and non-executive roles included.

Permanent or seasonal, in one hand. Before we search, we ask which season the business is in, what must be different in twelve months, and whether this is a role or an assignment.
Executive search →

02Understand

Assessment

Our own instruments, and specialists where a question asks for more. Never by default.

An assessment is only worth doing when you know what you want to learn from it, for the organisation and for the candidate. That question comes first; the instrument follows.
Assessment →

03Grow

Executive Coaching

Programmes for leaders in a new season: the first hundred days, the step up to the top seat, the seasonal leader who has to make pace fast.

Every programme is tailored, because no two seasons are alike. Talk to ELiN about what fits you.
Executive coaching →

For organisations

A leadership question on the table? Start there.

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Or call or WhatsApp one of the partners directly. Ineke and Elbrich answer themselves.

Founder-led and PE-backed

When the next phase asks for a different leader.

Ownership shifts, and the team that built the company is not always the team that carries it forward.

Scale-ups and corporates

When the team grows slower than the company.

Reinventing while you perform, with a leadership model that has not caught up.

Purpose-driven and family businesses

When succession is personal.

Continuity and conviction in the same room, and no choice is neutral.

In completion

Commercieel Directeur · Covebo

The largest business within House of Covebo, part of House of HR, with around 370 million in revenue. A senior commercial mandate. The procedure is being completed. Nijkerk.

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ELiN Leadership Signature · free in 2026

Situations, dilemmas, your own words. No right answer.

Designed around what we meet in the boardroom, inspired by Amy Edmondson on psychological safety and Paul Sackett on what actually predicts in selection. About twenty minutes, and your own line in return: your seasons and seven cards in your own words.

Begin the Signature →

One of the seven cardsExample with fictional data

“I just called him, on a Sunday evening.” You choose the conversation, not the silence. You did not wait for the right moment. In two of the three dilemmas you chose clarity over comfort, and with the team member you shifted towards time and support instead. That is not a contradiction: you say it fast when it is about the business, and you take time when it is about a person.

To explore: what happens to someone who cannot keep up with your pace of clarity?

See how your cards would read →

Hunt with us.

For organisations