KLEINEN ADVISORS - Key Persons


Christoph Kleinen - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Managing Partner

Dr. Hans-Joachim Strüven

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor
Dr Hans-Joachim Strüven is a Senior Advisor at KLEINEN & FRITZE ADVISORS. He supports KLEINEN & FRITZE ADVISORS with his many years of expertise in OTC/life sciences and consumer health.

Nihal Jäger

Job Titles:
  • Principal
Nihal Jäger is a Principal at KLEINEN & FRITZE ADVISORS. Her activities focus on searching for specialist and management positions in the b2c segment. She successfully fills management positions in finance, tax and legal, as well as in corporate development and professional services. Nihal works for KLEINEN & FRITZE ADVISORS on a project-related basis. One focus of her current project work is on sustainability/CSR. Nihal has successfully worked in executive search and e-recruiting for more than 20 years. She was recently responsible for helping build up a new division at the Frankfurt branch of a specialist recruitment consultancy as the Business Manager. Before this, as a pioneer in e-recruiting, she worked in a variety of national and international finance positions at Monster.com for over 15 years. She started her career at the international recruitment consultancy Odgers Berndtson. Nihal is a graduate in business administration (Diplom-Kauffrau) from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. She speaks fluent German, English and Turkish.

Susanne Heide

Job Titles:
  • Senior Consultant
Susanne Heide is a Senior Consultant at KLEINEN & FRITZE ADVISORS. She advises market-leading companies in the Retail & Consumer Goods sector on the recruitment of executives at the first and second management levels. Her focus is on functions in Sales & Marketing, Category Management, Supply Chain Management, Finance and Human Resources. Prior to this, Susanne Heide worked for many years as an independent consultant for renowned personnel consultancies, where she specialized in research and direct search with a focus on the FMCG, life sciences, fashion, luxury goods, retail and e-commerce sectors. She has also developed and led training courses in the field of research in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Susanne Heide is fluent in German and English.

Sylvia Fritze - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Managing Partner
Sylvia Fritze is a founder of KLEINEN & FRITZE ADVISORS. Sylvia has proven expertise in the segments of luxury, fashion, cosmetics and food & beverages etc. Her clients include market-leading global brands and successful, growth-oriented family companies. Sylvia has supported many of these companies for more than a decade. Sylvia has specialised in recruiting managers in the b2c segment for more than 25 years. The emphasis of her searches is on roles in marketing & sales, digitalisation & e-commerce, finance and human resources. Her clients appreciate both her de-centred understanding of their sectors and her sustainable and dedicated project support. Before founding KLEINEN & FRITZE ADVISORS, she was the proprietor of the Sylvia Fritze Recruiting & Consulting agency for many years. Sylvia studied Business Administration at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and speaks fluent German and English.