Ascender

Ascender AS is a recruitment firm based in Oslo, Norway, operating across Scandinavia. The company specialises in recruiting professionals for executive, specialist and interim roles across various industries. Their vision reflects their name: an Ascender is one who climbs, grows and reaches new heights.

The company is a team of experienced advisors with extensive operational experience from consulting and leadership positions. They leverage their professional competence, experience and relationships to initiate quality recruitment processes and create productive dialogue around career opportunities. Ascender offers services in four areas: leader and specialist recruitment across Scandinavia, interim management and consultancy, board recruitment and board evaluation, and leadership assessment and development services including psychometric testing, interviews and team evaluations.

Ascender emphasises that most recruitment processes are search-based and many positions are not advertised; instead the company focuses on targeted identification of candidates matching client needs. Recent placements include finance director roles, technology leadership, communications leadership and specialist risk and compliance roles. The company operates with dedication, quality and results as core values, offering continuous consultant relationships through the recruitment process.