Bellevue Executive Search

Bellevue Executive Search is a Zurich-based executive search firm specialising in finance leadership and team recruitment for Swiss companies operating domestically and internationally, positioning itself as dedicated partner for CFOs and senior finance leaders across all major industries. Founded by Claire Garwacki and co-led by Marco Ferrarotti, the company provides 360-degree services surrounding CFO roles and senior finance leadership across consumer goods, manufacturing and industrial, financial services including banking, insurance and reinsurance, retail and wholesale, distribution and logistics, technology and software, life sciences and healthcare, energy and utilities, and professional and business services sectors. Bellevue's core expertise spans accounting, controlling, FP&A, audit, finance transformation, tax, treasury, and MIS functional areas where technical depth combined with business acumen drives enterprise value creation.

Operating from Switzerland with extensive local expertise through experienced finance and accounting recruiters in key markets, Bellevue combines Swiss quality standards, discretion, and rigour with local market knowledge and cultural understanding. Their integrated approach includes executive search for CFOs and boards, recruitment of finance teams from accounting through transformation specialists, assessment and development centres evaluating behavioural and leadership competencies alongside technical finance skills, outplacement programmes supporting organisational transitions whilst protecting employer brand, and market benchmarking enabling competitive, fair compensation structures. Candidate quality remains paramount, historically attracting candidates with exceptional engagement rates and advancing higher proportions to second-round interviews versus industry averages whilst achieving placement timelines significantly shorter than market norms.

Bellevue demonstrates deep finance sector understanding through team composition of former finance and accounting specialists, enabling authentic comprehension of role complexity, candidate competencies, and organisational culture requirements. This background ensures rigorous technical skills assessment whilst prioritising sustainable placements where both candidate career satisfaction and employer organisational success drive long-term value creation.