Dux Nova

Dux Nova is a Dutch executive search company working exclusively in bouw, vastgoed and infra, meaning construction, real estate and infrastructure. It appoints at the senior end of those markets, covering director, management and senior specialist positions, and describes itself as a leading player that excels in executive search rather than one that treats it as an additional service.

The company's sector focus is deliberate and it makes the case for it directly: as a specialist it knows where the construction world has come from and how it is developing, which is the knowledge that allows it to judge a candidate against where a business is heading rather than only where it is. Alongside executive search, Dux Nova offers coaching and advice, interim management, and Reflact, its own team and individual measurement instrument. Its selection process is described as planned, intensive and personal, and it positions itself as an adviser that challenges its clients rather than simply presenting shortlists.

Dux Nova works with construction, property and infrastructure employers across the Netherlands, and publishes a current overview of open positions at director, management and senior specialist level. It calls its consultants caring headhunters who go further where others stop, and states that it is chosen because it dares to make choices. Alongside the search work it publishes interviews and podcasts on developments in the sector. For construction and infrastructure businesses appointing leaders in a market where the pool of credible candidates is small and largely known to each other, that combination of sector specialisation and a deliberately intensive process is what Dux Nova offers.