Marielaine Krenn
Partner | Executive Search for Logistics, Supply Chain, Robotics & Transformation
High-Stakes Executive Search | Europe
Based in Portugal, Marielaine Krenn is an executive search partner focused on senior leadership roles across Logistics & Supply Chain, Robotics, Manufacturing, Technology and Professional Services. With a background in psychology, HR and coaching, she brings a pragmatic and people-focused approach to high-stakes leadership hiring.
She partners with founders, investors and leadership teams to identify C-Level and N-1 leaders for transformation, restructuring and international growth environments.
Her particular passion lies in coaching, international growth, and high-stakes leadership hiring for transformation and restructuring roles.
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- Logistics & Supply Chain
- Robotics & Automation
- Manufacturing & Industrial Technology
- Professional Services & Consulting
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Articles by Marielaine Krenn
AI Can Scale Intelligence. Can Leadership Keep Up?
Generative AI is expanding what organisations can do. But as intelligence scales, judgment becomes scarce. This article examines the leadership capabilities needed to turn AI into responsible growth.
From Pilot to Platform: The Leadership Challenge in Warehouse Robotics
Building a robot that works is not the same as building a robotics company that scales. Here is why leadership, not technology, is the key constraint holding warehouse robotics companies back from platform-level growth.
The Engineering-Commercial Divide: What Makes a Great Leader in Robotics and EV
There's a tension at the heart of almost every robotics and EV company that reaches Series B: the people who built the technology are engineers, and the people the business now needs are commercially fluent executives. The best companies find leaders who can operate across both.
Understanding Emotional Intelligence: A Game Changer in Executive Search
In the fast-paced, high-stakes world of executive recruitment, technical skills and experience remain non-negotiable. But increasingly, they are not what sets the most impactful leaders apart. Today, it's Emotional Intelligence (EI) - often under-acknowledged yet consistently critical - that can determine whether a leader merely performs or transforms. What Is Emotional Intelligence? Emotional Intelligence […]
Hiring Your First Senior Leaders: A Practical Guide for Start-ups and Scale-ups
Hiring Your First Senior Leaders: A Practical Guide for Start-ups and Scale-ups Hiring a senior leadership team is one of the most pivotal moves for any growing company. Many teams delay the step too long, others jump in too early, and most struggle with how to approach it the right way. This guide is […]
You should speak with Marielaine if…
- 1You are facing a mission-critical 'shift' - such as a turnaround, a founder exit, or a major scaling milestone.
- 2You need to hire your first high-level tech leaders (CTO/CPO) and require a partner who understands both technical and behavioral fit.
- 3You are looking to minimize bias in your executive selection through rigorous, psychological insight-led processes.
- 4You need a pan-European search partner fluent in German, English, and Dutch.