Weronika Oesterreicher

Weronika Oesterreicher is a Founding Partner at Key Search and one of Europe's leading executive search specialists in three sectors where she has built deep, first-hand expertise: HealthTech, FinTech & Financial Services, and Media & EdTech.

In FinTech, banking, and financial services disruption, Weronika is a trusted search partner for the companies reshaping how money moves. She has placed senior leaders at FinTech innovators and regulated-market disrupters including finmid, Upvest, Börse Stuttgart Digital Ventures, and Bison — as well as established digital finance platforms across Germany and Europe. She is the partner founders and investors turn to when building leadership for embedded finance, digital banking, capital markets technology, and the broader financial services ecosystem.

In HealthTech, Weronika is a passionate industry advocate with particular depth in longevity and precision medicine. She has partnered with Maximon and its portfolio companies Avea Life and Ayun Clinic, as well as mission-driven organisations such as Hasso Plattner Foundation's Data4Life. Her ability to identify executives who combine scientific fluency with commercial drive makes her a sought-after search partner for HealthTech founders and investors building the next generation of health infrastructure.

In Media, AdTech, and EdTech, Weronika has placed leaders at Rakuten Advertising, Finanzen.net Media, and sofatutor — and understands the dynamics of digital publishing, performance marketing, subscription models, and the evolving content economy.

Weronika's primary focus is CEO mandates — helping boards, founders, and investors identify and secure transformational chief executives. She covers the full C-suite and the VP layer reporting directly to the CEO: CTO, CPO, CRO, CSO, CFO, VP Engineering, VP Sales, VP Marketing, VP Product, and further leadership roles where the hire is mission-critical.

With over 16 years of executive search experience and a 94% success rate, Weronika applies a diagnostic approach to every mandate — treating each hire as a strategic investment rather than a transaction. She has lived and worked across Germany, the Netherlands, Monaco, and France, bringing a refined understanding of European leadership dynamics that few search partners can match.