Brew & Business
Deep Conversations with Business Leaders
Next event: 8th October 2025 in Düsseldorf
Next event: 8th October 2025 in Düsseldorf
We’re excited to open registrations for our inaugural Brew & Business breakfast on 8th October at 8:30 AM in Düsseldorf, hosted by Stephanie Abdel-Ahad and Michael Illert. This new series creates space for senior leaders to engage in honest, agenda-free conversations about the real issues shaping today’s business landscape.
We’re excited to open registrations for our inaugural Brew & Business breakfast on 8th October at 8:30 AM in Düsseldorf, hosted by Stephanie Abdel-Ahad and Michael Illert. This new series creates space for senior leaders to engage in honest, agenda-free conversations about the real issues shaping today’s business landscape.
Deep Conversations with Business Leaders
Deep Conversations with Business Leaders
Brew & Business
Brew & Business
Brew & Business is a breakfast series for business leaders who are tired of surface-level talk. Each session is shaped by the participants, tackling real, topical challenges that matter. No pitches. No panels. Just straight-up, frank conversations over good coffee and breakfast. We go beyond the obvious – cutting through the noise to uncover fresh perspectives and thought-provoking insights. You’ll leave with more than just caffeine in your system: expect ideas that stick with you long after the last sip.
Brew & Business is a breakfast series for business leaders who are tired of surface-level talk. Each session is shaped by the participants, tackling real, topical challenges that matter. No pitches. No panels. Just straight-up, frank conversations over good coffee and breakfast. We go beyond the obvious – cutting through the noise to uncover fresh perspectives and thought-provoking insights. You’ll leave with more than just caffeine in your system: expect ideas that stick with you long after the last sip.
The Leadership Challenge for Executives
At Michael Illert Executive Recruitment, we believe that great leadership begins with honest conversations. Our work connects us daily with senior executives navigating complex transformations, shifting market dynamics, and heightened stakeholder expectations. These leaders often tell us they crave spaces where they can cut through the noise, share unfiltered perspectives, and gain real insights from peers facing similar challenges. That’s why we created Brew & Business, a forum for candid dialogue that mirrors the depth and openness we champion in our search and advisory work.
The issues leaders face today don’t come with easy answers, they demand reflection, fresh thinking, and the courage to question conventional wisdom. By bringing decision-makers together in an informal, high-trust setting, Brew & Business helps uncover the kind of insights that don’t surface in boardrooms or LinkedIn posts. For us, these breakfasts are not just networking events; they are part of our commitment to supporting leadership that’s more self-aware, better informed, and genuinely equipped for impact.
The Leadership Challenge for Executives
At Michael Illert Executive Recruitment, we believe that great leadership begins with honest conversations. Our work connects us daily with senior executives navigating complex transformations, shifting market dynamics, and heightened stakeholder expectations. These leaders often tell us they crave spaces where they can cut through the noise, share unfiltered perspectives, and gain real insights from peers facing similar challenges. That’s why we created Brew & Business, a forum for candid dialogue that mirrors the depth and openness we champion in our search and advisory work.
The issues leaders face today don’t come with easy answers, they demand reflection, fresh thinking, and the courage to question conventional wisdom. By bringing decision-makers together in an informal, high-trust setting, Brew & Business helps uncover the kind of insights that don’t surface in boardrooms or LinkedIn posts. For us, these breakfasts are not just networking events; they are part of our commitment to supporting leadership that’s more self-aware, better informed, and genuinely equipped for impact.
The Leadership Challenge for Executives
At Michael Illert Executive Recruitment, we believe that great leadership begins with honest conversations. Our work connects us daily with senior executives navigating complex transformations, shifting market dynamics, and heightened stakeholder expectations. These leaders often tell us they crave spaces where they can cut through the noise, share unfiltered perspectives, and gain real insights from peers facing similar challenges. That’s why we created Brew & Business, a forum for candid dialogue that mirrors the depth and openness we champion in our search and advisory work.
The issues leaders face today don’t come with easy answers, they demand reflection, fresh thinking, and the courage to question conventional wisdom. By bringing decision-makers together in an informal, high-trust setting, Brew & Business helps uncover the kind of insights that don’t surface in boardrooms or LinkedIn posts. For us, these breakfasts are not just networking events; they are part of our commitment to supporting leadership that’s more self-aware, better informed, and genuinely equipped for impact.
Stephanie Abdel-Ahad
Director DACH
Stephanie Abdel-Ahad
Director DACH
Stephanie Abdel-Ahad
Director DACH
What we do
Michael Illert Executive Recruitment
Michael Illert Executive Recruitment is a boutique executive search firm dedicated to identifying and placing leaders who drive real business value. We work at the intersection of strategy, culture, and leadership impact—helping organisations find executives who not only fit the role but shape its future. Our approach combines deep market insight, rigorous profiling, and close client collaboration to ensure every search delivers lasting results. Whether it’s a critical hire or a full leadership team build-out, we align talent strategy with business goals to accelerate value creation.
What we do
Michael Illert Executive Recruitment
Michael Illert Executive Recruitment is a boutique executive search firm dedicated to identifying and placing leaders who drive real business value. We work at the intersection of strategy, culture, and leadership impact—helping organisations find executives who not only fit the role but shape its future. Our approach combines deep market insight, rigorous profiling, and close client collaboration to ensure every search delivers lasting results. Whether it’s a critical hire or a full leadership team build-out, we align talent strategy with business goals to accelerate value creation.
What we do
Michael Illert Executive Recruitment
Michael Illert Executive Recruitment is a boutique executive search firm dedicated to identifying and placing leaders who drive real business value. We work at the intersection of strategy, culture, and leadership impact—helping organisations find executives who not only fit the role but shape its future. Our approach combines deep market insight, rigorous profiling, and close client collaboration to ensure every search delivers lasting results. Whether it’s a critical hire or a full leadership team build-out, we align talent strategy with business goals to accelerate value creation.
Enhance your Value Creation through Talent
The key to unlocking true value creation lies in identifying high-impact roles and ensuring the right leaders are in place to execute strategic priorities. We support our clients defining the profile for such leaders and execute a truly tailored executive search and assessment approach to secure high impact leaders.
Enhance your Value Creation through Talent
The key to unlocking true value creation lies in identifying high-impact roles and ensuring the right leaders are in place to execute strategic priorities. We support our clients defining the profile for such leaders and execute a truly tailored executive search and assessment approach to secure high impact leaders.
Enhance your Value Creation through Talent
The key to unlocking true value creation lies in identifying high-impact roles and ensuring the right leaders are in place to execute strategic priorities. We support our clients defining the profile for such leaders and execute a truly tailored executive search and assessment approach to secure high impact leaders.
Drive your Career by contributing to the Value Journey
As an executive, you play a crucial role in driving the value creation journey of the business you serve. We believe that the key to your career success lies in focusing on assignments where your unique skill set, experience, expertise, and leadership style align perfectly with the business’s needs—enabling you to propel it forward.
Drive your Career by contributing to the Value Journey
As an executive, you play a crucial role in driving the value creation journey of the business you serve. We believe that the key to your career success lies in focusing on assignments where your unique skill set, experience, expertise, and leadership style align perfectly with the business’s needs—enabling you to propel it forward.
Drive your Career by contributing to the Value Journey
As an executive, you play a crucial role in driving the value creation journey of the business you serve. We believe that the key to your career success lies in focusing on assignments where your unique skill set, experience, expertise, and leadership style align perfectly with the business’s needs—enabling you to propel it forward.
Blog & Resources
Current Trends in Corporate Leadership: Back to Business Fundamentals
In recent years, we’ve witnessed a seismic shift in the business landscape. The once-celebrated approach of “growth at all costs” has given way to a renewed focus on traditional business fundamentals.
Blog & Resources
Current Trends in Corporate Leadership: Back to Business Fundamentals
In recent years, we’ve witnessed a seismic shift in the business landscape. The once-celebrated approach of “growth at all costs” has given way to a renewed focus on traditional business fundamentals.
Blog & Resources
Current Trends in Corporate Leadership: Back to Business Fundamentals
In recent years, we’ve witnessed a seismic shift in the business landscape. The once-celebrated approach of “growth at all costs” has given way to a renewed focus on traditional business fundamentals.