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Mercuri Urval

Mercuri Urval is a global Executive Search, Professional Search and Talent Advisory firm founded in Stockholm in 1967.

Last updated September 16, 2026

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Overview

Mercuri Urval (MU) is a global Executive Search, Professional Search and Talent Advisory firm. Since 1967 its mission has been to help leaders become more successful and deliver the best possible results for their organisation. The firm was founded in Stockholm, Sweden, and has grown organically with its clients into an international company with teams spread across the globe. Its services include MU Executive Search, MU Leadership Assessment, MU Interim Executive Service, MU Professional Search, MU Leadership Advisory and MU Leadership Coaching. MU is a member of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC).

History

The story of MU started in 1967 in Stockholm, Sweden. The core business was to advise clients on hiring, promotion and development decisions, based on the founder's scientifically developed method for predicting individuals' success in specific jobs. By the mid-1970s clients asked MU to run full recruitment processes; the business grew in Sweden and began expanding in Europe, with the first location being London, UK, in 1974, closely followed by Denmark the same year. Within five years the firm was represented in Germany, Norway, Finland and the Netherlands. During the 1980s and 1990s the company continued to grow internationally, with offices in 14 countries including Belgium and Switzerland, and the first non-European location, the USA. Today MU describes itself as a leading global Executive Search, Professional Search and Talent Advisory firm, having grown organically with its clients from a small local company into an international company with teams spread across the globe.

Products and positioning

A leading global Executive Search, Professional Search and Talent Advisory firm guided by science.

  • MU Executive Search

    A more modern way of recruiting leaders that dramatically reduces the impact of the 'performance' and 'diversity' problems associated with mainstream Executive Search.

  • MU Leadership Assessment

    Predicts the immediate and sustainable success of leaders in an organisation, using a science-based methodology providing accurate fact-based predictions anchored in the organisation's unique situation and plans.

  • MU Interim Executive Service

    Efficiently secures high-level interim leaders wherever in the world they are, offered as a professional global service.

  • MU Professional Search

    Born out of the need for more successful outcomes in management and leadership recruitment.

  • MU Leadership Advisory

    Ensures an organisation secures a performance edge, from working with individual leaders to transforming an entire organisation.

  • MU Leadership Coaching

    Accelerates the development of business leaders to the next level of performance in the precise context in which they must succeed.

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