Xstature is an international executive search and leadership advisory firm focused on Life Sciences and Industrial markets.
We secure board-level leaders, functional heads, and mission-critical technical experts through direct access, rigorous assessment, and senior-led execution.
Beyond search, we support leadership performance through targeted advisory and executive coaching, drawing on our global advisory board when complexity demands it.
Edgars is a global executive headhunter known for turning “impossible” searches into signed offers across Pharma, MedTech, and Industrial markets in EMEA, LATAM, and APAC. He brings direct, practical TA enablement: role calibration, market mapping, outreach strategy, stakeholder alignment, and closing discipline — with a strong focus on protecting candidate experience and moving fast without breaking trust.
Having lived and worked internationally, Jurryt has built a deep international network and operates at C-level, senior leadership, and specialist level. With more than 15 years of experience, his work is defined by discretion, long-term relationships, and direct access to senior decision-makers.
He co-founded Xstature Search Group around a clear principle: access is key — enabling deeper reach, unconstrained by the structures that define large search firms. He leads international executive search assignments end-to-end, working closely with clients to ensure depth, precision, and alignment throughout the process.
His focus is on Manufacturing and Life Sciences, working internationally from Amsterdam.
Kseniya leads the research function at Xstature Search Group, overseeing market mapping, candidate generation, and pipeline development across assignments.
She plays a central role in search execution — identifying relevant talent across complex and competitive markets, and building the structured pipelines that underpin each search.
Through advanced research methodologies and a resourceful approach, she delivers the market intelligence needed to guide focused, well-targeted hiring decisions.
Misele focuses on strategic engagement and communications with our customers.
She brings energy, curiosity, and a natural ability to connect with people — supporting senior stakeholder engagement and building trust early in the process. Her work centers on business development: initiating and qualifying high-value conversations, and supporting leadership with well-prepared briefings that enable focused, high-impact discussions.
She also contributes to expanding Xstature’s global network through targeted marketing initiatives and by building aligned, long-term partnerships.
Christian brings deep COO/CFO and finance leadership across international operating environments, with experience spanning COO Europe responsibilities, regional CFO/COO scope, and managing director roles across multiple markets. He supports Xstature with pragmatic board-level insight on performance management, financial governance, operating cadence, and transformation execution — strengthening decision quality and stakeholder alignment in complex industrial contexts.
Francesco is a CEO-level operator focused on scaling industrial, software-enabled, and climate-tech platforms into internationally scalable, exit-ready businesses. Across 25+ years at CEO/CFO level, and supported value realisations across industrial automation, SaaS-driven environments, and energy transition ventures.
He brings disciplined platform scaling: restoring execution rhythm, designing scalable operating models and pricing, pivoting hardware businesses toward recurring revenue, and leading buy-and-build integration and cross-border expansion — aligning governance and performance systems toward measurable enterprise value.
Jan-Torsten Tews brings deep international pharma and biotech leadership with proven C-level and board-level experience. A recognized respiratory expert and strategic operator, he supports Xstature with high-impact market and growth advisory, commercial strategy, and senior stakeholder alignment, adding sharp perspective across big pharma, biotech, and start-up environments.
Jean-Luc is a global HR and transformation leader with a track record across pharma and complex matrix environments (including PE-backed contexts), recognised for building high-performing organisations, leading integrations, and aligning talent strategy with business outcomes. He strengthens TA performance through leadership alignment, governance, capability building, and executive coaching — ensuring hiring works as an operating system, not a set of interviews.
We started in CEE and the Nordics, building the disciplines that still define us: market intelligence, direct access, and disciplined execution.
The foundation was simple — understand the market better, move faster, and deliver with precision..
Within the MRI network, we grew our footprint to 30+ countries, expanding Life Sciences and Industrial delivery across Western Europe, LATAM, and APAC.
This chapter forged our DNA: cross-border search, stakeholder alignment, and execution where access and timing determine outcomes.
As mandates became more specialized, cross-border and industry-specific, the traditional network model no longer offered the flexibility required to execute them effectively.
We chose quality over volume — and established Xstature: a name that stands for talent with eXecutive Stature, individuals who set themselves apart and drive performance.
Today, we deliver executive and specialist talent across more than 60 countries. Our offering has expanded beyond search to include Leadership Advisory and Talent Acquisition support, strengthening outcomes across the entire hiring process.
Our model emphasizes senior involvement, selectivity and direct access — a deliberate alternative to large, process-driven recruitment firms.
Most searches don't fail because the right candidates aren't there - they fail because the process never reaches them.
We’re a boutique, globally present firm built for outcomes, not volume. We avoid conflicts and off-limits that restrict access, so clients get the best talent available to them — not the best talent available to a firm’s limitations. Every mandate is senior-led end-to-end with one accountable partner, supported by scaled research and our Advisory Board. And because focus drives quality, we cap concurrent partner-led mandates, protecting depth, discretion, and decisive closure
