Breadth over niche: why a network has to cover every level
Monheim am Rhein, Germany, 8 January 2026 — consultingheads GmbH has passed the mark of 20,000 freelance management consultants in its network. Companies across the German-speaking market now have access to one of the broader pools of project-based expertise available in the region — spanning strategy consulting, IT and SAP capability, and roles that reach all the way down to the shop floor.
That breadth is deliberate rather than incidental. Requests from mid-sized companies rarely stop at a single discipline: a transformation project needs the strategy consultant, but also the SAP specialist, the change manager, and often an interim plant manager who carries the change through production. A network covering only one of those layers does not solve the problem.
The network has not grown through open registration alone. Admission requires a multi-stage process assessing both technical qualification and how someone works within a project; on average, consultants bring more than eleven years of project experience. Since the company was founded in 2016, more than 3,000 mandates have been completed through the network.
“Twenty thousand profiles are not an end in themselves,” says Olaf Melsbach, Managing Director of consultingheads. “The number is only worth something if we can pull out the three people who fit a specific mandate within 24 to 36 hours — and if those three then get the project done. That is what we measure ourselves against.”
Technology plays a supporting role in that selection. consultingheads uses AI where it accelerates pre-selection and matching — the decision on who is put in front of a client is still made by a person who knows the market. “AI enabled, not AI driven,” is how Melsbach describes the approach. “Automate the selection entirely and you get fast results and mediocre placements.”
consultingheads expects further growth over the course of the year but does not treat that as a goal in itself. The measure remains the placement rate: 95 percent of the proposals put in front of a client lead to a placement.
About consultingheads
consultingheads places freelance management consultants, interim managers and IT experts with companies, consultancies and private equity firms across the DACH region — from strategy to implementation. consultingheads GmbH, headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany, typically delivers quality-assured profiles within 24 to 36 hours, at a 95 percent placement rate and with more than 3,000 projects successfully completed. Founded in 2016, the company maintains a curated network of more than 20,000 vetted experts and covers mandates ranging from strategy consulting through IT, SAP and supply chain to leadership roles on the shop floor. Pre-selection is AI-supported; the recommendation that reaches the client is made by a person. Olaf Melsbach is Managing Director. consultingheads. When results matter.
Press contact: Olaf Melsbach, Managing Director · consultingheads GmbH, Borsigstr. 1, 51381 Leverkusen, Germany · Tel. +49 2171 7954780 · presse@consultingheads.com · consultingheads.com