“You have to swim against the current, not with it.” This maxim might sound simple, but apparently it has helped Uwe Zirbes to become one of the leading executive search consultants worldwide. In 1997, Uwe Zirbes founded hunting heads Executive Search International, and within less than a decade his consultant institute has made it to the top in the executive search market. Relying on absolutely loyal search consultants and a uniform global structure, hunting heads has indeed become a synonym for finding the best executive staff worldwide.