{"id":8379,"date":"2025-12-01T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thb.oliver.mk\/?page_id=8379"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:17:45","slug":"tilman-bender","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thb.oliver.mk\/en\/team\/tilman-bender\/","title":{"rendered":"Tilman Bender"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About Tilman Bender<\/h2>
  • Bachelor's and Master's degree programs (Dipl. Oec) in International Management, Organizational Development, and Industrial Psychology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart<\/li>
  • Careers in global business management in Stuttgart, Hong Kong, Manila, Houston, Chicago, and Washington, DC.<\/li>
  • Supporting international activities of companies since 1987; completion of hundreds of executive search engagements since 1997; previous years of experience at industrial and export consulting firms<\/li>
  • Hobbys: Mountainbiking, hydro-foiling, Gartenarbeit und Wandern mit seinem Hund Bailey, einem australischen Shepherd Pudel Mischling<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    \u201eI admire owners, managers, and employees who are deeply committed to the success of their company. Products, markets, timing, and a little bit of luck are important\u2014but the decisive factor for success remains the team at all levels.\u201c<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Tilman has decades of life and professional experience in Chicago, Texas, and New York, and is now based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area\u2014in close proximity to three international airports. With extensive expertise in the US, Canada, Asia, and Europe, he has personally led hundreds of successful executive searches since 1997. As the hands-on founder of his firm, he is responsible for client relationships and drives strategic initiatives aimed at providing fast and pragmatic solutions to urgent leadership needs.<\/p>

    Tilman began his international career as an intern at a Stuttgart-based consulting firm that supported companies in their expansion into the US. After graduating, he worked for a German-Chinese manufacturer of electrical products in Hong Kong. In the early 1990s, he first moved to Houston, Texas, before settling in Chicago, where he worked for a German-American personnel consulting firm and a Fortune 500 personnel consulting firm. His passion is for small and medium-sized businesses\u2014in particular, the special interests and challenges of German-speaking companies in America. This focus was the impetus for founding a consulting firm specializing in serving German-speaking companies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Tilman Bender Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrerWashington, DC & Sarasota, FL \u00dcber Tilman Bender Bachelor- und Masterstudieng\u00e4nge (Dipl. Oec) in Internationalem Management, Organisationsentwicklung und Arbeitspsychologie, Universit\u00e4t Hohenheim, Stuttgart Karriere im Global Business Management in Stuttgart, Hongkong, Manila, Houston, Chicago und Washington, DC. Unterst\u00fctzung internationaler Aktivit\u00e4ten von Unternehmen seit 1987; seit 1997 Abschluss Hunderter von Executive Search-Engagements; vorherige jahrelange Erfahrung […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":8354,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8379","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nTilman Bender - TH Bender Executive Search | Deutschsprachige Personalvermittlung in den USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tilman Bender - TH Bender Executive Search | Deutschsprachige Personalvermittlung in den USA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tilman Bender Gesch\u00e4ftsf\u00fchrerWashington, DC & Sarasota, FL \u00dcber Tilman Bender Bachelor- und Masterstudieng\u00e4nge (Dipl. 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