Based in Hamburg, Jörg Thierfelder leads Egon Zehnder’s Board Consulting Practice in Germany, focusing on board work, senior executive recruitment and development, and general counsel placements. He regularly advises family businesses on board composition and succession planning, with a focus on the industrial and consumer sectors. A lawyer by training and experience, Jörg previously led, and is still active in, the firm’s global Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Practice.
I’m passionate about developing and nurturing lasting relationships, bringing people together who take on responsibility. I love to think and discuss outside the usual paths, build trust, and take long-term perspectives.
Before joining Egon Zehnder, Jörg was an attorney with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Hamburg and worked as a counsel on Deutsche Bank’s corporate investments team based in New York. He started his career as a Management Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group.
Jörg studied in Freiburg, Geneva, and Munich, and then earned a PhD in law from the University of Munich. He is also a certified leadership coach. Jörg cofounded and sits on the boards of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Foundation, the Foundation of the German National Youth Orchestra, and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Association of Friends. He is married with four children and passionate about culture and the arts. An accomplished flutist, he regularly plays chamber music and belongs to the Management Symphony, a German amateur orchestra consisting of businesspeople.
Jörg Thierfelder leitet die deutsche Praxisgruppe Board Consulting bei Egon Zehnder. Er berät vor allem Familienunternehmen aus dem Konsumgüter-, Industrie- und Dienstleistungsbereich bei der Evaluierung und Besetzung von Führungspositionen und Aufsichtsratsgremien. Zu den weiteren Schwerpunkten des Juristen, der zuvor die globale Praxisgruppe Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Professionals leitete, gehört die Suche nach Chefjustiziaren, Chief Compliance Officers, Fachanwälten und Kanzleipartnern.
Bevor er zu Egon Zehnder kam, war Jörg Thierfelder als Rechtsanwalt für die internationale Wirtschaftskanzlei Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Hamburg tätig und arbeitete eine Zeit lang im Team Corporate Investments der Deutschen Bank in New York. Seine Karriere begann er als Management Consultant bei der Boston Consulting Group.
Der zertifizierte Leadership Coach studierte Jura an den Universitäten Freiburg, Genf und München, wo er auch promovierte.
My Areas of Focus
What We Do
Functions
- Legal, Regulatory & Compliance Professionals
- Board Directors & Chairs
- Board Effectiveness
- Board Director Hiring
- Board Consulting
- Chief Executive Officers
