Prior to joining Stanton Chase International Raik-Michael was a Principal at the Cologne office of Gemini Executive Search in Central Europe. In 1997 Raik-Michael started his Consultancy career with Will & Partner (ifp) in Cologne.

He carries out executive search assignments for the Practice Groups Professional Services and Public Service, his clients are mid-sized often Partner based or multinational and national operating companies. He focuses on projects in the service sectors, e.g. Management Consulting or Public / Energy / Heakthcare Service. Also he is specialised in the area of Performance Diagnostics (Executive Assessments) and is familiar with a wide range of psychometric products (Member of WiPs e.V. / Member of EMCC) / Member of ITC / Member of AESC).

Raik-Michael has a degree in Psychology and is certified in Change Management. Before studying psychology, Raik-Michael worked for a major high-tech semiconductor company, in his last position as Head of Quality Management.

He speaks fluent German, English and has some knowledge in Russian and lives in Cologne.