We are a boutique consulting company based in Switzerland working locally and internationally with strong ties in Central Europe, the Nordics and the USA.

Given our past professional experiences and passion for the human element we are in a great position to holistically look at happiness from the organizations (executive search and leadership consulting) and individuals (leadership and career consulting) point of view.

Happiness, wave, aalto

Happiness is defined as a state of well-being and contentment. Like a wave it is not something permanent but fluid. Like a wave rises and falls so do organizations have ups and downs and so do professional careers exhibit highs and lows. Given our Swiss and Finnish roots the word “aalto” (noun), Finnish for wave, was the ideal name to start our journey of fostering organizational and professional happiness. 

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Mike J. Widmer

Founder & Managing Partner

Dr. Mike J. Widmer is Founder & Managing Partner of Aalto AG – fostering organizational and professional happiness through executive search, leadership and career consulting. 

He began his professional career by founding an internet startup and thereafter joined the software company BSI Business Systems Integration AG as a Project Manager and Legal Counsel. After complementing his PhD in law at the University of Zurich, Switzerland with a full-time MBA at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan he joined McKinsey & Company in the USA. Next Mike returned to BSI to set up the company’s German subsidiary in Frankfurt as Country Manager. 

Prior to founding Aalto in 2020 he worked for almost 10 years in two top-tier executive search companies at international and local levels.