Our Story…

Hagen Human Capital began trading in 2010, from the rather modest surroundings of a small apartment in Prague 3. The founding Partners, Paul Cooper and Joao Duarte shared a dream of building the leading independent recruitment consultancy firm in the Czech Republic; offering both employers and candidates a level of service sorely missing on the local market. With this goal in mind Paul and Joao set out to hire the very best talent they could find – and trained them using the leading US and UK recruitment coaching systems.

Ever keen to bring positive advancements to the recruitment industry, in 2015 Paul and Joao also Co-Founded the venture-funded hiring start-up Techloop which operates across Europe.

Hagen Human Capital is now headquartered in a far more inviting office space in the Karlin Business District and is proud to work with a broad portfolio of clients from local start-ups to the largest of multi-national corporations.

Our Story…

Hagen Human Capital began trading in 2010, from the rather modest surroundings of a small apartment in Prague 3. The founders, Paul Cooper and Joao Duarte shared a dream of building the leading independent recruitment consultancy firm in the Czech Republic; offering both employers and candidates a level of service sorely missing on the local market. With this goal in mind Paul and Joao set out to hire the very best talent they could find – and trained them using the leading US and UK recruitment coaching systems.

Ever keen to bring positive advancements to the recruitment industry, in 2015 Paul and Joao also Co-Founded the venture-funded hiring start-up Techloop which operates across Europe.

Hagen Human Capital is now headquartered in a far more inviting office space in central Prague and is proud to work with a broad portfolio of clients from local start-ups to the largest of multi-national corporations.

Management Team

We are Hagen Human Capital, a full service recruitment firm headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. We offer recruitment support across all major commercial sectors and at all levels, from graduate entry to ‘C’ level management

Managing Director

Paul Cooper

Paul Cooper  

(MA (Hons), Economics and International Relations, University of Aberdeen)

Paul began his career in recruitment in 2000 and has worked in both the UK and Czech Republic. He has recruited for clients in all major commercial sectors and has placed candidates in various roles on 4 continents. Paul has held management positions in both international recruitment firms and niche independent consultancies. In addition to his general management duties, Paul is actively involved in recruitment for clients within the Marketing and Financial sectors. In his spare time Paul enjoys spending time with family, expanding his “knowledge” of Real Ale and Alpine Mountaineering – although not typically in that order.

Operations Manager

Jason Hague

Jason Hague

Originally from the UK, Jason has spent much of his career working in continental Europe, initially in the Netherlands and since 2010 in the Czech Republic. Jason has over 20 years experience managing pan European teams within the retail and banking sectors and brings his considerable expertise to assist Hagen in delivering exceptional levels of service. Jason’s core areas of focus are conducting Executive Searches for Senior level professionals in the Banking, Automotive, Logistics and the IT consulting industry. He has also developed a reputation as the ‘go to guy’ for Start-ups and Scale-ups looking to hire key personell in the CEE and DACH regions.

Outside of business Jason enjoys cycling, spending time with his family, and taking care of his ever growing collection of farm animals