Frank Gierschmann advises large and medium sized global corporations in all aspects of talent and performance management. He joined hkp/// group in 2013.

He began his career in executive development at the corporate headquarter of the world’s largest global logistics provider. Throughout 11 years, he held different expert and leadership roles in the area of executive and personnel development. Most recently he assumed the role as Vice President Corporate Executives Staffing. In 2011, he moved to Switzerland, taking the group-wide responsibility as global head of talent management at a listed global logistics group. Among others the scope of his role included the worldwide leadership programs for the top executives as well as the identification and development of high potentials.

Frank Gierschmann is an industrial psychologist (RWTH Aachen), supplemented by an MBA in General Management. He is author of various publications on issues of talent and performance management and in this area of expertise he is active as a speaker and visiting lecturer at various institutions.

With his interdisciplinary studies in economics, philosophy and psychology at the Universities of Bayreuth, Stellenbosch and Nottingham, Leon Jacob knows how to look at a challenge from different angles. With significant project experience in both compensation and talent management he is an expert in developing integrated HR solutions along the employee lifecycle.

A member of the performance and talent management practice of hkp/// group, Leon is always on the lookout for innovative approaches towards the talent challenges in organizations: talent identification, development, leverage and retention. In international projects with global reach, Leon covers the entire consulting value chain of hkp/// group, from strategic questions all the way to the operative rollout of newly developed HR solutions.

Before his time at hkp/// group Leon developed and published a model for value-based talent management, which he trialed at a UK-based "hidden champion" in the consumer goods industry.

Dr. Harriet Sebald brings to hkp/// her expertise in the area of talent management and executive development.
 
She began her career at Deutsche Bank, after which she joined a major HR management consulting firm as a consultant, ultimately rising to the position of Partner in charge of the talent management practice at European level.
 
As an expert in the development and implementation of processes and systems for attracting, retaining, developing and motivating specialists and executives, Harriet Sebald is a sought-after consultant with extensive international project experience in values and competency management, performance management, succession planning and staffing processes. She is particularly interested in the efficient integration of talent management with other HR processes such as compensation and job evaluation.