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.

Anna-Maria Hirschfeld focuses on projects related to performance and talent management. She studied Psychology as well as Economics and Business Administration at the University of Tübingen. In her master thesis, she examined the influence of organizational factors such as performance incentives, leadership and communication on the safety culture of an international conglomerate.

Before joining hkp///, Anna-Maria Hirschfeld gained practical experience in learning & development, personnel marketing and change management through various international internships in the automotive and hydraulics industry. In addition, within the scope of her scientific activities, she dealt with organizational psychology issues concerning cooperation, trust and knowledge transfer and completed a training as a systemic coach.