Christina Herrmann

About Christina Herrmann

I am a global people and organizational strategy executive who helps complex firms strengthen their infrastructure, elevate their leadership, and enhance their workforce capabilities to drive quantifiable positive outcomes by bringing structure to ambiguity. With a successful track record of modernizing HR ecosystems, I have been the architect of redesigning operating models, and guiding organizations through large-scale change. I partner with senior leadership to build scalable systems, that align people, processes, and culture with enterprise-wide goals. Known for blending strategic rigor with operational acumen, I transform organizational vision into practical sustainable solutions.I have shepherded global corporations and AmLaw 100 firms through major cross-border integrations, enterprise HR transformations, and multi-country workforce planning. I have evolved organizations ranging in size from 300 employees to over team members, building infrastructures to support growth, strengthen leadership capabilities, and increase operational maturity. Recognized for connecting analytics, technology, and people-centered leadership, I help organizations navigate complexity with clarity, stability, and forward-looking strategy.My impact has spanned major professional services firms in the US, with responsibility for operations in the UK, Europe, Asia Pacific, China, Latin America, and the Middle East.I possess a rare blend of multi-sector experience having worked in the management consulting, legal, architecture & design, and marketing industries. I therefore bring a breadth and depth of knowledge and expertise to problem-solving and execution, along with a healthy infusion of good humor.My Core Competencies include:HR Transformations | Organizational Development & Design | Change Management | Workforce Planning | Talent Strategy | Merger & Acquisition Due Diligence & Integration | Talent Management | People Analytics | Learning & Development | Culture Change | Executive Advisory | Leadership Development | Employee Relations | Succession Planning | DEIB | Technology Optimization | Global Total Rewards | Financial Management | Multi-jurisdictional Legal & Regulatory ComplianceI am drawn to environments where operational discipline, talent strategy, and innovation converge to support large-scale transformation. Purpose-driven global leadership roles that unify strategy, structure and talent, to build future ready organizations are where I thrive.Let’s connect.

Experience

1. Chief People Officer Global HR Transformation

   OLIVER | The Brandtech Group

   Jan 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Reporting directly to the Founder and CEO, I lead the global people function for a 4,500-person creative agency across 46 countries. I focus on strengthening organizational structure, modernizing HR systems, and enabling leaders to navigate growth with clarity and confidence. Thus, I designed Oliver\'s Global People Strategies fully aligned with business goals.Improved hiring quality, speed, and ability to attract and retain top talent by adding new leadership that up skilled Talent Acquisition; introduced analytics driven standards, while also reducing budget. Strengthened leadership capabilities by investing in Learning & Development, increasing the delivery of essential training and providing meaningful professional development opportunities. Consolidated a disparate global compensation process into a single annual cycle anchored in market data in order to achieve pay equity. Evolved performance management to provide meaningful and actionable feedback including mechanisms for increased dialogues around career development. Modernized core HR technology through deployment of efficiency creating AI bots. Expanded EMEA team to support complex varied markets, adding expertise in Spain, France, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic and Turkey realizing significant savings in legal spend.Upon transfer of ownership to Brandtech Group, tasked with leading multiple change initiatives for newly combined entity of professionals to maximize AI adoption and create a future ready workforce. This has included: Designing an HR structure to support combined entities throughout dispersed geographies, to bring about streamlined HR processes, greater efficiencies, enhanced teaming, and superior service delivery. Undertaking an extensive exercise to cleanse and align data housing and categorization in furtherance of rolling out global Human Capital Management.

Education

• ESMT Berlin

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• IMD

  Orchestrating Winning Performance

• The Wharton School

  Leading Organizational Change; Human Capital Analytics

• University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

  Bachelor's degree (BA), Psychology

• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

  Finance for Executives

• Fordham University School of Law

  Structural Issues in Law Firm Management

• University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

  Advanced Human Resources Executive; Leading High Performing Teams