Katrin Hansson is a member of Spencer Stuart’s Leadership Advisory Practice who brings more than 25 years of experience in transforming companies via their leadership and culture. Based in the Netherlands and Sweden, yet with an international scope, she is a trusted advisor to boards and senior executives on talent strategy, succession planning and leadership effectiveness.

International leadership advisor for organizations navigating transformation and growth


Katrin partners with organizations navigating transformation and growth, helping build robust leadership pipelines and strengthen executive capability through assessment, coaching, and development. Building on her decades of experience in strategy and change management consultancy firms and global leadership roles during which she has led major business and people transformations, Katrin is known for her ability to work with senior stakeholders to align leadership investments with long-term business priorities and organizational performance. Katrin has worked in Sweden, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore and is fluent in English, Dutch, Swedish and can converse in several languages including Japanese.

Expertise

Katrin has specialized experience in:

  • Executive assessment
  • Leadership development
  • Succession planning
  • Executive onboarding
  • Team development and team effectiveness
  • Culture programs
  • Building high performance international leadership teams

Previous experience

  • Over two decades of experience at Philips in global leadership roles in product innovation, business category leadership, digital transformation and marketing in the consumer electronics and consumer durables sectors
  • A four-year enterprise-wide turnaround role, with P&L impact and a profound leadership growth journey for all involved
  • A decade in Hong Kong, leading teams in China and India before moving to the Netherlands in 2013
  • Initial experience in B2B sales, product management and management consultancy, driving long-term strategy, culture change and performance management in the telecoms infrastructure and mobile telephony devices sectors
  • While based in Sweden, most of her work focused on clients in the United States and Malaysia

Education

  • Master of Science in industrial engineering and management from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden
  • Certificate of Global Management, including coaching, from INSEAD
  • Lean Black Belt certification

Practice Areas