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Simone Alz

Senior Fellow

Munich, Germany

Simone has been leading organizational development strategies globally for 13 years. Her experience spans from consulting with Accenture across industries to being a front line specialist with the United Nations. 

Her expertise with organizational and leadership development, coupled with change management is complimented by her executive business and life coaching qualifications and experience. (CPCC qualified).

A sample of  Simone's most recent clients include Telefonica o2 Germany, Lantiq, Avery Dennison Zweckform, BASF, Danone, Akzo Nobel.

Simone has lead a team as an interim manager for Telefonica o2 Germany, where she was responsible for HR Strategy & Cultural Change. Previously, she was Director of People & Organisational Development at Qimonda, a semiconductor manufacturing firm. In this position she lead an international team in multiple areas, including: leadership development, employee engagement, talent management, succession planning and training & development.

Working for the United Nations in New York and Rome, Simone's work included being a Human Resources focal point for donor countries, UN departments and Young Professionals with regards to strategic planning, budget planning, recruiting and people development. During her time with the World Food Program, based in Rome Simone acted as a staff counselor providing direct counseling support and training to headquarter and field staff. Her final assignment with the UN brought her back to New York for the UN Department for Security and Safety designing programs for crises intervention measures for UN staff members.

Born in Warstein and now living in Munich. Simone graduated with a MA in psychology from Westfaelische-Wilhelms-Universitaet in Muenster, Germany.