By assessing executives and leadership teams, Linda Ruiters helps develop top leaders who align with a company’s strategic goals. Linda is a true partner for supervisory and management boards, advising organizations across industries on leadership development, succession planning, executive onboarding and organizational cultural alignment. Linda leads Spencer Stuart’s Leadership Advisory Services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Her extensive background in HR and business leadership combine to create a safe and constructive assessment environment for individuals and teams. She brings a straightforward, pragmatic approach to developing successful leaders, using rigorous tools and market data to benchmark an individual’s leadership capabilities and potential to grow. Linda possesses a unique ability to help boards limit unconscious biases and to consider external developments, required transformations and long-term objectives in selecting or developing their top leadership teams. She also brings board-level experience and perspective as a member of a supervisory board and audit and risk committee. Expertise Executive assessment Leadership development Succession planning Executive onboarding Team development and team effectiveness Culture programs Recent work Assessing more than 120 executives following a CEO transition at a financial services firm, resulting in increased diversity and a more agile leadership culture Developing a culture program after the assessment of more than 300 leaders to support the merger of two retail corporations, supporting a smooth and effective integration and profitability improvement Supporting the development of a culture of learning and feedback at a leading logistics company after assessing more than 120 top leaders and advising the board on future leadership priorities Advising the supervisory board and providing onboarding support following a CEO succession at a professional services firm Assessing potential senior leaders in an organisation to improve decision making on leadership succession Previous Experience Global HR leader with ABN AMRO Bank 15 years of experience in numerous banking regional director roles Education M.S. in general economics from Tilburg University. Linda speaks fluent Dutch, English and German.