Valerie Hitschold offers market-leading insights and a deep understanding of the international realm to help professional services and automotive companies solve their most pressing leadership challenges. Based at Russell Reynolds Associates in Frankfurt, Valerie works with clients of all sizes and from all regions to identify, recruit, and assess talent and build effective leadership teams. She has acquired more than a decade of experience in strategy and consulting and has become a trusted advisor to some of the world’s leading brands. She specializes in conducting senior appointments for strategy, management consulting, and technology services companies in Europe. Valerie leads RRA’s business and professional services practice in Germany and is a senior member of the industry practice. Valerie joined Russell Reynolds Associates from Roland Berger, a leading global strategy consulting firm, where she spent more than eight years in the automotive practice. She focused on advising automotive OEMs, suppliers, and aftermarket players on strategy and business model development, digitisation, market approach, and organizational design. Valerie also worked with RölfsPartner Management Consultants and Schott. "The price of greatness is responsibility.” Winston Churchill Valerie holds a BS in general management and an MS in business law and economics, both from European Business School (EBS) in Germany.