KATINKA ACKERMANN - Executive Coach & Advisor
20+ years of leadership experience with a focus on corporate strategy, leadership performance, and organizational excellence
International expertise in corporate communications
Focus on post-merger integration, performance diagnostics, and cultural transition into high-performance
10+ years as executive advisor and coach – specialized in leadership transition (C-level / -1 / -2)
Keynote speeches, publications, conference and executive panel moderation, workshops & seminars
University of Colorado (Boulder), Econcomics M.c.l. / INSEAD Global Management Program
Katinka was born in the USA and holds a degree in International Economics (m.c.l.) and an executive management certificate from INSEAD. She resumed her career as a corporate consultant for a leading consulting company in Chicago. In the early nineties, she relocated to Germany to work at Deutsche Bank AG (Head Office) in Frankfurt. During the next decade, Katinka worked as a strategist in international corporate banking before being promoted to staff advisor to the executive board member for multinational corporations (MNCs). As an expert for strategic corporate communication, she managed two restructuring processes and a merger with a large UK-based investment bank.
After having a family, Katinka worked as a freelance corporate consultant & trainer with a focus on post-merger integration and change processes. She has published various articles, is a public speaker and moderator of discussion panels. In 2007, she joined her client State Street Corporation as VP Corporate Communications Europe and built their European strategic communications function.
In 2011, Katinka founded the management talent & performance consultancy Equitalent International headquartered in Munich. Click here for Katinka’s EXECUTIVE COACH PROFILE!
From her more than 20 years of experience in leadership positions, as a management consultant & change agent, and as a professional executive advisor on C-level (-1/-2), Katinka has a dynamic repertoire of unconventional and effective strategies to develop executives and high-potentials into strong leaders, clever communicators, and convincing negotiators.
High-responsibility C-level executives and top managers can rely on Katinka’s empowering and groundbreaking sparring to achieve the transformation necessary to excel with breakthrough performance and political savvy in today’s demanding corporate environment.
PUBLICATIONS / SPEECHES
„Selection of Men and Women as Executives“ (Springer/Gabler Publishing House).
Book Chapter: Navigating the Female Career. Co-Authored with Elke Benning-Rohnke, Board Member FiDAR (Women into Supervisory Boards), September2015
EQUITALENT INTERNATIONAL branded events:
„A Woman’s Unfair Advantage - Taking the Female Lead“
„Creating Engaged Ownership (CEO)“
Public speaker and panel moderator
Keynote Presentation: „A Chance for the Poor: Social Microfinance in Third World Countries“.
Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, 2013
„Leadership – Managing Authority“
Keynote Speech, Munich Economic Forum, 2009
World Women Work Conference, Berlin, 2009
„How to Reconcile Leadership and Family Demands“
Keynote presentation and panel member
ManagerSeminare Publishing, 2008 - Employee Marketing for Corporate Services Firms
Book Chapter: „The Special Something – Successful Recruiting for Corporate Consultancies“
„Value-Centered Leadership – Leading with Trust“
Presentation & Keynote Speech in the plenary, Congress of Christian Executives (Kongress Christlicher Führungskräfte,
Audience of 3.500 executives, Germany’s business leadership C-level), 2007
„Management in Medicine“ – Streamlining Organizational Constellation and Cooperation in Clinical Environments
Akademos Wissenschaftsverlag GmbH, 2006
Katinka’s professional coaching training and ongoing development:
Ongoing intensive Executive Coaching training and development: WBECS annual conference and year-round coach training / World Business & Executive Coach Summit (2016-2020)
SCC Certified Executive Coach: Stakeholder Centered Coaching (Marshall Goldsmith, Guaranteed & Measurable Leadership Growth, 2014)
Certified Leadership Assessor & Auditor: Global Leaders of the Future (GLOF), MG SCC Global Leaders Assessment (2014)
Member of the ICF (International Coach Federation) since 2013
Author of Creating Engaged OwnershipÓ (CEO - Executive Coaching and Leadership Development) 2013
(Creator) ValCon Leaders: Valuable & Confident Executive Coaching Program for Female Executives: Overcoming Fears, Seizing Opportunities, Harvesting Performance (2013)
Professional Co-Active Coach (PCC) CTI / USA - Nürnberg (2012)
Certified in OYOE (Own Your Own Engagement) - TR Clark Partners, USA (2010)
Global Management Program, INSEAD (1996)
Inhouse Career Coach, Deutsche Bank AG, inhouse coach training (1995)