Kati Najipoor-Smith Bio

Kati Najipoor-Smith

Current/ previous positions: Global CEO Practice, Egon-Zehnder

 

 


BIOGRAPHY

Kati Najipoor-Smith, based in Frankfurt, is a member of Egon Zehnder’s global CEO Practice and is also deeply involved in the firm’s Board Consulting Practice. Drawing on decades of global advisory and management experience, she advises chairmen and CEOs of publicly traded, family-owned, and private-equity-backed companies across all industry sectors and regions on building effective and sustainable leadership at the top of their organizations. Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, she held senior roles in industrial and automotive consulting firms in Europe and the United States, leading large-scale strategic, change, and benchmarking projects. She also held technical management positions at European and U.S. engineering companies.