February 10, 2010

Senn Delaney consultant Boris Diekmann has been named a vice president/senior consultant on the growing EMEA team.

“We are enthusiastic about the growth prospects in EMEA and are building the EMEA team to respond to this opportunity to best serve our clients. Boris is a valued addition to our EMEA team. He has been a consultant with Senn Delaney for the past year and we're delighted that he will be able to continue to support such clients as STC, Hertz and others in his new, expanded, role,” said Dustin Seale, Partner and Managing Director, EMEA.

Read Boris's ful biography

Prior to joining Senn Delaney, Boris worked as a consultant helping senior managers and employees at all levels to embrace new ways of working, attitudes, and behaviours in order to effectively implement their strategy. Most recently, Boris has supported clients in the public sector, military, telecommunications, and FMCG. He designed and facilitated uniquely impactful leadership development workshops and employee engagement events with outstanding customer satisfaction.

Prior to that, Boris worked for five years at Siemens in Italy and Germany. As Head of HR Development for the Industrial Services and Solutions Group, he was responsible for the governance of the group's development programmes and strategy. He designed, implemented, and facilitated leadership development programmes for “high potentials” that became best practice across the organisation. He was also in charge of the annual review process for the group's top management incumbents, successors and potentials, and implemented a new career path process for engineers.

Boris started his career at IBM Consulting. He supported large corporate clients with change management skills during the implementation of global IT projects. In addition, Boris gained further practical management experience as Business Development manager for a Munich-based software start-up.

Boris is also a visiting lecturer at ESCP Europe Business School. He is a specialist in leadership, team and personal development programmes. He also coaches students on the Master in Management Programme to discover, embrace and fully develop their talents and strengths.

After studying economics in Toulouse, France, Boris studied at the ESCP Europe Business School in Paris, Oxford and Berlin. It was here that his passion for corporate culture blossomed and he dedicated his diploma thesis to the topic. Boris holds a Diplôme d'Etudes Universitaires Générales (D.E.U.G.) with distinction, a French Diplôme de Grande Ecole de Gestion, a German Diplom-Kaufmann, and a European Master in Management with distinction.

He has worked in Italy, France, the UK and Germany. Boris is fluent in English, French, Italian and German which is his native language.

“My personal purpose is deeply connected to Senn Delaney's purpose of making a positive difference in the world and inspiring leaders to create thriving organisational cultures. I am excited about and grateful for joining Senn Delaney on this journey.”