Florian

Wagner

Senior Client Partner, Country Head Consulting, Switzerland & Austria

Florian Wagner is a Senior Client Partner and Country Leader Consulting for Switzerland and Austria.

Florian supports clients with leader-led transformations, leadership development, assessments & succession engagements, and top team interventions.

He serves industry leaders around the globe across sectors and advises predominantly Executive Boards and Senior Management.

Prior to joining Korn Ferry, he worked for an HR boutique consultancy specializing in executive search, assessment, and talent management with projects in Europe, Asia, and the Americas within the private and public sector.

Before embarking on his career in leadership and talent consulting, Florian worked for the Municipal Police of the City of Zurich as a Police Psychologist with an emphasis on development and training.

He began his career at Credit Suisse Group, now United Bank of Switzerland, in an HR advisory role with the firm’s CHRO.

As a former elite athlete, he competed in the Long-Distance Duathlon World Championships in 2004 and became Amateur World Champion in 2005.

Throughout his professional career Florian has served in the Swiss Armed Forces as a Captain of a mountain infantry company. Currently, he’s a Major, coaching officers on duty on Peacekeeping missions.

He has a Master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Hult International Business School in London (UK), Dubai (UAE), and Shanghai (China).

He also holds a Master’s degree in organizational psychology (MSc) with minors in psychopathology and criminology from the University of Zurich (Switzerland).

He’s an Ashridge Accredited Coach from Ashridge Executive Education at Hult International Business School in Berkhamsted (UK).

He is fluent in German, English, and has a good understanding of French.