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Gabriele Hannen

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Chief Strategy Officer (to Dec 2024) at Essentra
📍 London Area, United Kingdom

Gabriele is a results-driven CFO and leader with extensive international experience in listed and private equity-owned businesses, specializing in strategic direction, M&A, and transformation. She is a graduate of the University of Hohenheim and holds a professional coaching certificate from Henley Business School.

Passionate about people and talent, Gabriele actively mentors and develops others through her own consultancy, Laurus Leadership, and as a member of the NOVA Senior Leadership Community. Having lived in Germany, Italy, Brasil, and the UK, she has a distinctly international perspective.

She uniquely combines a top-tier C-suite finance career with a formal qualification and practice in executive coaching and leadership development.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Chief Strategy Officer (to Dec 2024)
Job Level
Leadership
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
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Talent Development
Actively promotes opportunities for young talent and is passionate about building effective teams. Possesses professional coaching qualifications to support this interest.
Strategic Transformation
Has a strong track record of leading M&A, post-deal integration, restructuring, and executing strategy for global organizations like Essentra and GfK.
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Career

Work history

3-2023
Chief Strategy Officer (to Dec 2024)
Essentra
8-2019 - 2-2023
Divisional Finance Director, Components
Essentra
1-2025
Member
NOVA Community
2-2019
Director
Laurus Leadership Limited
Global Commercial CFO
GfK
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Education
2018 - 2019
Professional Certificate in Coaching
Henley Business School
1992 - 1998
Management
University of Hohenheim
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