Claudia Paustian is an Executive Search and Assessment Professional at Russell Reynolds Associates, based in Hamburg, Germany, where she focuses on executive search and leadership assessment. With extensive experience across leading global search firms, she specializes in industrial and energy and natural resources sectors. She joined Russell Reynolds Associates in 2019, building on her prior role as an Executive Search Consultant in Hamburg. Earlier, she spent more than seven years at Heidrick & Struggles as an Engagement Manager, and previously worked at Spencer Stuart in Paris as a Senior Associate within the Industrial and Energy Practice. She also spent nearly a decade at Russell Reynolds Associates earlier in her career as a Research Consultant supporting industrial and natural resources assignments across Hamburg and Paris. Claudia holds a Diplom-Kauffrau in Business Administration from Freie Universit�t Berlin.