Matthias Birk

Matthias Birk is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Service at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Vice President of Leadership Development at Goldman Sachs. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia Business School and has taught leadership at the School of Public Policy at CEU Budapest.

Matthias previously worked as a leadership consultant and facilitator for a wide range of organizations such as Deutsche Bank, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, New York Academy of Medicine, New York Academy of Sciences, NYPD, NYU Medical School, J&J, Pfizer, Sherman & Sterling and WPP. He was also a consultant and Organization Practice Specialist for McKinsey & Company, and the Senior Director of Learning & Organizational Development at the Ralph Lauren Corporation.

Matthias received a Ph.D. in Marketing from the Humboldt University of Berlin and Diploma (M.Sc.) in Psychology from the RTWH Aachen.

## Education

• Visiting Scholar Columbia Business School (2007 — 2007)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Master's degree Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen / RWTH Aachen
• University of California, Berkeley
• Certified Professional Coach (CPCC, ICF-ACC) The Coaches Training Institute

Companies

• Global Director of Partner Development White & Case LLP (2019)
• Adjunct Professor for Leadership NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service (2016)
• Adjunct Professor Columbia Business School (2012)
• Global Head of Coaching & Advisory, Leadership Development Goldman Sachs (2019 — 2019)
• Vice President, Pine Street Leadership Development Group, Executive Office Goldman Sachs (2017 — 2019)
• Senior Director Organizational Development & Learning Ralph Lauren (2014 — 2016)
• Leadership Consultant, Facilitator & Executive Coach Independent and for leadership firms (2012 — 2014)
• Consultant & Organization Practice Specialist McKinsey & Company (2009 — 2012)
• Talent Management Intern Porsche (2003 — 2003)

Skills

• Performance Improvement
• Management Development
• 360 Feedback

Other

Organizational Development, MBTI, Emotional Intelligence, Coaching, Career Development, Business Strategy, Culture Change, Executive Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Workshop Facilitation, Organizational Design, Strategy, Leadership Development, Management Consulting, Executive Coaching