Hoda Tahoun

Works with Fortune 100 companies CEOs & Boards on global talent consulting, championing women and minorities in the corporate world

With employee wellbeing now essential for the success of organizations globally, Hoda Tahoun is leading and championing conversations with CEOs on initiatives and behaviors to bring this topic to the center of corporate culture. She provides insights and frameworks to CEOs on bringing resilience, agility, vulnerability and empathy to the forefront of corporate culture and leadership styles.

Hoda is an expert executive talent consultant with over 25 years advising clients in the US and globally across leisure, hospitality, travel, real estate, private equity, family offices, consumer services, and financial services. She currently serves as Global Practice Leader, Leisure & Hospitality and Chief Wellbeing Officer for the Consumer Sector at Russell Reynolds Associates, the world’s leading talent advisory firm. An innovator at the core, Hoda specializes in facilitating the discussion that attracts and retains exceptional executive and C-suite leaders.

Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, Hoda focused on executive search and leadership assessments at Korn Ferry, a leading global search firm. Prior, Hoda was a recruitment specialist in a boutique focused on real estate and hospitality serving clients in the US and internationally. Earlier in her career, worked in New York and in Dubai in corporate finance and investment banking. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Rutgers University and an MBA in International Business and Finance from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. She speaks fluent Arabic and is conversational in Spanish.

Hoda is passionate about working with executive leaders and teams to increase their personal joy to then propel their impact in the workplace. She leads workshops and has participated in speaking events focused on Wellbeing in the workplace. Hoda is certified in a number of healing modalities, including: Basic & Advanced DNA Theta Healing ™ as well as MindHacking, Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6™ .

Check below the articles that Hoda has co-authored:
https://www.russellreynolds.com/en/insights/articles/the-new-wellness-at-work
https://www.russellreynolds.com/en/insights/reports-surveys/employee-well-being-it-is-now-or-never

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