PA Consulting welcomes people and change expert Tanja Juul Christiansen as a partner in Financial Services

Tanja Juul Christiansen joins PA Consulting (PA), the consultancy that’s bringing ingenuity to life, as a partner in its Financial Services team with a special focus on People and Change.

Tanja will help companies build organisations that are fit for the future, focussing on everything from corporate identity and purpose, corporate culture and leadership, diversity and inclusion, performance management and workforce transformation.

Tanja brings over 18 years’ experience in advising and supporting clients in building sustainable organisations across industries. She has deep expertise in organisational change and has led the design and implementation of culture change programs and operating models as well as carried out extensive leadership development and communication advisory.

Tanja holds a Ph.D. in Corporate Culture and Communication and an MA in Rhetoric, and she is the co-author of the book, The Power of Speech.

PA’s financial services experts combine deep knowledge of banking, insurance, pensions, payments, private equity, and asset management with expertise in strategy, technology, digital and innovation to help clients adapt, transform and succeed. Our experts help global banks and insurance companies to adopt organisational agility at scale and transform their digital experiences. Recent client work includes helping HSBC digitise its organisation from the ground up by developing core products and services to create seamless customer and colleague experiences, helping Ageas to become more data-driven, Aegon to transform and take more agile approaches, and ING to become leaders in platform innovation. 

Henrik Ringgaard Pedersen, Head of Financial Services in Denmark said: “I’m very pleased to welcome Tanja back to PA and as an integral part of our financial services team. I am confident that with her extensive experience and proven track record, she will work with our key clients to help them achieve organisational success and adapt the demanding requirements across the value chain, increasing customer demands and regulation rising across the industry. Her experience will prove invaluable and will help our clients to deliver value and digital transformation within their organisations.”

Tanja added: “I can’t wait to rejoin PA and work with the team on the People and Change agenda. In a time of continuous digitalisation and increasing focus on the environmental and social impact of organisations, companies will need to revisit everything from their reason for being to their talent programs and performance management – while also being able to undergo continuous change. I believe that PA has the perfect platform to support companies in building sustainable and attractive organisations due to our strong global capabilities and expertise as well as our culture.”