Catarina Abrantes Steinberg is a key member of the Industrial Services & Infrastructure Practice, based in London. She advises clients on recruitment, leadership effectiveness and development, for both privately-held and publicly-traded companies. Catarina’s client work focuses on the impact of digital innovation and disruption on talent agendas, specializing in sectors varying from regulated assets to business services and leisure and travel.

Previous Experience

Catarina has a wide range of cross-border experience in strategy, digital innovation and change management programs. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, she was a Director at Expedia Inc., where she led the Global Strategy function for the Hotels.com brand. Previously, Catarina worked for Doosan and Alstom (now part of GE) in global roles where she led alliance management, business integration, governance and reporting, and strategic planning. She began her career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co., where she served clients based in Portugal and Spain.

Education

Catarina received an MSc in economics from the University of Porto in Portugal and an MBA from INSEAD in Paris. She speaks fluent Portuguese and English and is conversant in Spanish and French.