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Tatiana Palatchi

Tatiana’s extensive international search experience in retail and consumer enables her to evaluate a company’s unique culture and needs and create tailor-made leadership solutions.

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Tatiana Palatchi advises global retail and consumer multisite services companies on CEO and C-suite succession, supporting US-headquartered organizations, as well as non-US companies, on building executive and board leadership in the United States.

Tatiana Palatchi partners with boards, founders, and private equity investors to appoint leaders who can lead at scale, translate strategy into frontline execution, and deliver consistent customer experiences across large, distributed organizations, with cultural fit as a decisive factor in long-term success.

Her work spans traditional retail and consumer multisite services, including luxury, mass, specialty, and grocery retail, as well as restaurants, consumer healthcare, hospitality, and leisure. Tatiana focuses primarily on CEO and C-suite succession, including global and regional CEOs and Presidents, COOs and Chief Stores Officers, Chief Merchandising Officers, and Customer Activation and Growth (CAG) leaders, encompassing CMO, CGO, CRO, and related roles.

Tatiana brings particular strength in advising international clients navigating the US leadership market, governance expectations, and operating realities.

Tatiana brings deep international executive search and advisory experience to each assignment. She spent six years with Russell Reynolds Associates in Europe, advising retail and consumer clients across multiple markets across Europe and Africa. Earlier in her career, she worked at another global executive search firm headquartered in London, where she focused on senior-level consulting assignments across Spain and Latin America.

“Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top; it is the willpower that is most important”. -Junko Tabei

She holds a BA in organizational psychology from the University of Barcelona, and an MBA from IESE Business School. Tatiana is fluent in English, Spanish, and Catalan.
Tatiana's personal mission is to drive meaningful diversity progress in C-suite leadership and boardrooms.
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Areas of Expertise

Board of Directors CEO Succession Chief Executive Officers Consumer & Commercial Financial Services C-Suite Succession Customer Activation and Growth Development and Transition Executive Search Leisure and Hospitality Operations and Supply Chain Officers Retail and Luxury

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