Rita Knott

Rita has a person-centred approach and her passion is to work with leaders and teams in achieving higher performance and efficiency.

Rita has 26 years of banking experience within a Bank in Luxembourg, whereof 11 years (1997-2008) as a board of management member and HR Director and 7 years (2001-2008) as Secretary of the Board of Directors and as Conducting Officer of the Banking Supervisor CSSF. 

She has been an accomplished executive and team coach since 2006 and had constituted her own coaching and consulting company in 2008. She is specialized in executive and in team coaching and organizational development for leadership development and co-founded SineMuris Ltd. in London in 2011 and SineMuris GmbH in Berlin in 2019. 

Rita has a person centred approach, and it is her passion to accompany leaders and teams in achieving higher performance and efficiency and thus support the organizational development. Through her long-time experience within multicultural environments, she enjoys working in different cultural environments and geographical areas. 

Areas of Expertise

• Organisation and Gender Diversity Development and Management Competence Enlargement 
• Self-Marketing and Business Networking
• Assertive Leadership Development - Individual Coaching and Group Seminars 
• Personal and Team Efficiency/Team Building 
• Leadership in Times of Crisis
• Organisational Development and Change Management 
• Strategic Business Development
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation 
• Best Practice in Corporate Governance
• Total Quality Management
• Efficient Cross-Culture Communication
• Internal and Cross-Mentoring - Programs

Client Types/Levels of Experience

Board Level, CEO, CFO, VP, Senior Director, Manager and Entrepreneurs

Industry/Functional Experience

Profit sector: Banking, Insurance, Production Industry, Automotive-Engineering, Energy Industry, Telecom as well as Non-Profit sector

Representative Clients

Arcelor Mittal, Compass, Crédit Agricole,  Deloitte      Delek/Texaco, DuPont de Nemours, European Investment Bank, Fortis Insurance, GoodYear, IEE, ING, KPMG, Nordea Investement Funds, PwC, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken

Cultural/Multi National Experience

• 26 years cross-cultural experience within the Israeli Bank Hapoalim in Luxembourg
• International coaching and mentoring assignments
• Active role in EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) Luxembourg

Professional/Corporate Experience

• Member of the Board of Management, licensed by the State Bank Supervisor CSSF – Bank Hapoalim Luxembourg
• Secretary of the Board of Directors – Bank Hapoalim Luxembourg
• Head of Human Resources, Legal, Compliance, Internal Control and Logistics – Bank Hapoalim Luxembourg
• Founder and Owner of Rita Knott-Coaching Mentoring Consulting

Education

Coaching and Supervision, University of Applied Sciences Frankfurt/Germany (further studies: 800 hours from 2003–2006)
Systemic Organizational Development Certificate TRIGON Luzern

Professional Affiliations and Accreditations

Regional Partner of the International Center for Corporate Governance at the University of St. Gallen/Switzerland (www.icfcg.org since 2015)
Accredited member of EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) Luxembourg since 2006
Accredited member of German Association for Supervision (DGSv) Cologne/Germany since 2006

Certifications

OPQ 32 – Operational Personality Questionnaire of SHL

Languages

German (mother tongue), English, French and Luxembourgish