ABOUT FRANZ HIRSCHBERG
Experience across business, technology and leadership.
Franz Hirschberg is an executive adviser, fractional CIO and leadership coach with more than 25 years of leadership experience across multinational organisations.
His career spans technology, digital business, customer operations and general management, giving him a broad perspective on the challenges facing business leaders.
AN ENTERPRISE PERSPECTIVE
Beyond the boundaries of a single function.
Franz’s career spans British American Tobacco, Pernod Ricard, Woolworths and Korbitec, with responsibilities across technology, digital marketing, customer operations, financial services, supply chain and general management.
Having led technology and transformation organisations across multiple markets, Franz brings a broad perspective to the challenges facing today’s leaders.
He understands that meaningful progress often depends on connecting commercial priorities, technology decisions, organisational effectiveness and the people responsible for delivery.
LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY
Commercial pragmatism. A commitment to people.
Lasting organisational performance depends not only on strategy and technology, but on the ability of leaders and teams to turn ambition into action.
Franz combines strategic thinking with practical executive experience and a commitment to developing people.
His approach balances commercial priorities with sound judgement, clear accountability and the belief that leadership should enable others to grow and deliver.
QUALIFICATIONS & PERSPECTIVE
A distinctive combination of commercial and human insight.
An MBA and business-focused education, complemented by postgraduate specialisation in leadership coaching, provide a distinctive foundation for executive advisory.
Combined with more than 25 years of experience leading businesses, technology and transformation across multinational organisations, this perspective connects commercial pragmatism with a deep understanding of people, leadership and organisational dynamics.
The result is an ability to see beyond individual functions, connect business priorities with human capability, and help organisations translate strategic ambition into sustainable performance.
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MPhil in Leadership Coaching
Stellenbosch University
Leadership development, coaching and human performance.
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MBA, Cum Laude
Stellenbosch University
Business strategy, commercial judgement and management.
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BBA Honours, Cum Laude
Stellenbosch University
Business administration and organisational understanding.
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BCom
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Commercial and business foundations.
The advantage lies in the combination.
Commercial and strategic experience establishes what the business needs to achieve. Leadership insight helps unlock the people, relationships and organisational capabilities required to deliver it.
Bringing these perspectives together enables a more integrated approach to strategy, transformation and leadership — connecting sound business decisions with the people and capabilities needed to turn them into results.
LUCIDIAN
The practice. The person. The potential.
Lucidian is an independent advisory and leadership practice. Franz works with organisations and leaders through strategy, fractional leadership, transformation and executive development.
The practice brings together business perspective, practical execution and leadership capability to help organisations move forward with clarity and confidence.