Francine Zimmermann

Management Consultant, Technology & Leadership, Executive Coach

Francine Zimmermann is one of the few management consultants in the German-speaking market to combine in-depth IT expertise, leadership experience, digital transformation capability and systemic organisational development within a single profile.

Francine – former CIO and award-winning IT executive – has 15 years of experience in technology, M&A and strategic transformation initiatives. She now supports boards, CIOs and executive teams in redefining the role of IT: transforming it from its traditional role as a cost center into being an enabler, value creator, and strategic business partner.

Francine works to integrate technological expertise (IT, digitalization, AI and agility) with the human dimension of change (leadership, mindset, culture, coaching and change management). She advises organisations that want to embed digital transformation not only on a technical level, but also structurally and culturally, at exactly this intersection,

As an executive coach, Francine supports leaders in challenging transformation phases, establishing clarity and facilitating decision-making under pressure, creating spaces conducive to sustainable change.

Francine has been with Liebich & Partner since 2025. She holds a degree in Business Informatics and an MBA in AI, and is a certified systemic business and team coach. She has extensive experience in CIO roles, in agile leadership and in complex transformation programmes.