Paul Schilling is the Founder and Managing Director of Quercus Consulting. He has over 12 years of experience in strategy consulting, professional training & development, and organizational transformations in a broad variety of cultural environments. In his current role, Paul works as a consultant in the field of leadership development for leading local and global organizations, supporting them both in the design and the delivery of managerial training programs.

Besides his role at Quercus Consulting, Paul is an Adjunct Professor in the Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and in the Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the University of Luxembourg, where he teaches since 2016. He is also a Guest Lecturer at the Jack Welch College of Business and Technology – Sacred Heart University.

Prior to founding his own company, Paul was a Director in Deloitte Luxembourg’s Human Capital practice and was the Head of Human Resources for Deloitte Luxembourg where he managed a team of 65+ HR practitioners. For over 2 years he led among other areas the Learning and Development team, in charge of the leadership development programs for 2000+ employees within the local firm.

Before joining Deloitte, Paul worked for almost 7 years at McKinsey & Company, Inc. as a strategy consultant in transformational change. He served clients in different industries and functions across Europe and was a lead facilitator in one of McKinsey’s Leadership Development programs, to which design he had contributed and which he delivered globally.

Paul holds a Masters in Business Engineering with a focus on computer sciences from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD in Singapore and Fontainebleau. Paul is Luxembourgish by nationality and fluent in Luxembourgish, German, French, and English.

Certifications: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® certified (MBTI level I and II), Leadership Judgement Indicator® certified (LJI), Firstbeat Lifestyle Assessment™ certified and certified in Brain-based coaching (2020) by the Neuroleadership Institute in London.

Elodie Michaud is an independent consultant and a privileged partner of Quercus Consulting who mainly works in coaching, training, and consulting in the managerial and executive field. Her preferred areas are topics related to leadership and team management, communication, and challenges related to corporate culture. Her work is aimed at both local and international companies and individuals. Elodie emphasizes both the professional and personal development of her clients in order to optimize their professional performance.

Elodie was a lawyer for 10 years, including 8 years at Linklaters LLP. During this period, she acted as a legal and strategic advisor for major international clients in the financial sector. At the same time, she ensured the technical and soft-skills development of team members, both locally and globally, internally and with clients. In this context, she notably gave training on organizational skills, time management, delegation, error management, and culture management in a multicultural professional context.

Her place within the managerial team has also enabled her to address the challenges associated with this level of responsibility as well as to participate in the decision-making process, in particular by contributing pragmatic and tailored approaches.

Elodie is a certified coach with Gallup (Certified Strengths Coach - US) and Erickson International (Erickson Solution-Focused Coach - Canada) and has been offering professional coaching services since 2018. She is also a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). Through her coaching, Elodie’s clients have been able to identify their goals, needs, and especially the adapted solutions which respond to their specific questions, notably by gaining confidence and leveraging their strengths and resources.

Besides her independent work, Elodie acts as Adjunct Professor at the University of Luxembourg, delivering an Introduction to Leadership, where she addresses the challenges of leaders and managers such as remote work, ethics, inclusion, and diversity, as well as change management. She also delivers a course on the organizational challenges to be met in the entrepreneurship world.

Arjen Iwema is a seasoned strategy consultant, executive coach, training designer, and facilitator with extensive global experience in a variety of sectors, including non-governmental organizations, pharmaceuticals, health care, and medical devices, oil and gas/energy, and aviation.

During his 8 years as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company Geneva, Arjen has worked across 5 continents on strategy development, capability building, and performance management topics.

Arjen serves leading service firms, running complex engagements in organizational capability building and training. Every year he trains ~750 young professionals, managers, and executives in problem-solving skills, client, team, and self-management. He maintains a stable network of trainers inside his client organizations.

Arjen is a top-ranked training facilitator among the cohort of qualified international trainers. He has a strong track record developing actionable, measurable solutions in organizations, building on a deep understanding of inter-organizational dynamics, trends, and capabilities.

Arjen is Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® certified (MBTI level I and II) and holds an MBA from IMD, the Institute of Management Development in Lausanne, and a Master’s of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Delft University of Technology. He is fluent in English, German, French, and Dutch.