Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden
Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden
General Manager, Catalyst Europe AG
ethaller-jorden@catalyst.org
Eleanor Tabi Haller-Jorden has led Catalyst Europe since 2006, when it was established to work with corporate and academic members in Europe through thought-provoking events and programs that reflect the cultural diversity of the region. Under her direction, Catalyst Europe engages members and select partners who are committed to developing creative solutions around organizational inclusion and innovation with the aim of being a learning lab that supports workplace innovation by practicing it. Apart from her European responsibilities, Ms. Haller-Jorden holds a broader advisory role within Catalyst with a focus on developing the organization and its brand globally.
A frequent media contributor and lecturer (IMD, London School of Economics and Political Science, Yale School of Organization and Management, Columbia University Business School), Ms. Haller-Jorden also sits on numerous boards. She is Chairperson of the The Humanity Initiative’s Executive Board; a member of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) European Board; on the EU’s Steering Scientific Committee, Seventh Framework Programme, Meta-analysis for Gender and Science Research; and on The Academy of Business and Society and Öko-Institut's Advisory Board for the IMPACT initiative. Ms. Haller-Jorden serves on the Advisory Board of the Tosca Group Future of Organisations Consortium, with Dave Ulrich and other thought leaders. Ms. Haller-Jorden also participates in IBM’s Global Innovation Outlook initiative and showcased in Profiles in Diversity Journal. Most recently, she has been invited by Bryn Mawr College to become a founding member of BMC’s International Council, a group that will provide Jane McAuliffe, President of Bryn Mawr, with advice and counsel on the College’s global reach and impact.
Before joining Catalyst Europe, Ms. Haller-Jorden worked in cross-cultural talent management and strategic planning as the Managing Director of the Paradigm Group. Prior to that, she was Founder and Director of the Public Policy Center in Philadelphia. Ms. Haller-Jorden is also a former Vice President of the Advisory Services group at Catalyst. She attended Princeton University as an advanced standing scholar and Bryn Mawr College, where she earned her A.B. magna cum laude in history. She earned her M.Sc. in Industrial Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Ms. Haller-Jorden is a single mother of two boys and an avid windsurfer. In her spare time, she is a performance poet—an entertainer who creates poetry onstage—and has performed in Zurich, Oslo, and London. She is the owner of the Living Gallery, a virtual art space and gallery in Switzerland.