Claire Simier is the Founder and Managing Principal of Simier Partners. With two decades of talent management and operations experience, she serves as an executive coach and advisor to organizations, boards and senior leaders across various industries, including private equity, banking, legal, luxury goods, healthcare and life science. Claire develops strategies to enhance individual and team performance in multicultural environments and helps executives navigate boardroom dynamics, align teams with institutional vision and transition to top-tier roles in a rapidly-changing global landscape. Claire regularly speaks on expert panels about leadership, cross cultural challenges and women’s career development. Claire is a contributing author to Forbes Coaches Council, having published articles on leadership and sustainability.
Claire is member of the board of directors of STEM from Dance, a nonprofit empowering girls in STEM fields. She chairs the board of Edukate NYC, a non-for-profit organization that supports students with dyslexia, and is a trustee of the Albertine Foundation, promoting French-American relations through cultural and educational projects. She served as a member of the fashion brand Chloe’s Sustainability Advisory Board as a client expert and as a senior advisor to the Women Initiative Foundation’s Mentorship Program, helping women executives and entrepreneurs. Claire also served as a director of the board of Eleven James, a luxury watch company and is a former council member of the American Chamber of Commerce in France.
Background
Prior to Simier Partners, Claire was the Managing Director to the Global Chairman and Corporate Secretary of the Global Board of the law firm DLA Piper, focusing on organizational development and growth, business development, crisis management, executive communications and partner recruiting and performance. Prior to DLA Piper, Claire worked as a Marketing Leader at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. Claire also served as Deputy Director of Communications to the NYC Housing Commissioner and Press Attaché to the French Consul General and Ambassador in NY.
Claire graduated from the Teacher College’s Executive Coaching Program at Columbia University and is a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® certified practitioner. She received her BA from Marymount College. She graduated from the Ecole Française des Attachés de Presse, attended the University of Bordeaux, School of Law and completed executive education programs at Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business on Preparing to be a Corporate Director and Women’s Entrepreneurship, respectively. Claire is French American, speaks English and French fluently and is proficient in Spanish.
Education
- Marymount College, BA in Communications and Journalism
- Ecole Française des Attachés de Presse
- University of Bordeaux, School of Law
Certifications
- Columbia University Teachers College – Executive Coaching Certification Program
- Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) – Certified Practitioner
- Harvard Business School – Preparing to Be a Corporate Director Certification
- Stanford University, BNP Paribas Women Entrepreneurs Certification Program
Affiliations
- STEM From Dance –Board Member
- Edukate NYC – Chair of the Board
- Albertine Foundation –Trustee
- Forbes Coaches Council – Member and Contributing Author
- Chloe – Former Member of the Sustainability Advisory Board, Client Expert
- Women Initiative Foundation – Former Senior Advisor and Executive Mentor
- Eleven James – Former Director
- DLA Piper – Former Corporate Secretary to the Global Board
- American Chamber of Commerce France – Former Council Member