Christine Sobhani is a Senior Partner at Kingsley Gate.
Christine Sobhani brings over 25 years of recruitment experience to Kingsley Gate. She is a leader in the talent acquisition and talent management space, with a focus on leadership roles across industries.
Before her last role as Partner at August Leadership, Christine served as a Managing Director in Allegis Partners’ New York office, where she focused on identifying talented executives to lead organizations’ HR teams and leadership functions. She previously served as the Vice President of Global Client Solutions at Korn Ferry, where she was responsible for the client management and service delivery leadership of global recruitment accounts, as well as the management of a team of seven global account managers. Her clients were primarily in the technology, manufacturing, private equity, life sciences, and financial services sectors.
Prior to this, Christine was Financial Services Practice Director with Pontoon Solutions, a division of Adecco, where she led the growth and management of the Financial Services Practice and oversaw a staff of more than 80 recruiting professionals and a multimillion-dollar budget. She also has been the head of talent acquisition at BNP Paribas and WestLB.
Christine has a B.A. in Political Science from San Francisco State University and is fluent in Farsi. She currently sits on the Board of the United Way New York City involved with the Community Impact and Public Policy Committee. Christine is also an Advisory Council Member at Samudra Group, an Advisor / Mentor for the Iranian American Women Foundation, and on the Advisory Board for Haven Kids Rock.
She lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Christine is an enthusiastic world traveler. She enjoys spending time at the beach with her friends and family and loves finding new areas of the world to explore.
