Claudia Abt

Claudia Abt is a German architect and the Chief Design Officer for citizenM. Ms. Abt founded her own company, abt.architektur, in 2001 and ran it until 2004 when they joined Nike EMEA. She worked at Nike for six years before joining citizenM in 2010. In her role as Chief Design Officer for citizenM worldwide, Ms. Abt now works with the leadership team at citizenM and serves as strategic design department lead for all citizenM developments in US, Europe and Asia. Previously she served as Retail Design & Development Director for Nike Europe, where she delivered strategic retail design solutions to support Nike. Ms. Abt also implemented Nike global retail standards ensuring premium executions as well as consistency within her region. In her roles, she provides leadership across concept design, design development and implementation for major brands across varied locations globally. Her close collaboration with cross-functional teams includes sales, marketing, development, ESG and more. Ms. Abt implements state-of art project management tools to ensure efficiency and accuracy, and she manages outside design and construction providers and ensures third-party supplier and vendor performance. She studied at the Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany, and at the Ecole d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville in France.