Sung Hee has 25+ years of extensive global business leadership experience with Mars, British American Tobacco, The Coca-Cola Company, and Samsung Electronics across the US, UK, Australia, China, Taiwan, and Korea, before she set up Asian Leadership Consulting.
She has supported 100+ leaders, 15+ small and large corporations, start-ups, and 10+ nationalities and industry sectors worldwide. So far, she has conducted close to 1000 1:1 and group coaching sessions, workshops, and training to support clients and their organizations.
Working for US, UK, and Korean multinational corporations has equipped Sung Hee with a unique perspective on how cross-cultural understanding could help global companies strengthen their performance. On a personal level, while working across geographies, she has experienced and overcome specific challenges as an Asian Female. Some examples include Asian impact and influence, finding her voice in a western-heavy corporate world, and effectively maneuvering the corporate environment to make things happen. Her first-hand experience of how she could be most effective on the global stage has become an inspiration to found Asian Leadership Consulting to support Asian leaders in achieving their growth goals.
Specialties include :
Influence and stakeholder management skills to create a stronger impact in the senior leadership forums to advance strategic business agenda
Confidently leverage a range of leadership styles, effective in different situations.
Navigate multicultural and corporate dynamics.
Strengthen executive presence to be seen as natural leaders across the organization.
Communication skills, esp. operating in English as a second language.
She is an ICF-certified executive coach (PCC), and also has been certified with Hogan assessment. She holds B.A in English Literature from Ewha Woman’s University and MBA in Marketing from Sogang University in Korea. She also completed an executive marketing program at IMD Switzerland.
She services clients around the world through two offices, Seoul, Korea, and Atlanta, USA., under Global Leadership Consulting (글로벌 리더십 컨설팅) and Asian Leadership Consulting (US).
Experience
2019 Founder, Asian Leadership Consulting, USA/Korea
2016 - 2018 Samsung Electronics, Corporate VP, Marketing, Korea
2010 – 2015 The Coca-Cola Company, Global Marketing Director, USA
2003 – 2009 British American Tobacco, Global Marketing, London, UK
1992 – 2002 Mars, Inc. Various Marketing roles in Korea, UK, Australia, and Taiwan
Special Lectures & Media Activities
2019 ‘Ask Sung Hee’ Weekly Column for Asian Economy Daily
2018 4th Industrial Revolution and Marketing
What’s changing in Marketing with Digital Advancement
Design Your Career
2017 Technology Marketing
2016 & 2017 How to succeed in Samsung, Global talent onboarding program
2015 How to operate in English as a second language