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Margaret Lee to Lead Korn/Ferry's Asia Pacific Financial Officers Center of Expertise.
HONG KONG, Mar. 9 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Korn/Ferry International (NYSE: KFY), a premier global provider of talent
management solutions, today announced that Margaret Lee has joined the Firm
as Vice Chairman and Senior Client Partner, leading its Asia Pacific
Financial Officers Center of Expertise. Based in the Firm's Hong Kong office,
Ms. Lee will also head up the development of the Chinese Enterprise sector
for Greater China.
The setting up of the Financial Officers Practice is aimed at helping
companies address growing complexities in financial management, M&A, public
listing, as well as their compliance with the global financial regulatory
environment. Korn/Ferry's Financial Services expertise has deep functional
expertise and relationships with global financial officers and related
communities, including investment and commercial bankers, financial
regulators and audit professionals. The Firm's unparalleled resources are
dedicated to identifying, evaluating and assessing the world's leading
financial talent in areas such as audit, control, corporate development,
investor relations, risk, tax and treasury.
Ms. Lee joins Korn/Ferry from Spencer Stuart where she held leadership
roles in addition to building a highly respected search practice over fifteen
years. She led both the Financial Officers and Insurance practices in Asia
Pacific and headed the Greater China office for a number of years. She has
assisted regional and global clients with board and executive staffing and
her placements include notable CEOs, CFOs and other senior executives.
"Given the increasingly complex financial and regulatory framework which
companies now operate in, I am delighted that someone with Margaret's depth
of experience is available to help our clients to address critical talent
issues and assist them in recruiting exceptional financial executives," said
Charles Tseng, president of Korn/Ferry Asia Pacific. "The practice has
comprehensive knowledge of senior financial executives across virtually all
industry sectors and immediate access to the brightest and best CFOs and
their direct reports on a global basis," he added.
Ms. Lee's earlier career was in consulting and finance, having spent 10
years with Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers, during which time she
acquired extensive exposure to commercial business, encompassing valuations,
corporate restructuring, fund raising, liquidations and mergers and
acquisitions.
She holds an M.B.A. from the University of Bradford in England and
graduated from the University of London with a degree in statistics and
computer science. Ms. Lee was admitted as a Fellow of the Chartered
Association of Certified Accountants in the U.K. in 1994 and has been a
member since 1989.
About Korn/Ferry International Asia Pacific
Korn/Ferry International, with a presence throughout the Americas, Asia
Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is a premier global provider of
talent management solutions celebrating 40 years in business. Korn/Ferry was
the first major global executive search firm to operate in Asia Pacific when
it opened its doors in Tokyo in 1973 and today has 18 offices in key business
centers throughout the region, including: Auckland, Bangalore, Bangkok,
Beijing, Brisbane, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne,
Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Wellington.
Based in Los Angeles, the Firm delivers an array of solutions that help
clients to attract, develop, retain and sustain their talent. Visit
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SOURCE: Korn/Ferry International
CONTACT: Carol Lo of Korn/Ferry International,
+65 6231 6219,
carol.lo@kornferry.com
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