My Story

My mother owned a fashion boutique in Seoul. Every Sunday afternoon she would take me to the fashion district to appreciate the latest design trends. I wanted to be some kind of creative professional, more specifically an architect. But I couldn’t draw… so I have become a curator of design experiences around the world to discover the interactions of the design world and leadership. Fortunately, the creatives are crossing boundaries and cultures: architects become interior designers, designers become coaches, and cross-cultural interaction is a key to creative inspiration.

I.M. Pei is one of my role models. He has changed the skylines of many cities with buildings that he designed with humility, grace, resilience and cultural sensitivity. I strive to transform leadership architecture through such virtues and build cultural bridges at multinational corporations. Having travelled to over 40 countries on six continents, I feel that the world is my home and my classroom.

It is a great privilege to be a trusted advisor to many of my successful clients. It gives me tremendous joy to get to know each one of them as a person while co-creating their leadership journeys. I have enabled leaders to build their leadership brands, improve communication and collaboration, and increase influence across cultures and functions. As a change management consultant at a prestigious consulting firm, I have led cultural integration for M&As, facilitated organizational changes and coached global leaders to successfully transform and/or transition to new roles.