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Margaret Lee to Lead Korn/Ferry's Asia Pacific Financial Officers Center of Expertise.

2010-03-06 05:05 3426

HONG KONG, March 9 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- 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 http://www.kornferryasia.com for more information on the Korn/Ferry International family of companies, and http://www.kornferryinstitute.com for thought leadership, intellectual property and research.

Source: Korn/Ferry International
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