Challenges for Hong Kong HR Leaders

Nathalie Hinrichsen
Marketing Director
Operations
Nathalie Hinrichsen is the Marketing Director for ChapmanCG. She works closely with the global leadership team to deliver marketing strategies to strengthen the ChapmanCG profile and brand.
Nathalie has over 15 years of international marketing experience having worked for brands like British Airways and Hilton Worldwide. She has lived and worked across the Middle East and moved back to the UK in 2011 and supports the team around the world from London.
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Hong Kong is an interesting market with a distinctive culture that creates a unique set of challenges for its HR Leaders. Deciding whether to be a policy follower or risk-taking leader, repositioning itself in the global context and growing its own leadership base are key to Hong Kong’s future. Listen to Odilia Poon, Tracy Goh, and Tim Spriggs share their experiences on this versatile market.
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Odilia Poon
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Odilia is an Executive Advisor with ChapmanCG based in Hong Kong. She supports the Asia Pacific team to build relationships with CHROs and global HR leaders across the Asia Pacific, with a particular focus on Greater China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Odilia lived and worked in China for 13 years before her relocation back to Hong Kong in 2013. Whilst in China, she established operations for two international recruitment companies, growing both businesses to a sizeable scale.
With a background in marketing, operations and management consulting, Odilia has held prominent regional management positions with several leading international organisations, including Carlsberg, Pepsi-Cola and Rothmans International. She has extensive experience managing large global teams, with a focus on delivering Human Resources and recruitment solutions.
Having earned a Master of Science in Marketing Management from the University of Salford in the UK, Odilia also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of East Asia, Macau. She speaks fluent English, Mandarin and Cantonese and has lived and worked across the Greater China markets of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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