What Makes an HR Leader Stand Out in China?

Nathalie Hinrichsen
Marketing Director
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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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When multinational companies first entered China, companies looked abroad for international HR leaders to train their people on the ground. After these newly trained HR leaders grew their China experience, the market started to demand a need for both more internationally minded and culturally adaptive HR leaders. So where does that leave us now? The ChapmanCG team share their views on what makes an HR leader stand out in China.
For more of ChapmanCG’s thought leadership on the China market, see what Katherine Qu has to say about Matching Workforce Talent to China’s Productivity Challenge, originally published in Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management’s HR magazine, and hear our team’s view on What makes China’s HR Market so Unique in another informative video. Click through here for all China-related news and HR opportunities.
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Katherine Qu
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Katherine Qu is a Managing Director based in Singapore. Since joining ChapmanCG in 2014, she has worked with the team across APAC and around the world to identify the top HR talent across Greater China, Singapore, SEA and APAC.
Before joining us, Katherine ran her own executive search business in Beijing focusing on senior executive roles for leading Chinese companies in the consumer, healthcare and real estate industries. She has also held positions with Hudson and Charterhouse Partnership leading the Healthcare practice and HR function respectively. Katherine’s corporate experience has spanned many different sectors with global leaders such as PepsiCo, Pfizer and Lenovo.
Born in China and educated in both China and the United States, Katherine achieved her Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland. She has worked in China, Singapore and the United States and speaks both Mandarin and English fluently.
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Steve has enjoyed an exciting and meaningful career journey of over two decades in the executive search and talent industry, having lived and worked in the UK, Australia, Singapore, Chinese mainland, and Hong Kong. He brings a successful track record delivering multiple high-profile HR searches at C-level (group and global) and regional, across various industry sectors. Steve is genuinely passionate about fostering life-long relationships with CHROs, HR Leaders, and CEOs, to promote building diverse teams and inclusive workplaces, ultimately driving creativity and exceptional performance.
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Ringo is a Senior Director with ChapmanCG based in Hong Kong. His role involves in-depth research and analysis to seek out high-calibre HR talent across the Asia Pacific region, with a particular focus on Hong Kong and North Asia. He also assists the group in the design and delivery of strategic internal projects involving process and operation development.
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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.
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