McKinney Consulting contributes to fostering young talent

Steve McKinney Speaks at the Global Career Forum

For Immediate Release
February 17, 2009

(Seoul, Korea) InterChamber, an alliance of 17 foreign chambers of commerce in Korea and the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), held a Global Career Forum in early February with the purpose of fostering young talent and providing guidance to the 600 attending students on how to succeed at foreign MNCs.

Steve McKinney was one of the key panelists of CEOs and HR specialists of foreign companies, who discussed trends and prospects for building a successful global career with multinational companies in Korea or abroad, as well as advice on the required skills, background, training and opportunities to succeed. He spoke about the importance of a globally oriented education system, the entrepreneurship required of tomorrow’s professionals, the requirement for global communication abilities, how the differences in cultural mindsets can be understood, and how career coaching can help students prepare themselves most effectively for entering an international organization.

After an introduction by Philippe Lee (Chairman of the FKCCI) and Simon Bureau (Chairman of the CCCK), Chairman Kyung-Shik Sohn (KCCI) briefly welcomed the participants before Stephen Frawley (Sr. VP of Global HR at SK Telecom) began the panel discussion which also included presentations by David Thomas (Executive VP of HR at SC Fist Bank), Nobuya Takasugi (Sr. Legal Advisor at Kim & Chang) and panel chair Joe Day.

Steven B. McKinney is the founder and president of McKinney Consulting Inc., who has over 12 years of experience as an Executive Search Consultant & is a Certified Master Coach. He serves on several boards including the American Chamber of Commerce-Korea and was bestowed Honorary Citizen of Seoul in 2007. Prior to the establishment of McKinney Consulting he had over 10 years of senior leadership experience in athletic footwear company giants, Adidas, Reebok and Converse etc. He can be reached at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

About McKinney Consulting: McKinney Consulting is an executive search firm (sometimes simplified as executive recruiters or headhunters) which has placed hundreds of bi-lingual middle-senior level executives for multinational companies in Korea & Asia and was established in 2001. McKinney Consulting is a member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC). In addition, McKinney Consulting provides behavioral-based coaching services with scientifically developed tools in coaching executives and businesses to excellence and success. McKinney Consulting coaches are members of the International Coaching Council. Also, McKinney offers Talent Management services such as the outsourcing of candidates and payroll services etc.