2010 Global Career Forum

Steve McKinney Speaks at the 2010 Global Career Forum

For Immediate Release
February 04, 2010

(Seoul, Korea) The Global Career Forum of 2010 was held on February the 4th at the Korean Chamber of Commerce building and was organized under the umbrella of InterCham, the common body of the diverse chambers of commerce in Korea. Over 500 people attended the successful annual event.

The forum was designed to provide students and professionals with an insight into the Career Prospects in International Business and was well attended by about 500 guests. The forum was divided into three parts, with opening remarks by Mr. Kyung-shik Sohn, Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and an initial presentation by Mr. Hyo-Joon Kim, CEO of BMW Korea.

Mr. Philippe Li, President of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry spoke and moderated the break-out session on “Globalization and your career development”. Mr. Steve McKinney, President of McKinney Consulting Inc. spoke and moderated a break-out discussion on “What are foreign companies looking for in new recruits?”

These sessions included presentations, discussion and Q&A by a high caliber forum of professionals, including James Bemowski, Vice-Chairman of Doosan; Young-Sook NAM, Professor of Ewha University; Chris Callen, CEO of DHL Korea; Rob Edwards, Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Korea and Daniel Mayran, Chairman of the Seoul Luxury Business Institute. Also Anna Dolgikh, HR Executive Director of BAT; Jonathan Holmes, Representative Director of KornFerry International; Kwang-Seok LEE, CEO of Incruit and Manish Prakash, Vice President of the India Marketing Team at SK C&C.

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.