Song is a highly accomplished and well recognized senior consultant in the Consumer & Retail (including Luxury) sectors in Asia Pacific, including China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and Singapore.

The founder of the company, Ms. Song, has lived and worked in several countries in Asia and Europe for almost 30 years and has 15 years of experience in executive search.

She has a successful track record in placing CEO and other C Suite level executives at both regional and in country levels across all functions.

 

Song also conducts C-Level searches in the Technology (including e-commerce) industry.

 

Song is highly respected by clients and candidates for her strategic understanding of their business and market trends, as well as her excellent relationship management skills.

 

Song was managing Ward Howell International Asia and before that she headed Stanton Chase International’s Asia Pacific Consumer and Retail Practice and was Global Practice Group Leader, Luxury.

 

Prior to entering executive search, Ms. Song was General Manager, North Asia and Managing Director, Korea for Wavecom, a NASDAQ & Nouveau Marche listed industry leader.

 

Korean by background, Ms. Song has lived and worked in Hong Kong since 1988, with a period living and working in Paris with Wavecom.

 

She is fluent in Korean and English, with a working understanding of Mandarin, Japanese and French.

Julia is currently a partner of Des Song, specialized in Technology (IT, Semiconductor, Telecom & e-commerce) and Consumer Sectors.

Focusing on business fundamental and core competencies development of different companies for years, Julia is proficient in cascading business problem from strategy level to execution level and driving re-engineering and improvements through recruitment and consulting.

 

Before joining Des Song, she worked for MRI Korea focused on Technology sector for 3 years.

 

Prior to entering the search industry, Julia was Sales Director for Wavecom Korea and held sales positions in IBM and other Tech-related trading companies.

 

She holds Bachelor degree in Consumer Economics and speaks fluent English and Korean.

Jenice Lee is a thorough and conscientious professional with broad

knowledge of Asia market market. She has almost 20 years’ of experience in

Consumer/Retail, especially in Luxury retail industry with major focus on

fashion and leather goods in Asia Pacific.

Jenice is well experienced in Various Sales Channels including Direct Retail,

Wholesale, Travel retail and E-commerce. Experienced in managing world

class brands, Jenice started her career in Duty free industry as sales follow by

brand management for fashion brand for Fendi and regional sales

management in St,John and Geox.

Experienced Manager with a demonstrated history of working in Consumer

/Retail industry combining with in-depth Luxury industry knowledge and

sense, Jenice is strong in project management, particularly in candidate

sourcing, candidate assessment and management.

Jenice holds a MBA focused in Fashion Business from The Hong Kong

Polytechnic University.