David Kim is a Managing Partner & Principal in Cornerstone Korea / Fortis Partners and he leads the office’s FMCG & Life Science , Professional, Advanced Technology Practice Team Leader.
He specialized in Executive & Upper Middle Management search assignments within the Consumer, Life Science, ICT, Professional Practices Groups. His key clients list includes Fortune 500 companies as well as Korean leading conglomerates and start-up operations. He has successfully led many searches for key corporate officers such as C Suites, Managing Director, Country Manager and Board members. Also, he has shown excellent expertise in searches for professional leadership positions in the areas of Sales & Marketing, HR, Legal, Accounting, M&A, SCM& Logistics and Strategic Consultancies.
Prior to joining Cornerstone Korea / Fortis Partners of Aims International Korea & Horton International in Korea with a major focus on Executive level positions specializing within the FMCG & Industrial and Advanced Technology and Financial practices sectors. He was Managing Director at a strategic partner firm (Seoul Search) of Spencer Stuart Executive Search.
Prior to that, David’s career was in HR, Marketing Director with the Hertz and Country Manager with AVIS Korea
David earned an EMBA from the Carlson School of Management and a BA from Catholic Kwan Dong University. He published a translated book(2006), “The Headhunter’s Edge(인재사냥)” – by Jeffrey E. Christian in Korea