Seth Peterson
He leads teams to bring Korn Ferry’s Solutions to clients across Asia. He also executes Executive Searches at the Board, C-Suite and Functional leadership levels across key Industry sectors, working for both PE portfolio businesses and regional conglomerates as well as western multinationals. He is fluent in Mandarin and has been based in Greater China for most of his 30-year career. Prior to joining Korn Ferry in 2018, he spent over 7 years as a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles. In his earlier career he worked in strategic planning, business development, and general management with multinational businesses. He was VP, GM, in charge of Asia for a Business Unit of Techtronic Industries; and earlier worked for Emerson Electric, where he held several Business Development and P&L responsibilities for businesses across Asia and served as a corporate planner at the US headquarters for two years. He began his career in Asia in the early 1990s as a Management Consultant.