Steve Fisher Regional Market Leader Asia Pacific Industrial Shanghai
"Talented people are the primary contributor to success. You cannot have a better partner than Korn/Ferry for identifying, assessing and developing talented people."
Mr. Fisher combines a deep background in executive search with almost two decades of working in the Asia Pacific region to help clients build world-class leadership teams.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Fisher was managing director, North America, of a major executive search firm, based in Chicago. Before that, he had a long-standing career with another search firm, establishing its search practice in Asia by building new offices in Seoul, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo while working in both Hong Kong and Chicago. During his tenure, Mr. Fisher served as president; vice president, North America and Asia Pacific; vice president, Asia Pacific; and vice president, Hong Kong.
Previously, Mr. Fisher was with KPMG's management consulting practice in Hong Kong.
Earlier in his career, he served as the financial planning manager of a division of Levi Straus & Co. in San Francisco and later served as chief financial officer of a natural resources company and principal of an investment company. Mr. Fisher subsequently served as a member of the executive team in two turnaround situations: chief financial officer of a biotech company based in Silicon Valley, and then as chief executive officer of a manufacturing company that produced home furnishings.
Mr. Fisher is vice chairman and a board member of the AESC; is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of International Education (administrator of the Fulbright Fellowship Program); and is the former president of The American Club of Hong Kong.
Mr. Fisher holds a master’s of business administration degree and a bachelor’s degree degree in economics and finance, from the University of Detroit.