Jiezhen Wu

Senior Principal, CEO & Board Practice

Jiezhen is a Senior Principal with Korn Ferry Advisory in the CEO & Board Practice and is based in the firm’s Singapore office.

Her areas of focus include Enterprise Leadership, CEO Progression & Succession, Top Team Effectiveness, Assessment and Coaching of High Potential leaders, Board Effectiveness, and enhancing organisational growth and performance through high performing teams and cultures.

A key priority and passion for Jiezhen and the CEO & Board team is partnering with organisations across Asia and their key leaders and teams as they seek to transform themselves to remain relevant and impactful on the global stage.

Jiezhen is a trusted leadership coach and advisor committed to building a more conscious world by helping individuals, teams, and organisations find the clarity and courage to lead across complexity and change.

Leveraging her experience in Leadership Development, Organisational Transformation, Social Impact, Adaptive Leadership, Positive Psychology, Embodied Leadership and her work across the public and private sectors in Asia and the Americas, Jiezhen is recognised for her ability to connect the dots and hold space for impactful insights and intentional action to emerge.

Born and raised in Singapore and having spent significant time in the United States, Jiezhen believes in the power of working across diverse groups and building bridges cross culturally to create a more interconnected world.

Prior to her career at Korn Ferry, Jiezhen worked with a Leadership Consultancy firm in the US, with top teams and leaders to build cultures of leadership across various sectors. She was also an Equity and Inclusion Fellow and founded the Mindful Leaders Collective at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, where she completed her master’s degree focusing on leadership and impact.

Through her work, she has also become an advocate for mindfulness and wellbeing in leadership and in life, and continues serves on several nonprofit boards and as a mentor for youth, emerging leaders and communities.

When she’s not working with leaders and organisations, you can find her soaking up time in nature, and savouring time with her husband and her two children as often as she can.

Jiezhen is a graduate of Harvard University and Wellesley College, holds a graduate degree in Positive Psychology, and is a certified yoga teacher, Deep Time Walk Guide, Global ChangemakerXchange Facilitator, and Positive Psychology and Possibility Coach.