Kim has deep experience spearheading large-cap CEO succession planning and searches, as well as board succession, board effectiveness, diversity, and other critical governance matters such as shaping new boards in preparation for IPOs and spin-outs, and activist defense.  

She has earned accolades for her contributions and has been named as one of the 50 Most Influential People in Governance by NACD/Directorship for multiple years.  She also sat on the Advisory Committee of the 30% Club, which is focused on improving boardroom diversity.

Kim has been a contributor to, and featured in, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Directorship, and other major publications, and has been a featured speaker and authored articles on a range of CEO and governance matters.

As a former Board Director of Barnes & Noble (NYSE), Kim deepened her public company board governance expertise.  

Previously, Kim was Head of the Global Board practice at one of the leading executive search  & advisory firms. Earlier in her career, she held leadership corporate roles in the financial services and consumer sectors.  

Kim earned an M.B.A. in finance and marketing from the University of Toronto.