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If technology defines our future, then technology leaders are in charge of our future. Are they ready for it?

Technology is quickly turning into the operating system of businesses. It is transforming organizations from within, inspiring technology leaders to rise to meet unprecedented challenges, ranging from technology expertise, to navigating complex stakeholder relationships.

This new reality has reset the benchmark for technology leadership, forcing companies to re-examine their existing talent and accelerate the technology function’s integration into the rest of the organization.
 

Tomorrow’s technology leader has to be not only the smartest technologist in the room – but also the smartest relationship builder.

Sven Petersen, Global Lead, Technology Officers Practice Group

Leadership Advisory: From Search to Personal Transformation and Building World-Class Teams

Our Technology Officers Practice helps companies across every industry build a technology organization of the future with leaders who have the ability to drive culture change and business strategy to deliver business impact. With a global network of colleagues, spanning a broad range of roles including:

  • Chief Information Officers
  • Chief Technology Officers
  • Chief Digital Officers
  • Chief Information Security Officers
  • Chief Data & Analytics Officers
  • Chief Product Officers
  • Tech Board Directors and Advisors
  • Engineering, Infrastructure, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, AR/VR, Blockchain

We help global CIOs and CTOs develop their own leadership skill-set but also assess and develop their teams with a range of proprietary methodologies including market benchmarking.



Technology Officers Consultants

Sven Petersen

Sven Petersen

London

Global Lead

​A German-Brazilian living in London, Sven Petersen advises on leadership talent and development across sectors but spends most of his time in the… Read more

Alex Lee

Alex Lee

Hong Kong, Shanghai

Alex leads Egon Zehnder’s Services practice in Asia Pacific, and jointly runs the firm’s Marketing and Sales practice in the same region. Read more

Benno Jaeggi

Benno Jaeggi

Hong Kong

Benno Jaeggi, based in Hong Kong, is a core member of Egon Zehnder’s Financial Services practice with a particular focus on Banking, Markets and… Read more

Rohit Harjani

Rohit Harjani

Hong Kong

Based in Hong Kong, Rohit Harjani is active in Egon Zehnder’s Financial Services and Technology practices with special focuses on FinTech, blockchain… Read more

Richard Lin

Richard Lin

Hong Kong

Richard Lin serves as Global Semiconductor Practice Group leader and is also a core member of the firm’s Technology and Communication Practice in… Read more

Xin Wang

Xin Wang

Hong Kong

Based in Hong Kong, Xin Wang is active in Egon Zehnder’s Technology & Communications and Consumer practices. She draws on many years of experience in… Read more

Ran Wu

Ran Wu

Shanghai Office Leader, Beijing Office Leader

Ran Wu is Managing Partner of Egon Zehnder’s mainland China offices and serves as the Joint Head of Egon Zehnder in China. Read more

Tiffany Qiang

Tiffany Qiang

Shanghai

Based in Shanghai, Tiffany Qiang works for clients in Greater China as an active member of Egon Zehnder’s Consumer and Technology practices. Read more

Yu CHEN

Yu CHEN

Shanghai

Yu Chen, based in Shanghai, is an active member of Egon Zehnder’s Consumer and Technology & Communications practices in Greater China. Read more

Luc Liu

Luc Liu

Beijing

Luc Liu, based in Beijing, works for clients in Greater China as an active member of Egon Zehnder’s Industrial Practice. Read more

Burcu Bicakci

Burcu Bicakci

Singapore

Based in Singapore, Burcu Bicakci has spent her career helping companies and their leaders succeed in the digitizing world. Read more

Sanjay Gour

Sanjay Gour

Singapore

Sanjay Gour, based in Singapore, is a core member of Egon Zehnder’s Financial Services and Technology & Communications Solutions practices focusing on… Read more

Clemence Kng

Clemence Kng

Singapore

Clemence Kng, based in Singapore, is active in Egon Zehnder’s Financial Services and Technology & Communications practice. Read more

Kenichi Iwata

Kenichi Iwata

Tokyo Office Leader

Kenichi Iwata leads Egon Zehnder’s Tokyo Office while working as a member of the Firm’s Private Capital, Service and Board Consulting practices. Read more

Norihisa Nakamura

Norihisa Nakamura

Tokyo

Norihisa Nakamura is active in Egon Zehnder’s Technology & Communications, Health, and Industrial practices. Based in Tokyo… Read more

Hidenori Iwasaki

Hidenori Iwasaki

Tokyo

Based in Tokyo, Hidenori Iwasaki is active in Egon Zehnder’s Supply Chain, Industrial, and Services practices. Read more


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