Joanna Chang is a partner and COO of North America. She advises private equity funds and their portfolio companies on talent strategy across the investment lifecycle. This includes identifying and bringing on board the right C-Suite leadership to support thesis development and diligence support to placing board directors, CEOs and CFOs to accelerate portfolio company performance during value creation. In addition, she has an emphasis on leading diversity mandates for her clients. Prior to executive search, Joanna’s experience spanned public and private companies in Software, Business Services and Consumer. She was based in Shanghai and Macau, China, as Head of Marketing and Alliances for MGM Grand Paradise, and served as a marketing, business development and alliances executive for Augmentum, Mercury Interactive, Adobe Systems, and Siebel Systems.Recipient of the Hershhorn Merit Scholarship, Joanna earned a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from New York University. Joanna speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese.