Pulp and paper, tissue, forest management, wood based bio materials

Lead internationa business of the group.

Lead business transformationDrive sustainable profitable growthBuild core competitive competency

- Champion commercial, procurement, and supply chain functional excellence, capability improvement, and management modernization for the whole enterprise. - Lead group level strategic initiatives: business management digitalization, centralized procurement, market orientation transformation, strategic customer and market penetration.- Provide guidance of market strategy, business model, and profitability improvement on key strategic projects.

Consulting services on chemical industry business model, commercial process, innovation, commercialization, market intelligence.

Developed new business through commercializing innovative products for the whole company, accountable for the company's new-in-year sales and gross profit annually. Directly led 50+ highly leveraged project managers and portfolio managers to deliver organic commercial growth with a portfolio size of >300 active cross-functional innovation projects. - Led project management functional excellence and talent development initiatives to improve project execution capacity and quality.- Drove innovation portfolio optimization, dynamic resource allocation, and product roadmap directions at individual product lines and strongly influenced short-term and long-term R&D investment balance and pipeline health at the enterprise level.- Championed and nurtured entrepreneurship behaviors within project management organization; championed selfenforcing innovation environment of continuous improvement, functional accountability, and cross-functional collaboration throughout the company. The project management scorecards showed 10-20% improvement in on-time delivery, shorter idea-to-launch duration, and higher success rate. The innovation score in customer experience index showed 20% improvement.

- Enterprise Level Strategy and Business Model Development for Downstream Markets- Strategic Partnership Development- Competitive analysis and Competitive Strategy Development- Sales Development in targeted market segments

The role was equivalent of regional CFO, led the area’s corporate finance operation which includes regional strategic planning, financial reporting, auditing, internal control, regulatory compliances, risk management, and various financing activities in Asia.• Successfully turned around the China operation from a liquidity crisis • Partnered with regional presidents and their leadership teams to drive geographic expansion strategy for profitable growth and develop top talent pipeline for the regions.• Led regional activities of pre-merger due diligence, deal term negotiation, financing, and key talent recruiting in merger & acquisition, technology licensing, and joint venture establishment/exit projects.• Held Board Director/Supervisor/Chairman positions for the company’s legal entities in Greater China and Korea.

For Electronics, Construction, and Compound Semiconductor businesses, led financial assessment for large capital and strategic investment decisions, supported the annual enterprise strategic planning activities, and provided strategic insight and financial rigor through peer review to all key investment decisions (> $ 2M) throughout the company.• Led early stage due-diligence, performed financial modeling and valuation analysis, and gained C-level approval to acquire a private German firm focusing on Silicon Carbide technology. • Guided financial assessment of innovation projects and the business portfolio optimization, acted as a voting member of the business unit boards to approve investment.• Co-developed a portfolio management tool for strategic planning purpose of Specialty Chemical Business Unit.• Participated in designing a Business Center organization from ground-up to improve customer interaction efficiency and to enrich customer experience.

Market strategy development and implementation, delivered yearly regional revenue growth and profit target. Expertise in Transportation market (automotive, aerospace, off-road equipment), Electrical Transmission and Distribution Market, Imaging market, and General Industrial Market.• Co-developed the renewed market strategy to transform the $600M business from product-driven to market-driven approach and implemented it in North and South America regions.• Led segment teams to achieve $135M regional revenue with 5% growth by prioritizing resource in Automotive, Power & Utilities, and Imaging segments, leveraging key and strategic customers, focusing on specifications at value chain decision makers, executing pre-defined pricing and channel strategies, and building up product portfolio with technology differentiated high performance offers.• Led the marketing effort of exploring strategic growth synergies with an acquired thermoplastics company ($120M revenue), and recommended the spin-off decision.• Developed new commercial opportunities for a novel material based on fluorocarbon and silicone hybrid chemistry.• Performed strategic fit and market potential due diligence, recommended venture investment approach in a start-up company with $60M revenue potential in auto exterior applications leveraging mold-in-color plastic technology.

Chemical process simulation for process design and advanced process control development.Discrete event simulation for manufacuring process or logistics optmization.Neural network simulation for product quality troubleshooting.Plant automation design and implementation.Product development and scale-up for emulsion and anti-foam products.