Executive Coach, Leadership Consultant
Derek Platt
Originally with the Johns-Hopkins Chinese American Research Center in Nanjing, China, Derek began working with Global companies operating across the Asian-Pacific region. Seen as a thought leader on leader development, Global Mindset, and interculturalism, Derek has been engaged by Cisco Systems in the design of their Global Leadership Program, and the global rollout of their Hi-Potential leadership program as well as executive coaching. He has worked with the CEO and team of Mercedes/Nissan joint venture in Mexico and has had his projects and initiatives featured on CNBC, and AsiaWeek focused on leadership development in China.
Expertise
Derek has over two decades of experience working with Fortune 100 clients from first-line managers to C-suite executives across the globe and across industries. These engagements have been both enterprise-wide and have included senior level team development as well as 1-on-1 executive coaching.
Having been both a technology entrepreneur and talent development consultant, he understands both the levers of business and levers of talent engagement. Also, having spent many years consulting in the fast-paced China-market, he understands not only the linguistic and cultural landscape, but the challenges facing global companies and teams in Asia.
Derek is naturally curious, genuinely enjoys people and is as comfortable debriefing in the Boardroom as he is with groups on Tibetan ponies in the mountains between China and Myanmar.
Worked with
Daimler, Advanced Micro-Devices, ATO Chem/TOTAL, Cisco Systems, Bell Labs, Compaq, Mandarin Oriental Hotels, SAP, DDB, Nokia, Maersk, Lenovo-IBM, Paypal, eBay, Square Enix, Tetra Pak, British American Tobacco, Teck-Cominco, CocaCola, Barclay Global Investors, and Unilever.