Executive Chairman, Global Sage
About Louisa Wong Louisa Wong, a Harvard Business School graduate, is the founder of Asia's largest executive search firm, Bó Lè Associates, which was acquired by Recruit Group, the world's fourth-largest and Japan's largest HR service provider. In 2012 Louisa acquired Global Sage which is a global executive search firm specialised in financial services and expands Global Sage into China and SEA and other industry coverages.
Honesty and humility are Louisa's hallmarks of success, inspiring loyal employees and gaining the trust of the world's top business leaders.
Louisa has more than 30 years of recruiting experience, specializing in CEO searches, particularly in the Finance, Consumer, and Manufacturing sectors. She was recognized with the prestigious Hall of Fame Award from Recruitment International in 2014, and cited by BusinessWeek as one of the "50 Most Influential Search Consultants in the World" in 2008. Her views on important HR trends are widely recognized. She has written numerous opinion articles for and granted interviews to journalists from international media such as BBC Radio, Fortune magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Time magazine, Bloomberg, CNBC, and Cable TV.
In 2019, Louisa started the journey of writing her story on her iPhone, which would later serve as the foundation for her memoir. In 2023, she became the author and publisher of Women Who Chase Butterflies, her memoir that's now a Hong Kong bestseller.
Women Who Chase Butterflies tells the heartfelt story of an introverted and socially awkward young girl born and raised to a family of hardworking immigrants in Hong Kong’s fabled Walled City. She goes on a remarkable journey that brings her to Harvard and Wall Street and later becomes a successful, selfmade entrepreneur who starts the headhunting industry in China. Her journey of self-discovery reminds us to accept the things beyond our control while changing those we can, and how these decisions will ultimately lead us to become who we are.
A passionate philanthropist at heart, Louisa created Giving Hand in 2008, a non-profit organization with a focus on facilitating corporate giving. Giving Hand also provides seed capital, and management support to NGO start-ups. Sales proceeds from the book will be donated to local NGOs in Asia to support victims and the prevention of domestic violence. Harmony House is the book's NGO partner in Hong Kong www.harmonyhousehk.org).
Louisa started her career in executive search after completing prolific stints in finance and strategic planning, first with J.P. Morgan, and then at Alexander's Department Stores in New York. Prior to founding Bó Lè Associates in 1996, she was Managing Director of Russell Reynolds in Hong Kong.
She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.S. degree from the University of Toronto.