HS Chung

HS brings 28 years of marketing and communication experience working for advertising agencies, DMB&B, McCann-Erickson and in-house PR and marketing in The Westin Chosun and The Ritz-Carlton Seoul hotels prior to setting up Synergy Communications in January, 2000 which later became Synergy Hill+Knowlton Strategies in 2002. HS also worked for major Korean broadcasting station, MBC-TV for over two years prior to starting her career in the marketing and communications industry.

Currently HS manages team of 180 staff across Asia including Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and manages affiliate relationship across markets in Asia offering services in Corporate, Marketing Communications, Government, Public Affairs, Technology, Consumer Healthcare and Crisis and Issues Management practices. HS also spearheads unique service and offering to Korean conglomerates and government going global including the LG Electronics and have been involved in number of government led Olympic projects including the most recent 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

HS brings a strong background in corporate, marketing communication and digital working for many blue chip multinational clients throughout her career including Coca-Cola, Nestle, P&G, Johnson&Johnson, Audi, Mercedes Benz, Novartis, GSK and many others. She also has deep understanding of the Asian conglomerates and their business needs and has provided C-suite counsel to global PR strategy and framework set up to numerous conglomerates including LG, POSCO, SK Hynix and Hyundai Motor Company.

A graduate of Yonsei University, majoring in Mass Communication, HS served as the editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper, “The Yonsei Annals,”  and won “The Korea Herald’s Best Article Award.” HS also participated in the “Young Korean Journalist Program” hosted by USIS and Center for Foreign Journalist in Washington DC, USA.

HS is a member of the KPRCA (Korea Public Relations Corporate Association).