GSG

Career Growth

Typical Career Progression

All new members join as a Global Strategist and start working in GSG before transitioning into one of Samsung’s affiliates.
There are staff members fully dedicated towards identifying different career pipelines suited towards each individual's needs

  • Year 0-2

  • Year 2-4

  • Year 4+

Global Strategy Group
(Korea)
  • HQ Business Units
    (Korea)
  • HQ Business Units or
    International Subsidiaries
GSG Leadership (Korea)

Career Paths

GSG prepares leaders for multiple career paths at Samsung. During his/her tenure at GSG, GSs will develop a robust industry and functional acumen to prepare them for their next role at Samsung. There are two main transition paths after two years at GSG: Line Manager or Strategic Staff.

  • GSG members in Overseas Subsidiaries

    Global Strategists transition to the affiliates’ business HQ in South Korea after two years at GSG. After a few years in line management roles in South Korea, members transition to Samsung’s overseas offices to integrate into the local management team.

    • Dave Das
      Dave Das (GSG 03, Kellogg) Corporate EVP / Head of MX Business
      Responsible for SEA’s Mobile Experience (MX) Business
      GSG

      TV, Semicon, and Marketing projects
      (03-05)

      Business Unit

      SEC HQ, TV Marketing
      (05-06)

      Overseas Transition

      NAHQ (SEA subsidiary), Home Entertainment Marketing (06-15), Consumer Electronics Product Mktg. (15-20)

      Business Unit

      SEC HQ, Head of NA RPM, Mobile
      (20-22)

      Overseas Transition

      SEIB, Head of Subsidiary (22-24), SEA, Head of Business (24-Present)

    • YVanessa Wang
      Vanessa Wang (GSG 14, INSEAD)Senior Professional, Samsung Venture China
      Responsible for venture capital investment activities in China
      GSG

      Strategy projects (14-15)

      Business Unit

      Samsung Venture Korea (16-17)

      Overseas Transition

      Samsung Venture China - VC Investment (18-Present)

    • Carl Nordenberg
      Carl Nordenberg (GSG 12, Wharton)VP / Regional head of Mobile Business / Samsung Electronics Southeast Asia and Oceania Mobile Business
      Responsible for IT/mobile business, including smartphones, tablets, wearables, and accessories in SE Asia and Oceania
      GSG

      12-21 Strategy projects

      Overseas Transition

      SEIB, Head of Subsidiary (22-24), SEA, Head of Business (24-Present)

    • Arina Krasnova
      Arina Krasnova (GSG 16, INSEAD)Senior Professional, Samsung Electronics America
      GSG

      Strategy projects (16-18)

      Business Unit

      Supply chain management (18-22)

      Overseas Transition

      Product management (22-Present)

    • Diane Choi
      Diane Choi (GSG 21, Harvard)Senior Professional, Samsung NEXT US
      GSG

      Strategy projects (21-22)

      Business Unit

      Venture investment (22-23)

      Overseas Transition

      Venture investments (23-Present)

  • GSG members in Business Units
    • Mathieu Apotheker
      Mathieu Apotheker (GSG 10, MIT) Corporate VP / Samsung Electronics Corporate Development
      Responsible for M&A, investments and JVs for Samsung Electronics
      GSG

      Strategy Projects (10-11)

      Business Unit

      Samsung Electronics Corporate Development (11-Present)

    • Sean Park
      Sean Park (GSG 21, Columbia) Senior Product Manager/ Samsung Visual Display
      Responsible for Samsung Visual Display B2C products' Daily+ home category experience and partnered apps
      GSG

      Strategy Projects (20-21)

      Business Unit

      Samsung Visual Display (21-Present)

    • Stephanie Phonvongsa
      Stephanie Phonvongsa (GSG 22, CMU Tepper) Senior Professional, VD Customer Marketing
      Responsible to drive growth in online sales such as exclusive product collaborations and expanding S.com dropship to new online channel partners
      GSG

      Strategy Projects (20 – 22)

      Business Unit

      VD Customer Marketing (22 – Present)

    • Lukas Mitschke
      Lukas Mitschke (GSG 23, IESE) Senior Manager, Corporate strategy
      Responsible for corporate M&A
      GSG

      Strategy Projects (20 – 22)

      Business Unit

      Corporate Strategy (23-Present)

    • Sabrine Ahmed Iqbal
      Sabrine Ahmed Iqbal (GSG 25, MIT Sloan) Senior Manager, MX Health Strategy
      Responsible for digital health strategy in mobile products
      GSG

      Strategy Projects (20 – 24)

      Business Unit

      MX Health Strategy (24 – Present)

  • Global Strategy Group
    • Shaan Shuddh Rauniyar
      Shaan Shuddh Rauniyar (GSG 17, INSEAD) Principal
      Responsible for supervising GSG projects with focus on sales & marketing strategy, online business, digital transformation and B2B
      Global Strategist

      17-19

      Engagement Manager

      19-21

      Associate Principal

      21-23

      Principal

      23-Present

    • Henry Huang
      Henry Huang (GSG 20, UCLA Anderson) Associate Principal
      Responsible for supervising GSG projects with a focus on sales & marketing strategy, forward looking innovation initiatives, and semiconductor business
      GSG

      20-22

      Engagement Manager

      23-25

      Associate Principal

      25-present