Irene Huang

Managing Partner, Greater China

Irene Huang is Managing Partner, Greater China at NGS Global and has six years in senior executive search, focused on the Industrial and Life Science practices. Prior to this, she had 18 years of marketing communications and operational experience in the Chemical, Life Science and Technology industries.

Ms. Huang facilitates the recruitment of senior executives across multiple disciplines for both established and emerging companies in Asia. In the past six years, she has worked closely with multinational and global clients in the chemical, healthcare, medical device, industrial and automotive business sectors.

Previously she was Asia Pacific Communications Director for Baxter Healthcare, based in Shanghai. In this role, she built and led a solid Asia Pacific communications team and as such, gained extensive experience in recruiting international executives in China, Japan, Australia and India. Prior to joining Baxter, Ms. Huang worked at Bayer for 10 years, where she held evolving roles in corporate communications, including Greater China responsibilities for two years. Earlier in her career, she was public relations and marketing executive for Star TV in Taiwan, and an HR professional for Alcatel Taiwan.

Ms. Huang earned a bachelor’s degree in applied psychology from Catholic Fu-Jen University, Taiwan, and a Master’s degree in Media Ecology from New York University. She is fluent in English and Mandarin and based in Shanghai.