Lawrence is a passionate developer of people - from his own team, his peer group to high potentials in the company. His multiple years as a successful Greater China executive was evident as he successfully managed cross cultural relationships between local employees, expatriate executives and corporate leaders. Lawrence established trustful relationships and exhibited collaborative skills with his peer executives. He spoke what was on his mind but was also respectful of others’ perspectives.

Lawrence quickly established trustful and collaborative partnerships with me and his peer execs and we continuously worked towards upgrading our operations and improving the business. He mastered different relationship dynamics with his local Chinese and foreign employees. I could always count on Lawrence to share his opinions and always put the objectives of the team front and centre.

Being a German, traveled and worked in Europe, the move to China in August 2008 was my biggest professional challenge and the game changer in my career.

Lawrence’s leadership, insights and passion for building cross country organizational alignment as well as his ongoing collaboration and coaching was instrumental for our success during this critical time.

I have known Lawrence as a candidate, a client, and a friend for almost 20 years. Among the many clients I have worked with in my 17 years as an executive search consultant, Lawrence ranks amongst the most business-driven and relationship-oriented. He is hardwired to think in terms of strategic partnerships. This, combined with a high level of adaptability, allows him to navigate complexity to seek and achieve successful outcomes. Lawrence is genuinely passionate and empathic, and is driven to do “the right thing”. As an expatriate himself for 20 years, Lawrence personally understands the thrilling rewards and potential pitfalls of overseas assignments. This is a tremendous strength for him in assessing, recruiting, developing, and advising expatriates.

Lawrence Chi has a tremendous amount of loyalty and integrity, both inside and outside the workplace. His leadership and network in China is second to none and he is always available to help his personal and professional circles as required. He has brought his regional executive experience and brand pedigree to a number of companies and has been successful at every turn.

I worked with Lawrence in two settings during our years together in China. He showed an excellent ability to work with local associates and expatriates to bridge cultural differences and develop strong working relationships. He was looked to as a leader within the consulting teams, and as the head of human resources in corporate he instilled strong values of excellence, customer focus, and integrity within the workforce.

Lawrence had an ability to build tremendous relationships with his executive peers and his regional team. He and I have always had trusting, open conversations which helped when we had to resolve challenging work issues. Lawrence was able to help a number of new executives through personal and professional transitions when they joined the company. His team around the region had a high level of loyalty to him as he clearly demonstrated an ability to lead in different Asian cultures.

(Lawrence) actively looks out for the well-being and benefit of colleagues and team members. He is able to identify and harness the strengths of people for shared outcomes. He demonstrates an active interest in developing others via constructive feedback, coaching and introducing development opportunities. Personally I am one of top talents developed by him. He developed me into an HR Director in 2008 and exposed me to HR professional knowledge and experience. Without Lawrence’s continuous coaching and inspiration, I would have not achieved career success that I enjoy today.