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.

  • Business Units and 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) Executive Vice President / Samsung Electronics Iberia Head
      Responsible for consumer electronics business in Spain and Portugal
      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-Present)

    • 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)

    • 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)Principal professional / 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

      Mobile Strategy (Singapore)
      (21 –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)

  • Global Strategy Group
    • Simon Yoo
      Simon Yoo (GSG 15, Berkeley)Principal
      Responsible for supervising GSG projects with focus on growth strategy, forward-looking innovation initiatives (AR, IoT), media & services and platforms
      Global Strategist

      15-17

      Engagement Manager

      17-19

      Associate Principal

      19-21

      Principal

      21-present

    • Simon Yoo
      Shaan 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