Gina Chung

“Gina is an outstanding innovation and people leader, whom I was lucky enough to work with for five years when she was Global Head of DHL Trend Research and later Head of Americas Innovation. As a people leader, my years working for Gina are perhaps the fondest of my career; she created a team culture of passion, high performance, mutual feedback, shared success, and still always managed to have fun in between. Beyond our team in the wider DPDHL Group, and community of suppliers and partners, Gina was one of the most well connected and respected individuals I've ever met. She is confident, kind, humble and approachable, yet never afraid to challenge others to get the best out of them. Most of all she is relentlessly authentic and herself, which allows her to exercise great judgement and decision making for both highly complex management and technology-related topics. As an Innovation leader Gina was instrumental in bringing technology trends and digital transformation from research on the fringes to the core of the DPDHL Group strategy. Under her leadership, many new technologies including robotics, artificial intelligence, computer vision, IoT, and augmented reality, to name a few, were accelerated into core products and solutions across many parts of DHL's business. In the same time Gina also helped launch an internal Startup Lab, aimed at incubating new technology-driven business ideas and driving cultural transformation of the DHL Group. Before relocating to Chicago to lead innovation for the DHL Americas Region, she groomed me to succeed her in the Head of Trend Research role where she still remained a close colleague and mentor long after her departure. In the Americas I observed Gina repeat her success as a people and innovation leader, and then some. She built a world-class team that quickly became the role model of all three DHL Innovation Centers globally. She became an integral advisor to the logistics tech and Venture Capital communities, and launched a portfolio of robotics and automation initiatives that our business is still leveraging today. In just two short years, a region that had been perceived by many internally as dormant in terms of new technology, has become a powerhouse for innovation at DHL. I can only recommend Gina with the highest regard to any organization looking to build something truly transformational with people, technology, or both at best. Anything less might bore her, and I promise you'll enjoy every day having her in your organization.”

“I had the absolute pleasure and honor to work for Gina for 2.5 years, which wasn't nearly long enough. I was once asked what kind of leader she is, and, without hesitation, my response was "the definition of a servant leader." Her leadership built an incredibly, high functioning team that allowed us all to be our best selves but never allowing us to forget to encourage and support one another. When I first met her in the interviewing process, I was impressed with her knowledge, but she gained my respect by being an honest leader and encouraging me to constantly challenge status quo. Gina is remarkable human being, and I hope that our professional paths cross again very soon.”