Julian Ha

Professional Profile

Julian is a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles, the Global Executive Search and Leadership Consulting firm. He leads the firm's Global Government Affairs and Trade Associations Practices from Washington, D.C. Julian places Board Members, CEOs and senior-level executive talent into Public and Private Multinational Companies, Associations and Social Enterprise Organizations.

Background
Prior to executive search, Julian advised American, European and Asian companies from a legal, banking, venture capital and operational perspective. Julian trained as a corporate lawyer and has practiced in New York, Washington DC, London, Singapore and Shanghai. As a lawyer for Paul Weiss; Baker & McKenzie; and Linklaters, he advised multinational corporations on their IPOs, private equity investments and cross-border M&A transactions.

Julian has also served as Executive Vice President with DDL, a London-based venture capital fund, where he was responsible for portfolio management. Julian's operational experience was derived from being Director of European Business Development for CapitalKey Advisors and Capital IQ, a corporate finance boutique and private equity research firm which was successfully acquired by McGraw-Hill. Julian was also a Director in the Corporate Finance group of Evolution Securities China Limited, an investment bank with offices in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai.


Board and Other Memberships
Julian has served on Boards of Public, Private, and Non-Profit organizations. He served on the Board of China Recycling Energy Corp. (CREG), a NASDAQ-traded company where he chaired CREG’s Compensation Committee. Julian has also served as a Board Member of Propulsys, a privately-held, precision manufacturing company with operations in the US, Germany and China. He is currently a Board Member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants, the Public Affairs Council, US-ASEAN Business Council and the National Association of Corporate Directors (DC Chapter).