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Cara HyeJin Kang

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Vice President HR, IBM Consulting Asia Pacific at IBM
📍 Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Cara HyeJin Kang is the Vice President of HR for IBM Consulting in the Asia Pacific region, specializing in leading large-scale people and culture transformations. With an MBA from Yonsei University, colleagues describe her as a role model in HR digital transformation, skilled at nurturing talent and driving change across multicultural environments.

She previously led the HR function for IBM Japan, a strategic geography with over 18, 000 employees and generating $9B in revenue. She is also a certified "Be Equal Ambassador".

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Vice President HR, IBM Consulting Asia Pacific
Job Level
Senior
Location
Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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People & Culture
Has a proven track record of leading people and culture transformation across more than 140 emerging market countries.
HR Digital Transformation
Described by colleagues as a role model in HR digital transformation, who successfully modernized her team's operations.
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Work history

6-2025
Vice President HR, IBM Consulting Asia Pacific
IBM
7-2021 - 6-2025
Vice President HR, IBM Japan Group
IBM
1-2021 - 7-2021
HR Director, GBS, IBM Asia Pacific
IBM
7-1999 - 9-2002
HR Specialist
PwC
1-1997 - 6-1999
Training Specialist
Compaq
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Yonsei University
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