Dr. Bo Zhou is a seasoned commercial and business leader in Financial Services. She is recognised as Yahoo Finance HERoes Top 100 Women Executives in 2021 and HSBC Top 20 Ethnically Diverse Women Role Models in 2022.
With roots in China and training in New York, a high-flying, global career in Financial Services, combined with motherhood, Bo Zhou’s journey has been a melting pot of cultures and approaches, and she’s put it all to good use. She juggles spearheading the S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Women in Leadership Series with her demanding career, whilst still finding time to go surfing and play the piano with her son. Read the full interview here…
Partnering with IHS Markit Academy and the Marketing & Communications teams, Bo Zhou initiated the global IHS Markit Academy ‘Women in Leadership’ series. This series invite external female leaders to dialogue with IHS Markit internal female leaders and male advocates. Since its inauguration in December 2020, the series has had over 50 external and internal D&I advocates involved globally. Bo’s other roles include serving as a sponsor of IHS Markit’s internal leadership discussions and initiatives such as mentorship and sponsorship programs. Read more here…
Speech & Panel
Dr. Bo is a frequent speaker and participant on many industry and leadership panels.
- Role Model Panel for INvolve’s RISE Programme in partnership with The Body Shop on August 8th, 2022.
- Dr. Bo joined APAC Kindness and Leadership judging panel in July 2022.
- Thriving in the business world as an Engineering PhD – Heard from an MIT Alumni at NTU (Nanyang Technological University) in Singapore on June 23, 2022.
- INvolve event – The global workplace: navigating the corporate world as a woman on May 4th 2022. Here is the full video.
Career Coaching
Dr. Bo was a Partner sponsor of IHS Markit Academy, which provides training and coaching to its global employees. She has mentored and coached over 50 colleagues globally and help them on their career developments.
She would love to share her tips and experiences with more people in the community and hope those can boost their careers as well. Hence, she launched “Dr Bo Career Booster” career coaching YouTube channel, where she frequently share tips on promotion, communication, interviews, etc.
Leadership for Kids
First and for most, Dr. Bo wants to be a great mom, which is also incredibly hard. One of things she enjoyed the most is to talk about her work with her young son. Many of those conversations has led to a discussion on leadership. Dr. Bo was surprised and inspired by the leadership traits that kids show even at young age. Hence, the idea of a book called “Leadership for kids” come into her mind.
It is a book for both parents and children (best to read it together). It introduces the “Four Levels of Leadership” framework, with many supporting stories. Coming soon in 2023!