ChampionScott Partners announces the placement of Helena Wong as President, International at Rosetta Stone. Ms. Wong is a proven executive with a successful track record building international businesses and creating successful global brands. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish and English.
Most recently, Ms. Wong was Global President at Oregon Scientific, responsible for 35+ countries worldwide. While at Oregon Scientific, she led the organization’s turnaround on a global basis and re-engineered the European business to a Pan European approach that resulted in more synergy and scale, and increased profitability.
Prior to her tenure at Oregon Scientific, Ms. Wong was President Asia Pacific and Global Chief Marketing Officer at Esselte Corporation from 2002-2005. She led the worldwide marketing initiative and grew overall revenue in Asia Pacific by 20%, including doubling the sales in China. An established international executive, Ms. Wong held general management and marketing leadership roles with Western Union, Pepsi-Cola and Procter & Gamble earlier in her career.
Ms. Wong earned her BA of Business Administration from Sao Paulo Business School, Getulio Vargas Foundation and her MBA from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
About ChampionScott Partners
ChampionScott Partners is the world’s premier retained executive search firm. Our specialty is senior leadership appointments in technology and technology-enabled companies, including related growth industries. Our client base encompasses both start-ups and global 500 companies. From our offices in Asia, Europe and the US, our partners recruit board directors, CEOs and senior executive leadership. We have successfully recruited senior management for leading companies in the U.S., China, Japan, EU, and India. Our partners proven global operating and executive search expertise is applied to every search and integral to the success of the business strategies that shape our clients’ companies. For more information, visit www.championscott.com.
About Rosetta Stone
Rosetta Stone Inc. is changing the way the world learns languages. Rosetta Stone offers an interactive solution that is acclaimed for its speed and power to unlock the natural language-learning ability in everyone. Available in more than 30 languages, the Rosetta Stone language-learning solution is used by schools, organizations and millions of individuals in over 150 countries throughout the world. The company was founded in 1992 on the core beliefs that learning a language should be natural and instinctive and that interactive technology can replicate and activate the immersion method powerfully for learners of any age. The company is based in Arlington, Va. For more information, visit www.rosettastone.com.