Ken Chaplin

Ken Chaplin.

Ken Chaplin was previously Vice President and General Manager of Crocs Global Marketing, Licensed Products, and vertical businesses. Ken joined Crocs in October 2007 from Disney Consumer Products and Home Entertainment Greater China. He has worked with all of the major US leagues and film/TV studios. Prior to that, Ken was Vice President of Greater China’s Marketing, international licensing, and Branding. In that capacity, he was responsible for Disney’s retail businesses in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

This included developing Disney’s key accounts and establishing the brand. He was also former Vice President and Managing Director for Disney Consumer Products Australasia. While in Australia he moved Disney’s business from a cyclical character focus to a consumer, brand and key account focus. Prior to leading the Australia team, he was based in Burbank, California where he served as Vice President – Global Licensee Development.

Ken also lived and worked in Japan where he successfully directed the adaptation of Disney’s global strategies. Ken’s career began at May Department Stores where he worked in several direct import roles as well as national brand development positions. Among the many prestigious awards that he has won is being one of Forbes 50 Most Influential Global CMOs (2014 & 2015). Ken is a Colorado native and graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder.

As our business continued to expand globally, particularly in Asia, Gordon Pacific, LLC provided us with a very high level of expertise in many areas including international consulting with senior executives, in-country consulting for our business development activities, and cultural education and coaching for both expatriates and cross-cultural teams. We chose Gordon Pacific over similar organizations based on their depth of experience in global business issues and their customized approach to helping us successfully compete in new, diverse locations. Their guidance and expertise allowed us to avoid numerous, common pitfalls related to culture, government, and business issues in multiple locations. As a result, our partnership with GP greatly reduced our overall costs and enabled us to build deeper relationships with both internal and external business partners. In my twenty plus years in international human resources work, I would give GP the highest recommendation out of the numerous firms I have used for international consulting.

David Knipping
Director, International Human Resources, ConAgra Foods
Gordon Pacific’s consulting and executive coaching really made a positive impact to our sourcing operations and overall team effectiveness. Their global expertise, perspective and engagement with my team really added value to the bottom line by allowing us to understand how to address issues of concern now and how to be on the lookout for new challenges that were about to present themselves. Gordon Pacific brings real-life experiences and perspective to their consulting roles. The reality of ‘it could happen to you too’ really had my team thinking about how to protect their business.

Scott Jenkins, VP, Global Sourcing
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
“Ken and Hai Yan of Gordon Pacific are simply brilliant consultants when assessing market and customer needs on behalf of SME and larger enterprises seeking to enter or improve their position in the China market. These are thoughtful and highly experienced professionals you can count on to be engaged, committed and pragmatic in any situation including protracted negotiations. Both will quickly grasp the big picture but will not hesitate to work through the details to assure a successful long term outcome. From mid management to the C suite, no doors stay closed to Ken and Hai Yan.”

J Bors, Vice President
ChemCo Systems