Helen Ng, PhD, serves as the VP and Global Head of Real Estate at Spencer Stuart since August 2019. Previously, Helen held the position of Corporate Real Estate Leader at BDO USA, LLP from October 2014 to July 2019, and was VP of Strategic Consulting at JLL for a brief period in 2014. Before that, Helen worked at Deloitte Consulting as a Strategy and Operations Manager from 2006 to 2014 and was the Assistant Director of Real Estate Services at the University of Illinois from 1999 to 2004. Helen earned a PhD in Civil Engineering and Management, focusing on System Dynamics and Data Analytics, as well as a Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering was also obtained. Helen completed secondary education at Whitney Young Magnet High School.