KAY KUTT
CEO, SILK RELO
LEADING IN A CHANGING
WORLD Kay Kutt, CEO at Silk Relo, was “super shy” at school, but says that as she turned 30, she realised that asking questions and learning about people had the power to enhance her life and her career.
K
ay, who is based in Hong Kong, had been managing director, relocation services Asia for Asian Tigers Mobility for 14 years. She was responsible for overseeing mobility
in 14 countries and territories. When Asian Tigers rebranded in January 2020 as Silk Relo, she became CEO of the organisation. Behind
her shyness, however, she had an
entrepreneurial mindset, setting up her first company at aged 16 to clean offices. Nowadays, she says that her job as a leader is to create a work context which empowers people, gives them the framework and the vision to work towards, and then “just get out of their way”. “During my career I have had some women leaders
who have been extraordinary human beings. You always remember that person who provides mentorship and gives you a sense of empowerment.” Kay is part of a globally mobile family and has
moved 25 times, never having lived in a house for more than four years at a stretch. As a young girl, her father took her on business trips and to conferences, which broadened her horizons and gave her a fresh lens with which to view the world. A British passport holder, she was born in Canada
after her parents emigrated in the 1950s. Her father was a helicopter pilot who eventually became president of the company he worked for. She attended York University in Toronto and achieved a joint fine arts degree in ballet and geography, and also studied in the Middle East, but rather than becoming a professional dancer or opening her own ballet academy, she moved to Hong Kong to work with her brother who was running a company there. There she met her husband and the couple spent time in the United States before moving back to Hong Kong. Prior to being in the relocation world, Kay was with business centre operators based in Hong Kong,
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