ASIA CARBON SEARCH - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Member of the Industries Team
- Managing Director Adrian Is Managing Director of Asia Carbon Search 's Southeast Asian Business Based in Singapore
- Managing Director of Asia Carbon Search 's Southeast Asian
Adrian is Managing Director of Asia Carbon Search's Southeast Asian business based in Singapore. In addition, he is the Group specialist in business infrastructure functions such as: Risk, Compliance, Operations, Finance and Technology.
Job Titles:
- Executive Secretary
- Member of the Industries Team
- Executive Secretary Alicia Joined Asia Carbon 's Shanghai Office in April 2014
Alicia joined Asia Carbon's Shanghai Office in April 2014 and provides secretarial support to the Shanghai team.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Member of the Industries Team
- Managing Director Daniel Dat Joined the Firm in 2019 and Is Based in Hong Kong
Daniel joined Asia Carbon Search in 2019 and is based in Hong Kong.
Daniel is a native Mandarin and Cantonese speaker and is fluent in English.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Industries Team
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Industries Team
- Director Hongmei Joined the Firm in 2019 and Is Based in Shanghai
Hongmei joined the Firm in 2019 and is based in Shanghai. She specializes in conducting research in the asset management, wealth management and other financial services sectors.
Hongmei started her career in credit for 8 years with China Merchant Bank, Pacific Credit Card Center (a JV between Bank of Communications and HSBC) and Bank of East Asia. She left BEA in 2010 as Head of Credit Management Department and started her search career with Executive Access in Shanghai where she served for 5 years. She then took a break from search and spent the last 3 years in HR Director role with wealth management companies.
Hongmei is fluent in English, Mandarin and Shanghainese dialect
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Industries Team
- Director Jackie Joined the Firm in 2013 and Is Based in Shanghai
Jackie joined the Firm in 2013 and is based in Shanghai. He specializes in conducting research in private equity, real estate, professional services as well as banking sectors in Asia. Over the past 8 years, he has been continuously working with both domestic and multi-national players to build and revamp their senior leaderships in the region.
Jackie is fluent in English, Mandarin and Shanghainese dialect
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of the Industries Team
- Chairman Jimmy Joined the Firm in 2023 and Is Based in Hong Kong
Jimmy joined the firm in 2023. Having equipped with 30 years of executive search experience, of which 22 years were with Korn Ferry International (2000- 2023) and 7 years with Russell Reynolds (1993-2000), and with the last Vice Chairman role for Korn Ferry Hong Kong, Jimmy was not only a seasoned business manager but also an accomplished fee earner. For example, as early as 2009, Jimmy had been Korn Ferry's top biller for Asia Pacific region even during Lehman Bros crisis.
Jimmy has good nose for business opportunities and is a market maker: Case in point included Jimmy's leadership in championing Pearl River Delta Strategy by greenfield start up of Korn Ferry's Guangzhou office covering the unchartered white space of South China as early as 2008; he also started up the multi-million USD practices in such area as gaming/ integrated resorts, supply chain, real estate and Asian Chinese family businesses, etc.
Also, he has been particularly active in functional hiring for C-suite officers across Digital, HR and finance, etc.
A solid business manager, Jimmy had led due diligence process for the firm's market expansion, potential investment/ M&A, post-M&A integration, etc. He has been managing sizable professional team of 80+ staff with full P/L responsibility throughout numerous business cycles.
Jimmy is a native Cantonese speaker and is conversational in Mandarin. He is proficient in English.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the Industries Team
- Associate Joy Yu Joined the Firm in 2022 and Is Based in Shanghai
Joy joined the firm in 2022 and is based in Shanghai. Prior to ACS, she worked at Hudson and Kelly Services, with a focus on primary market and asset management. She has solid industry knowledge in finance, deep understanding in financial services sector, including PE/VC/M&A/IBD, proven track record in front office (mid-senior positions) and mid-back office (senior positions).
Joy is a native Mandarin spearker and is fluent in English. Conversant in French.
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- Associate Director
- Member of the Industries Team
- Associate Director Sophie Joined the Firm in 2019 and Is Based in Hong Kong
Sophie joined Asian Carbon Search in 2019 and is based in Hong Kong.
She is specialized in research in financial services with a focus on Asset Management. Prior to joining Asian Carbon, Sophie was with Executive Access where she has completed mid level placements across distribution, marketing and investment professions. Before joining in Search, Sophie spent 4 years in recruitment companies with cross industries and functions desk. Prior to working in recruitment in Hong Kong, Sophie was IT sales in Singapore and government Project Research Analyst in Taiwan.
Sophie is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese
Job Titles:
- Director
- Member of the Industries Team
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the Industries Team
- Associate Viola Joined the Firm in 2022 and Is Based in Shanghai
Viola joined the firm in 2022 and is based in Shanghai. She specializes in conducting research with a focus on private equity. She started her career from Fosun Group headquarters in 2015 and then joined Kelly Services China, with a focus on both buy-side and sell-side of financial services sector. Prior to joining Asia Carbon Search, Viola worked for CGL Consulting.
In the past 6 years, she successfully completed several placements across investment, sales trading, legal compliance.
Viola is a native Mandarin speaker and is fluent in English. Conversant in Japanese
Job Titles:
- Member of the Industries Team
- Office Manager - Hong Kong and Shanghai Yvonne Joined the Firm in 2016 and Is Based in Hong Kong
With over 20 years extensive administration and office operations experience in the financial services sector (hedge fund, private equity, banking and insurance) in Hong Kong and Shanghai, Yvonne joined the firm in 2016 and is based in Hong Kong. She runs the Firm's day-to-day operations region-wide.
Yvonne is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin