Sean Tong 唐伯雄
Partner | Head of Asia
Hong Kong, Singapore
As a Partner and Head of Asia, Sean is based in our Singapore office leading teams of respected HR recruiters supporting our clients and HR candidates across South East Asia, Hong Kong, China and Japan. He delivers retained searches, partnering CEOs and boards to appoint Chief HR Officers and regional Heads of HR. He helps them build high performance regional and country HR teams in Asia. With 18 years of consulting experience, Sean takes a research-centric approach and has an extensive HR network as a brand extension for clients in securing the best talent. Sean graduated with an honours degree in accounting and finance from The University of London and is qualified as a chartered accountant. He has worked in China, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore and speaks both Mandarin and English fluently.
Sean’s testimonials
Vice President, International Compensation and Benefits | Stryker
“I did partner with Sean to recruit a key HR role in APAC. He is easy to work with, highly professional, enthusiastic, patient and has a fantastic network in APAC. He did a great job selecting only great candidates and coaching them for interviews. Thank you Sean for always being positive and helping me achieve this search.”
Bertrand Flueck
Vice President Global Talent and HR Operational Excellence | Avon
“Sean is a highly professional and knowledgeable recruiting consultant. Sean partners with you and is very quick to understand the client’s needs including technical, experience, industry, leadership skills and cultural fit required for the position. He effectively searches his own extensive network and beyond – to find quality candidates. Sean is engaging and represents his clients well to all stakeholders and I have no hesitation in recommending Sean.”
Larissa (Long) O’Donovan
Vice President, Chief People Officer | VNG Corporation
“I have known Sean for more than seven years now and what I liked most about him was his ability to strike a personal rapport as well as his networking within the HR community in APAC. I worked with him and the team on mandates to hire HR for my teams. Sean has been a pleasure to work with and he has built a fantastic team in Singapore and I am sure of recommending him to other industry colleagues as well as potential candidates. All the best, Sean!”
Abhishek Mathur
Chief of Staff | ASUS Intelligent Cloud Services
“Sean is simply a brilliant Talent Acquisition leader. A good HR professional is one who has attained mastery in their respective functional domain. A great HR professional is one who combines skill mastery with a strong sense of purpose. The latter is how I accord Sean to be. I had worked with Sean on an assignment and from that experience, I can testify that he not only does what a good Talent Acquisition leader would do, he would put in that extra 110% effort to ensure that the work is done well, no matter if it is the weekend or not. Sean has indeed won over my respect. He is simply one of the best!”
Chek Wee FOO
Global HR, Senior Director | ASM International
“Sean is one of the best – if not best headhunters I have worked with so far. Both in strategic partnering as well tactical and operational execution he and his team did an amazing job on our HR jobs in a very short time with multiple stakeholders around the globe!”
Riemer Ike Fokkema
Head of HR, APAC | Bose
“Sean is an excellent partner in either searching for the right candidate that fits the company or supporting the candidate in their job search. He is highly approachable, authentic and dedicates time to understand and listen to the needs from both the client’s and candidate’s perspective. Having known him through the years, he is one who truly values long-term relations and is always ready to provide a listening ear and good advice when asked. He is someone whom I will trust to find the right caliber of candidate for the company. Thank you, Sean, for the great partnership over the years and many more ahead.”
Sharon Chan
