{"id":2058,"date":"2023-01-15T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/?post_type=hd_person&#038;p=2058"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:42:31","slug":"sean-tong","status":"publish","type":"hd_person","link":"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/nl\/consultants\/sean-tong\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Tong \u5510\u4f2f\u96c4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Sean is part of the global Frazer Jones leadership team with responsibility for leading the Asia Pacific business. He is based in our Singapore office, leading teams of respected HR recruiters supporting our clients and HR candidates across Singapore, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, China, Australia, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sean delivers retained searches, partnering CEOs, Boards and PE &amp; VC firms 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Registration No: R1110029<br>Licence No: 17S8475<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-eyebrow\" id=\"h-sean-s-case-studies\">Sean&#8217;s Case studies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-case-studies\" id=\"block_362d860bd82532bb9dc2516aa7e42a19\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"cards cards--case-studies\">\n\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"card card--case-study post-169075 hd_case_study type-hd_case_study status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\" id=\"block_362d860bd82532bb9dc2516aa7e42a19-case-study-169075\">\n\n\t<a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/nl\/case-studies\/strengthening-board-leadership\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card__image-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-5-300x225.png\" class=\"card__image\" alt=\"HR leaders make exceptional Non-Executive Directors\" sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, (max-width: 599px) 50vw, (max-width: 1240px) 33vw, 370px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-5-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-5-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-5-768x576.png 768w\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"card__tags\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag\">Case Study<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card__title\">Virtuos<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"card__sub-title\">Strengthening board leadership<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">The challenge Virtuos is one of the world\u2019s leading video game development companies and a trusted partner to many of&#8230;<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-eyebrow\" id=\"h-sean-s-testimonials\">Sean&#8217;s testimonials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-accordion-row\" id=\"block_5408797532b9cd15dc9cdc3abc2953c0\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__title\">Vice President, International Compensation and Benefits | Stryker<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__content\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Bertrand Flueck<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-accordion-row\" id=\"block_9a74cad0d492536b18c4b8bee613af72\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__title\">Vice President Global Talent and HR Operational Excellence | Avon<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__content\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Sean is a highly professional and knowledgeable recruiting consultant. Sean partners with you and is very quick to understand the client&#8217;s needs including technical, experience, industry, leadership skills and cultural fit required for the position. He effectively searches his own extensive network and beyond &#8211; to find quality candidates. Sean is engaging and represents his clients well to all stakeholders and I have no hesitation in recommending Sean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Larissa (Long) O&#8217;Donovan<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-accordion-row\" id=\"block_e31b7fd0638231a66eb9f3e9882050d4\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__title\">Vice President, Chief People Officer | VNG Corporation<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__content\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;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!&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Abhishek Mathur<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-accordion-row\" id=\"block_4cacafc32696deacb888e38e78f5e075\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__title\">Chief of Staff | ASUS Intelligent Cloud Services<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__content\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;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!&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Chek Wee FOO<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-accordion-row\" id=\"block_b40585a884a977283aeb8528510cdb60\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__title\">Global HR, Senior Director | ASM International<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__content\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Sean is one of the best &#8211; 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!&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Riemer Ike Fokkema<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n\t<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-accordion-row\" id=\"block_77dfd565976ab0d6dfc0a05ed9755be3\">\n\n\t\t<h3 class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__title\">Head of HR, APAC | Bose<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hd-block-accordion-row__content\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;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&#8217;s and candidate&#8217;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<cite>Sharon Chan<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\t<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-jobs is-slider is-template- alignwide\" id=\"block_fb9d6db6d1570f5035ffc0f4b6b66ace\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"eyebrow-group\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"hd-block-job__title is-style-eyebrow eyebrow-group__title\">Sean&#039;s Jobs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"cards cards--jobs\">\n\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"card card--job post-174381 job_listing type-job_listing status-publish hentry job_position_featured\" id=\"block_fb9d6db6d1570f5035ffc0f4b6b66ace-job-174381\">\n\n\t<a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/nl\/job\/vice-president-human-resources-apme-174381\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"card__tags\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_industry\">Engineering\/manufacturing\/industrial<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_contract\">Permanent<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card__title\">Vice President, Human Resources, APME<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">Frazer Jones is delighted to be retained and exclusively partnering with a global market leader to appoint a strategic and transformative Vice President, Human Resources for Asia Pacific &amp; Middle East (APME). Based in Singapore, this is a critical leadership role reporting directly to the Chief Human Resources Officer, responsible for shaping and driving the [&hellip;]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"meta__list meta-list--icons\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__published-date meta__item\"><span class=\"meta__item-label\">Posted<\/span> <span class=\"meta__item-value\">6 uur geleden geplaatst<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"card__read-more\">Read more<\/p>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card--job post-173787 job_listing type-job_listing status-publish hentry job_position_featured\" id=\"block_fb9d6db6d1570f5035ffc0f4b6b66ace-job-173787\">\n\n\t<a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/nl\/job\/chief-people-culture-officer-173787\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"card__tags\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_industry\">FMCG\/consumer goods<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_contract\">Permanent<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card__title\">Chief People &amp; Culture Officer<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">Frazer Jones is delighted to be exclusively retained on a confidential search for a newly created Chief People Officer role with a prominent family owned diversified group headquartered in Asia. The organisation operates across multiple service based businesses with a global workforce of approximately 10,000 employees and is entering its next phase of institutional growth, [&hellip;]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"meta__list meta-list--icons\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__published-date meta__item\"><span class=\"meta__item-label\">Posted<\/span> <span class=\"meta__item-value\">6 dagen geleden geplaatst<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"card__read-more\">Read more<\/p>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card--job post-173783 job_listing type-job_listing status-publish hentry job_position_featured\" id=\"block_fb9d6db6d1570f5035ffc0f4b6b66ace-job-173783\">\n\n\t<a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/nl\/job\/chief-human-resources-officer-ngo-173783\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"card__tags\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_industry\">Charity\/non-profit\/third sector<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_contract\">Permanent<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card__title\">Chief Human Resources Officer &#8211; NGO<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">Frazer Jones has been exclusively retained by a highly regarded NGO to appoint a transformative Chief Human Resources Officer. Based in Singapore, this pivotal role will report directly to the Chairman and Board, driving an innovative people agenda that strengthens organisational capability, enhances talent strategies, and fosters a mission-driven, high-performing culture. As a key strategic [&hellip;]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"meta__list meta-list--icons\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__published-date meta__item\"><span class=\"meta__item-label\">Posted<\/span> <span class=\"meta__item-value\">6 dagen geleden geplaatst<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"card__read-more\">Read more<\/p>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card--job post-172019 job_listing type-job_listing status-publish hentry job_position_featured\" id=\"block_fb9d6db6d1570f5035ffc0f4b6b66ace-job-172019\">\n\n\t<a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/nl\/job\/head-of-hr-manufacturing-172019\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"card__tags\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_industry\">Logistics\/supply chain<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_contract\">Permanent<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card__title\">Head of HR &#8211; Manufacturing<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">Frazer Jones is delighted to be retained by a leading manufacturing group in Singapore to identify and appoint a Head of Human Resources to lead its HR function during a pivotal period of transformation and rapid growth. The organisation, with a growing presence across the region, operates in a complex manufacturing environment with a significant [&hellip;]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"meta__list meta-list--icons\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__published-date meta__item\"><span class=\"meta__item-label\">Posted<\/span> <span class=\"meta__item-value\">3 weken geleden geplaatst<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"card__read-more\">Read more<\/p>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card--job post-172015 job_listing type-job_listing status-publish hentry job_position_featured\" id=\"block_fb9d6db6d1570f5035ffc0f4b6b66ace-job-172015\">\n\n\t<a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/nl\/job\/non-executive-director-hr-172015\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"card__tags\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_industry\">Logistics\/supply chain<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_contract\">Permanent<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card__title\">Non Executive Director (HR)<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">Frazer Jones is delighted to be retained by a leading international organisation in Singapore to identify and appoint a Non-Executive Director (NED) with deep HR expertise to join its Board during a pivotal period of strategic growth and transformation. The organisation, with operations across multiple countries, is focused on strengthening its people and culture strategies [&hellip;]<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<ul class=\"meta__list meta-list--icons\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__salary meta__item\"><span class=\"meta__item-label\">Salary<\/span> <span class=\"meta__item-value\">USD90000 &#8211; USD150000 per annum<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__published-date meta__item\"><span class=\"meta__item-label\">Posted<\/span> <span class=\"meta__item-value\">3 weken geleden geplaatst<\/span><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<p class=\"card__read-more\">Read more<\/p>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card card--job post-172011 job_listing type-job_listing status-publish hentry job_position_featured\" id=\"block_fb9d6db6d1570f5035ffc0f4b6b66ace-job-172011\">\n\n\t<a class=\"card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.frazerjones.com\/nl\/job\/chro-private-equity-portfolio-company-172011\/\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"card__tags\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_industry\">Pharmaceuticals\/life sciences<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"card__tag card__tag--srgroup_job_contract\">Permanent<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"card__title\">CHRO | Private Equity Portfolio Company<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card__content\">Frazer Jones is delighted to be retained on a confidential search for a newly created Chief Human Resources Officer role with a private equity-backed organisation following one of the largest recent transactions in the region. 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