The client is seeking a Head of HR APAC (MD) to serve as a trusted member of both the regional and global HR leadership teams. The role partners closely with the Global Chief Human Resources Officer and provides full accountability for the APAC HR business partnering and advisory agenda, leading the regional HR business partnering function alongside broader HR Centres of Excellence. It also delivers strategic counsel to the APAC CEO’s leadership team across major business lines and international markets in a period of sustained investment, growth, and transformation.
As a high-profile, enterprise-critical leader, the Head of HR APAC will work closely with regional executive committee members, business heads, and global HR leaders to deliver high-performance outcomes in a complex, highly matrixed, international environment. The position combines strategic vision with hands-on HR leadership and advisory capability, supported by a strong regional team, and is expected to align people strategies with the organisation’s commercial priorities and long-term objectives. The remit includes acting as a credible advisor to senior leaders, influencing and challenging stakeholders to drive consistent, best-in-class HR practices across APAC.
Key responsibilities span end-to-end HR business partnering delivery, including senior stakeholder advisory, executive talent and succession, performance and rewards governance, organisation design, leadership development, culture, and transformation. Success depends on the ability to partner senior leaders effectively while driving consistent HR outcomes across multiple international markets. The ideal candidate is an established regional or global HR leader operating at Managing Director level or equivalent, with a strong track record in major international financial services and experience leading regional and global HR agendas through periods of business and workforce change within a front-office, revenue-generating environment, including leadership of seasoned teams across multiple markets.