GRS Group open Asia Pacific office
GRS Group, the international specialist search consultancy, today announces the opening of its Hong Kong based office to meet the growing demand of high level recruitment in the Asia-Pacific region.
The office, located at Level 39, One Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong, will focus primarily on Capital Markets in the areas of Sales & Trading and Financial Engineering across the Asia-Pacific region. The GRS team in Hong Kong will be led by Bhupesh Darbar, with the help of Senior Consultant Graham Dallison, who both relocated from London, together with Angela Leone a Senior Banking Consultant. Collectively the team has nearly 30 years experience in recruitment.
To further strengthen the team and to meet the needs of the four practice areas; Capital Markets, Risk, Legal and Tax, GRS has recruited a Chinese Legal specialist, Eleanor Cheung, a qualified solicitor, who will focus on the legal side of investment banking recruitment. In June 2007 two more specialists are to join the team, one to boost the Capital Markets offering and the second to specialise in Tax.
Candidates are being sought and placed in the region for Risk & Tax from the UK at present; however this practice area will be transferred to the Hong Kong office as soon as possible. With each senior level placement taking between two to six months to complete, having a team based in the region permanently will increase the capacity to take on more clients.
Hong Kong based Bhupesh Darbar, Head of the GRS Hong Kong team, said: “We have been planning to open a permanent Asia Pacific office to meet the growing needs of the market for some time and are now delighted to be open for business. The expansion into the region and the transfer of talent from London, coupled with talent from the region, means we are well placed to bring our high level services and offering to the market. Asia Pacific is a growing market for us and whilst Hong Kong is one of the key markets to start with, Tokyo is currently growing fast.”
The GRS Group is an international specialist search consultancy that focuses on Senior Manager and Director levels within the arenas of Risk, Legal, Tax, Capital Markets and Interim Management. Established in 2002, the GRS Group has built a strong reputation within the industry for quality and professionalism, working closely in partnership with organisations across the complete business spectrum.
GRS consultants possess a comprehensive insight into each practice area, and their expertise in specific product areas results in an understanding of its clients’ market, their competitors, and issues faced. In addition to this, GRS has an unmatched international network of client and candidate contacts across the UK, USA, EMEA and Asia Pacific.
GRS is dedicated to the provision of high quality recruitment services and is seen as a trusted partner and advisor by its clients and candidates. The company is based in Brighton and London, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, China and Munich, Germany.