Fractional Head of People for venture-backed tech companies in Singapore and across APAC. I build the whole function, culture, hiring and the HR systems underneath, for founders scaling fast after a raise.
I’ve spent more than ten years building people functions, from the enterprise rigour of multinationals to the speed of high-growth tech in Asia. Seven of those years in Singapore, hands-on across the region. I pair three things highly valuable:
Most venture-backed companies hit a wall right after a raise. Headcount needs to double, but there is no senior people leader, no hiring engine, and HR still runs out of a spreadsheet.
A full-time CHRO is too early and too expensive. A recruiter only solves part of it.
I step in fractionally as your Head of People and build the entire function, culture, hiring and the HR systems underneath, at a fraction of full-time cost, designed for exactly this phase.
Closed a Seed to Series B round; headcount about to scale fast.
Growing past ~15 to 20 with no senior HR; hiring run by founders.
No ATS or HRIS; offers, comp and onboarding in scattered docs.
Each new hire thins the culture that built the first team.
Unsure who to hire, at what seniority, or where to find them across APAC.
Opening new markets across APAC and keeping culture consistent as the team spans countries.
Starts with an HR maturity diagnostic and team gap analysis. Then I embed fractionally as your Head of People and build the hiring engine, set comp and levelling, and put HR systems in place. Defined scope with measurable outcomes.
Senior hiring run end to end: scoping, sourcing, structured interviews, close. Powered by my network across Asia, so you can reach the right candidates the fastest, with a repeatable process your team keeps after I’m gone.
Senior people leadership on retainer. Trusted advisor to the founders, ongoing hiring and org design, the people function run for you, without a full-time CHRO hire.
Venture-funded deep-tech scaling fast with no senior people function.
Built and led the global People & Recruitment function; ran talent acquisition across engineering, commercial and enabling roles; embedded culture and DEI.
Grew the team +230% in two years; people strategy and hiring engine built from zero; advisor to the co-founders on business-critical calls.
Hyper-growth global HR platform needing to scale go-to-market hiring across JAPAC.
Led a team of recruiters and sourcers; built and scaled the TA function; introduced AI tooling (Metaview, Covey) to speed the process.
TA function scaled to match exceptional growth; faster, higher-quality hiring across the APAC market.
Early-stage SaaS start-up, founder-led hiring, no recruitment infrastructure.
Built the TA function reporting to the CEO; full-cycle hiring from intern to C-level across three markets; launched an ATS, referral scheme, talent pool and EVP.
Structured, scalable hiring system stood up from scratch; stronger candidate experience and employer brand.
Global remote-first organisation with no formal HR or TA framework.
Built the end-to-end HR and Talent Acquisition function; owned all HR ops, contracts, performance, engagement and recruitment; partnered with leadership on org design and growth planning.
A full people function established for a distributed global team.
Global leader needing high-volume, high-quality hiring and a strong employer brand.
Sourced ~130 finance and marketing professionals per year across France and the AME region; led campus strategy at top business schools; ran “Brandstorm,” one of the world’s largest student business games (95k participants, 60 countries).
Consistent senior pipeline; a flagship employer-brand programme at global scale.
Complex MNC HR across a 300+ headcount IS&T organisation, 50+ countries, €150M budget, through an Alstom/GE M&A.
Defined HR strategy on the management committee; ran the full people-management cycle (performance, reward, talent review); led HR integration and separation on the Alstom/GE deal.
Enterprise-grade HR rigour and governance, the process foundation now applied at startup speed.