Our Team

Robert A.S. Huthart: BSc, San Diego State University. CPA, New York Arthur Andersen and Company; Regional CEO for Heraeus GmbH. In 1982, Robert ventured into the arena of executive recruitment by setting up his own search firm and today remains the Regional CEO of the Huthart Group. Born in Hong Kong, he speaks Cantonese fluently as well as English.

Jens E. Soderlund: BSc, The Copenhagen School of Economics. Jens joined the Company in 1998 from Chase Manhattan Bank, Hong Kong. He has 18 years of solid experience in investment and commercial banking and capital markets in Asia, Europe and the United States. He specialises in Debt Markets, Derivatives, Structured Products, Special Situations/Distressed Debt & Treasury.

Kendal D. Richardson: Kendal joined the Company in 1996 from the executive search firm Tyzack & Partners in London. She specialises in Wealth Management - Private Banking and Asset Management, Securities including Custody, Agency and Trust, Securities Lending and Depositary Receipts.

Dae Seok (DS) Koh: A graduate of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, DS has 20 years' experience in the banking industry. He was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns, Korean French Banking Corp. and Kumho Merchant Bank. He joined the company in 2000 and previously was a senior consultant with Euro Search Asia. DS is responsible for our Seoul & Japan offices.

Gary Collister: Gary began his career as a Swap trader in London at Chase Manhattan. He then went onto create and establish the credit derivative platforms for both GFI & Icap, before moving into Executive Search in 2000. Joining as a Partner, he helped create Odger’s Ray & Berndtson’s London Financial Services practice, in addition to co-running their Hedge Funds practice. In 2007 he moved to Hong Kong to take charge of Elliott Ross Asia. He brings to the firm a successful track record in search combined with over twenty years of experience in financial markets.

Jane S. C. Yeung: BA, Sociology & Medical Ethics, University of Toronto. Jane has nine years' experience in banking and financial markets gained from Toronto-Dominion Bank, Citibank, Credit Suisse First Boston, Lehman Brothers and Lippo Securities. Jane joined the company in 2002 from Korn/Ferry International where she had specialised in investment banking, private equity and capital markets searches for five years.

Thomas P. Bispham : BA, Lafayette College. He has 30 years' investment and commercial banking experience in Asia, Europe and the Americas, with JP Morgan, Bear Stearns and Peregrine. He specialises in investment and commercial banking, project and principal / leveraged / structured finance products and energy, utilities, infrastructure and transportation markets. Hereto, Tom works with Financial Markets (Credit & Rates), as well. Tom has lived in Hong Kong for 12 years and joined the firm in 2004.

Hana Park : BA, Johns Hopkins University. Hana joined our firm in 2008, and is currently based in our Seoul office as a researcher. She speaks fluent English and Korean.

Hubert Tam: BSc, University of Guelph, Toronto. Hubert joined Huthart Group in 2005, from Hudson Global Resources. Prior to Hudson Hubert worked at JPMorgan, Treasury Services. He specialises in Financial Markets: Fixed Income, Treasury, Structured Products, and Derivatives.
Hubert was born in Hong Kong, has lived in the US, and Canada, for 11 years . He is currently based in Hong Kong.

Charles Bhatana: B.A. Politics and Economics, M.Sc. International Relations University of London. Charles joined the Huthart Group in 2007, from a financial consulting firm based in London and Washington D.C. His previous experience includes working for the McKinsey Consulting Group. He specialises in Equities (Trading, Sales and Research) including Derivatives, Structured Products and Convertible Bonds. Charles also has a focus on South East Asia, speaking fluent Thai.

Adelaide Mok: Adelaide is the Head of Research Department. Previously, she has over 5 years' experience in search within the Investment Banking and Asset Management markets. She has worked as a search consultant for the insurance industry since 2000. Adelaide joined the Huthart Group in 2005. She speaks fluent Cantonese and Mandarin.

Beryl Cheng: Beryl joined the Company in 2004. She is the responsible officer for the Huthart Group's operation in PRC China. Prior to joining the Huthart Group, Beryl worked at JP Morgan in private banking.

Philip Lam: Philip joined the Huthart Group in 2005. He has 20 years experience in China's financial market, of which seven years with a Hong Kong investing group as a chief representative of China office, and eight years experience with a foreign commercial bank as chief loan controlling. He was one of the JPK Capital's founders. He speaks excellent Mandarin.

Yasmine Liu: B.A. English Literature, Central South University. She has 3 years' financial management experience in Chief Executive office with Shenzhen Maxwell Technology. She has experience in IPO AIM, due diligence process, coped up with private equity, financial advisory, law firm, banking and familiar with M&A. Yasmine joined the Company in 2006. She speaks fluent English and native Mandarin.