I grow businesses through identifying top talent and developing existing staff to achieve their full potential.
- An expert recruiter with over 15-years experience of sourcing technology talent across different industries from Digital Media to Investment banking.
- Consulted on growth strategies for emerging markets across Asia.
- Worked in start-up, mid-sized and publicly listed organisations.
- Recruited across software engineering, R&D, operations, sales, general management, and CxO.
- Recruited for companies around the world including the UK, mainland Europe, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, Australia, North America, Turkey, and Russia.
- Experience working as both an agency and in-house recruiter.
- Managed teams across different geographies and time zones.
- Set-up and managed direct sourcing methodologies to attract talent from mid-tier to CxO level.
- Launched successful employee referral schemes and built passive talent communities.
- Successfully ran my own business.
- Currently working with Soundcloud, one of the most exciting and disruptive companies on the planet.
Senior Manager - Recruitment Partner @ Matching outstanding talent with opportunities at one of the most exciting and disruptive companies on the planet.
Check out the video below to learn more about our SoundClouders and click the link to our job page for open vacancies. From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Berlin Area, GermanyGlobal Head of Recruitment / Talent Acquisition @ Phorm offer online advertising and customer insight solutions through advanced data algorithms.
Responsible for:
All hiring globally (Singapore, China, UK, US, Turkey, and Russia)
Global hyper-growth talent acquisition strategy and execution for six international markets.
Training and development of junior recruiters in the local markets.
Implementing recruitment technology from scratch including ATS and technical testing.
Building a direct sourcing strategy in order to reduce spend on external recruitment companies.
Launching new markets through go-to-market planning and advising the executive team on key market dynamics relating to talent.
Implementing global talent acquisition processes and new products in order to improve key recruiting metrics.
Executing upon a talent acquisition strategy for rapid growth in key commercial markets including China and Russia.
Building and maintaining talent communities in potential new markets including the US, Australia, and Japan. From November 2012 to July 2015 (2 years 9 months) Managing Director @ In 2011 I started a boutique executive search business based in Singapore. Focusing on the buy-side financial services sector I completed senior level executive search projects in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand.
Clients included - Asset Control, DST Global Solutions, Markit, Fidessa, and Bloomberg. From May 2011 to June 2013 (2 years 2 months) SingaporePractice Head - Financial Services Technology (Asia) @ RP International recruited me to build their Financial Services Technology recruitment business in Asia from scratch. I built a team and led from the front as a revenue generating manager. Working on a mixture of retained and contingent search assignments in the Financial Technology sector across Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Clients included - Standard Chartered Bank, Thompson Reuters, Murex, Misys, Sungard, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank, Bloomberg, DST Global Solutions, and CitiBank. From March 2009 to April 2011 (2 years 2 months) SingaporeHead of Technology Practice (SkillsHub) @ SkillsHub was part of the management consulting arm of Morse. I was responsible for staffing the Technology and Systems Integration practice for our buy-side financial services clients.
Clients included - Hermes Wealth Management, Fidelity Investments, BoNY IM, Credit Suisse Asset Management, BNP Paribas Asset Management, F&C Asset Management, Henderson Global Investors, and a number of sovereign wealth funds and private equity organisations. From September 2006 to February 2009 (2 years 6 months) London, United KingdomTraining and Development Manager @ Responsible for the recruitment, training and development of all new sales / recruitment consultants. Managing a team of 10+ recruiters working through the talent programme who would eventually transition into local vertical teams.
Continued to recruit and manage a base of contract associates in the technology industry. From November 2004 to 2005 (1 year) Principal Consultant @ Recruiting within the IT Applications Development, Testing and Internet Technologies industries in Thames Valley and London.
Clients ranged from Start-up tech firms to local government and city councils. From August 1999 to November 2004 (5 years 4 months)
Masters, Business Administration @ University of Nottingham - Nottingham University Business School From 2005 to 2006 Timothy Khoo-Jones is skilled in: Executive Search, Head Hunter, Talent Mapping, Market Risk, Accounting, Order Management, Core Banking, Performance Measurement, Treasury, Talent Management, Recruiting, Fixed Income, Investment Banking, Trading Systems, Strategy