Email:
Mike.Chilman@principalandpartners.sg
Tel: +447554553781
Mike Chilman
Managing Partner, Head of Asia, Energy & Commodities
Mike is the Managing Partner of Principal and Partners, Head of Asia and co-founded Principal Search in 1997. Based between Singapore and London, he is responsible for developing and maintaining the Asia time zone business, specifically across trading, origination and analytics, dovetailing this far eastern intelligence into the UK and US businesses to produce a truly global talent mapping and tracking capability. He is also responsible for all aspects of the firm’s strategic development and expansion.
Prior to this, Mike worked in investment banking, specialising in global equities, fixed income, commodities and currency arbitrage. He started his career in UK retail banking where he joined straight from college on a graduate rotation program.
Email:
Peter.Yang@principalsearch.com
Tel: +447827989568
Peter Yang
Senior Consultant, Energy & Commodities
Peter is a bilingual Consultant working within the Energy and Commodities practice at Principal Search. He has a global geographic focus, however his particular strengths lie in the EMEA and APAC markets. Peter’s clients include Investment Banks, Oil Majors / Refiners, Smelters, Trading Houses, Utilities and Global Corporates and his track record consists of placing senior professionals across commodity trading, sales, origination, c-suite, structuring, fundamental and quantitative analytics, commodity linked financing, operations, risk, legal and compliance.
Peter holds an MSc in Risk and Stochastics from London School of Economics and Political Science and a BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Optimisation from Imperial College London. Peter speaks fluent Mandarin and English.
Email:
Joanna.Zhao@principalandpartners.sg
Tel: +65 8082 0016
Joanna Zhao
Director, Head of Legal & Compliance, Asia
Joanna is a Director and is responsible for the group’s Legal and Compliance practice, with a particular focus in Asia.
Over the years, she has built an extensive track record in placing associate to partner level lawyers into reputable US firms, UK firms, EU firms and Chinese firms in the Asia Region. She also assists lateral movement into financial institutions and fast-growing companies’ legal and compliance teams.
Joanna graduated from the National University of Singapore and is bilingual in Mandarin and English.
Email:
Kaye.Lee@principalandpartners.sg
Tel: +6568236876
Kaye Lee
Consultant, Energy & Commodities
Kaye is a multilingual Consultant working within the Energy and Commodities practice in the APAC market of Principal and Partners. She has over 10 year of global recruiting experience including managing stakeholder relationships, executing global searches across various levels and functions, providing strategic market insights around competitors, compensation, talent market, diversity, and recruiting process. Kaye has built her network in industries such as Oil Majors, Investment Banks, Aerospace Engineering, and Technology. Partnering with clients to secure top talent from the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.
Kaye holds a BSc in Psychology from Saint Louis University. She speaks English, Mandarin, and Filipino.
Email:
Trang.Nguyen@principalandpartners.sg
Tel: +447423698295
Trang Nguyen
Researcher, Energy & Commodities
Trang is a Researcher sitting within the Energy & Commodities Practice at Principal & Partners, boutique Search Firm operating in the Commodities Sector. Managed by former Commodity Professionals, we have worked with Clients on a global basis from offices across Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Monaco, New York, Houston and Dubai. Partnering with Commodity Trading Houses, Oil & Gas Majors, Hedge Funds, Utilities, Investment Banks, Private Banks, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Private Equity Firms across EMEA, Asia and the Americas, sourcing the highest levels of talent in trading and related commercial areas, assisting Clients on all aspects of their hiring strategy and presence, providing in-depth knowledge and value-add expertise, strengthening their understanding and approach to senior level talent management.
Trang is dedicated to sourcing high quality candidates who have the key skills and experience necessary to thrive within cross-functional and regional teams. In addition, she is skilled at facilitating effective communication, developing best practices and building strong networks. Her expertise ranges from designing a four-pillar framework for policy makers in emerging markets covering operations, corporate governance and governance etc., redesigning operational processes for banks, conducting sales pitches and have led the execution of all aspects of project life cycles (initiation, planning, execution, closure), streamlining processes etc. to building up and leading a team of 16+. Trang has also delivered in-depth analysis on clients’ strategic reviews and gap analysis to identify business implications and develop strategic solutions to close key gaps and improve operational efficiencies.
Prior to Principal & Partners, Trang has worked across several industries globally as a business strategist and entrepreneur.
Trang holds and MBA from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK and a BA in Finance, Accounting and Management from University of Nottingham, UK. She speaks fluent Vietnamese and English.