Global Asset Manager ($1trn AUM)

The Mandate

A global asset manager building its private assets franchise across Asia Pacific required a senior leader to drive distribution. With real estate and private credit as initial priorities, the firm needed to position its alternatives platform to institutional and wholesale clients across the region.

The Challenge

A regional leadership role requiring a rare combination of:

• Deep private markets distribution expertise across real estate and private credit

• Established relationships with institutional and wholesale clients across APAC

• Ability to operate across multiple markets (Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Australia)

• Senior credibility to engage both investment teams and leading allocators

The role sits at a highly constrained intersection — private markets expertise, regional client coverage and leadership experience — within one of the most competitive hiring markets in Asia Pacific.

The candidate also needed to be genuinely bilingual in institutional and wholesale client management — a rare combination in APAC markets.

Our Approach

AMC mapped the full APAC talent pool across Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney using a combination of AI-enabled analysis and deep market relationships — identifying candidates beyond the visible market.

We leveraged established relationships across the region’s private markets distribution community, enabling direct and credible access to senior professionals who were not actively considering new roles.

We worked closely with the client’s global and regional leadership to position a newly prioritised opportunity in a competitive market — articulating the strength of the platform, the growth of private markets in Asia, and the long-term strategic importance of the role.