Our Consultants – Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Singapore

China

Beijing

Shanghai

Andrew Skinner

Co-Founder and
Managing Director – Legal

Anthony Lewis

Co-Founder
and Managing Director
Commerce and Financial Services

Janice Ho

Director – Commerce

Denise Lim

Director – Financial Services

Kitty Cheng

Associate Director – Human Resources

Jamie Milne

Senior Consultant – Legal

Krystina Schippers

Consultant – Legal

Matthew Chau

Consultant – Legal

Andrew Skinner
Co-Founder and Managing Director – Legal

Andrew is the co-founder and Managing Director of ALS International. Andrew is a qualified Barrister and Solicitor and runs both the Legal and Compliance teams. He has been recruiting in Asia since 1994 and has enjoyed unrivalled experience in the region recruiting lawyers at partner and associate levels for both private practice and in-house clients. Having lived in Hong Kong for over 20 years Andrew has a wide, comprehensive and established network of contacts around the Asia Pacific region.

Direct:	+852 2920 9111
Email:	a.skinner@alsrecruit.com
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Anthony Lewis
Co-Founder and Managing Director – Commerce and Financial Services

Commencing his recruitment career in London in 1990 in Financial Services, Anthony relocated to Sydney in 1994 to join Morgan and Banks, Australia’s premier recruitment firm. Spending 7 years in Australia, he managed Accounting and Finance, Technology and Legal recruiting teams and was seconded to New Zealand for 6 months to manage a business turnaround. Following the acquisition of Morgan and Banks by TMP, Anthony moved to Hong Kong as Regional Director, North Asia in 2000. In this capacity, he worked on the formation of a China JV and had P&L responsibility for operations spanning China, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan.

Since founding ALS in 2002, Anthony has worked with a defined client group, recruiting and advising on senior appointments across the Financial Services and Commerce sectors. His 16+ years spent in the region have provided him with an informed and practical perspective of the human capital market in Asia.

Direct:	+852 2920 9121
Email:	a.lewis@alsrecruit.com
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Janice Ho
Director – Commerce

Janice is Director for the Commerce practice for ALS International Hong Kong. She has 20 years’ experience at executive level recruitment across Asia Pacific, China and the UK. Janice trained as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK before commencing her career in recruitment with Michael Page in London, moved to Hong Kong in 1998 and set up their China business in 2003 which included Shanghai and Beijing and covering multiple disciplines.

Janice joined ALS International in 2010 and heads the Commercial business which includes Finance, Sales & Marketing, HR, IT, Supply Chain & Operations. At a personal level she continues to specialize in finance for CFOs and other C-suite level positions across multinational corporations, legal and professional services firms and financial services. Janice is a native English speaker and is conversational in both Cantonese and Mandarin.

Direct:	+852 2920 9131
Email:	j.ho@alsrecruit.com
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Denise Lim
Director – Financial Services

Denise has over 15 years of successful track record in executive level recruitment covering middle to back office functions within the Banking and Financial Services industry. Denise specializes in Compliance, Risks, Finance, Audit, Product Control, Middle Office and Operations for Corporate and Investment banks, Asset Management and Hedge Funds, Retail and Private Banks, Brokerage and Securities Houses and Insurance companies.

Prior to joining the recruitment industry, Denise worked for Value Partners, HSBC Asset Management and BNP Paribas and had built a strong network of professionals within the industry. Denise majored in economics at the University of Wisconsin graduating with a BA degree. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Direct:	+852 2920 9133
Email:	d.lim@alsrecruit.com
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Claire Park

Head of In-House Legal

Claire covers both the Korean and Hong Kong legal markets and focuses on the placement of mid to senior-level legal professionals into both private practice and in-house opportunities. With a proven, outstanding track record, she is highly regarded for integrity and efficiency of service by both candidates and clients. As a bilingual in Korean and English, she demonstrates an excellent understanding of the Korean market and has a successful history of placement of Korean lawyers.

Claire graduated from Korea University, with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She has over four years of experience in legal recruitment within Hong Kong and across the Asia Pacific region.

Direct:	+852 2920 9134
Email:	c.park@alsrecruit.com
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Krystina Schippers
Consultant - Legal

Krystina is a Consultant specialising in the legal sector covering junior to mid-level roles in both the private practice and in-house markets. Krystina graduated from The Hague University and Tilburg University with a bachelor and master’s degree in Law and then gained valuable experience working as both a lawyer and legal recruiter before joining ALS. Krystina speaks fluent Dutch and English.

Direct:	+852 2920 9113
Email:	k.schippers@alsrecruit.com
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Matthew Chau
Consultant - Legal

Matthew is a Consultant specialising in the legal sector covering both private practice and in-house markets. Prior to joining ALS in 2019, Matthew was trained and qualified as a solicitor of the HKSAR with Reed Smith Richards Butler. He brings industry experience to the recruiting needs of established and emerging law firms in Hong Kong.

Matthew graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with a bachelor’s degree in Law and is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Direct:	+852 9098 4112
Email:	m.chau@alsrecruit.com
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Jamie Milne
Senior Consultant

Jamie is a Senior Consultant specialising in the legal sector covering both private practice and in-house for mid to senior-level positions. Jamie completed his secondary education in Hong Kong and after graduating from The University of Aberdeen with a Master’s degree in History and Strategic Studies, he returned to Hong Kong and worked for a Magic Circle firm. Jamie started his recruitment career in 2010 and has had a successful track record of placing mid to senior hires in Hong Kong, China and Singapore.

Direct:	+852 2920 9112
Email:	j.milne@alsrecruit.com
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Ryan Gillespie
Senior Consultant

Ryan brings extensive executive search and recruitment expertise to the Hong Kong office and is recognized as a subject matter expert in this field. He has a successful track record of working with a variety of FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 organizations at a global level, particularly across North America and Asia. He has also worked with a number of top tier financial institutions, law firms, and professional service companies.

Direct:	+852 2920 9135
Email:	r.gillespie@alsrecruit.com
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Steven Leung
Senior Consultant – Sales & Marketing

Steven is an experienced Sales & Marketing recruiter with specialism across numerous sectors and a proven track record of placing Mid to Senior level sales and marketing professionals. With a background in marketing and business development prior to becoming a recruitment consultant, Steven has developed a consultative approach to recruitment when dealing with both clients and candidates. Prior to ALS, Steven worked at a leading recruitment firm for 3 years where he also specialised in Sales & Marketing recruitment. Steven graduated from the University of Bath with a Chemistry degree and is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.

Direct:	+852 2920 9132
Email:	s.leung@alsrecruit.com
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Kit Siu

Senior Consultant – Commerce

Kit is an experienced recruiter with over 7 years of experience in recruitment and executive search in Hong Kong. She specializes in Accounting and Finance for the commercial sector and has a successful track record placing mid-senior level candidates with Fortune 500 organizations across Asia Pacific region.

Kit has a degree in Geography and speaks fluent Cantonese, English and Mandarin.

Direct:	+852 2920 9132
Email:	k.siu@alsrecruit.com
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Kitty Cheng

Associate Director – Human Resources

Kitty has been in the search business since 2005 focusing on placing executive level and key decision making positions for large corporates through to start-up companies in the commercial sector. As part of the commerce team at ALS, Kitty specializes in Human Resources across all industries including Legal, Commerce and Financial Services including positions in talent acquisition, business partnering, learning and development, compensation & benefits and transformation.

Kitty graduated in the UK and speaks fluent Cantonese, English and Mandarin with a keen passion for Spanish.

Direct:	+852 2920 9115
Email:	k.cheng@alsrecruit.com
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Alvin Leong
Senior Consultant – Compliance

After completing his BSc in Banking and Finance, Alvin started his career with Citibank and DBS as a relationship manager providing wealth solutions to high net worth individuals in Singapore before moving into the recruitment industry. Having being based in both the Singapore and Hong Kong market, Alvin has a proven track record in placing risk and compliance candidates within the region.

Since moving to Hong Kong in 2015, Alvin has established a solid network within the financial services market and have made numerous successful placements.

Direct:	+852 2920 9125
Email:	a.leong@alsrecruit.com
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