Resonance
Asia

Case studies

Three records drawn from the same placement history as our track record. The mandates are real; the clients are not named, because every engagement is handled in strict confidence.

Distribution, partnership and agency

Nine senior appointments for one global insurer across six markets, two of them distribution leadership seats.

The mandate

A single global insurer, engaged across six markets. Nine senior appointments were completed for this client, including two of its distribution leadership seats. The brief ran from regional distribution and partnership leadership through to agency segmentation and agency transformation — the largest single block of work in our placement record.

How the search ran

  1. Co-develop a target success profile with the client, then map the market against it in the first three weeks.
  2. Calibrate the long list with the client before any candidate is assessed in depth.
  3. Cognitive interviews reveal how each leader thinks, solves problems and decides — not a competency checklist.
  4. The GC Index® profiles each shortlisted leader's energy for impact, individually and against the wider team.
  5. Client interviews, offer management and a structured onboarding plan from week eight.

Roles placed

  • Chief Distribution Officer, Asia
  • Chief Partnership Officer
  • Chief Distribution Strategy & Impact Officer
  • VP, Agency Segmentation
  • VP, Agency Transformation, Asia

CEO and country leadership

Eleven country chief-executive appointments in nine Asian markets, plus a regional CEO seat and a president director.

The mandate

Chief-executive succession at country and regional level across Asia-Pacific. Eleven country CEO appointments were completed in nine markets, with two seats each in Thailand and Indonesia, alongside a regional CEO in Singapore and a president director in Indonesia. Each was run as a confidential search with a benchmark agreed before any approach was made.

How the search ran

  1. Understand the human behind the CV through the 3 Pillars of Resonance™ — inspire progress, cultivate alliances, drive excellence.
  2. Co-develop a fit-for-role benchmark of what good looks like in that market, and assess internal and external candidates against the same standard.
  3. Confidential market mapping and first approaches across weeks one to three.
  4. Cognitive interviewing, GC Index® profiling and referencing on the shortlist across weeks six to eight.
  5. Client review, offer management and a structured onboarding plan.

Roles placed

  • CEO, Philippines
  • CEO, Vietnam
  • CEO, Thailand (×2)
  • CEO, Malaysia
  • CEO, Hong Kong
  • CEO, Singapore
  • CEO, South Korea
  • CEO / MD, Japan
  • CEO / GM, Indonesia (×2)
  • Regional CEO, Singapore
  • President Director, Indonesia

Markets

  • Philippines
  • Vietnam
  • Thailand
  • Malaysia
  • Hong Kong
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
  • Japan
  • Indonesia

Technology, data and AI

Seven regional and board-level appointments covering transformation, operations, digital, data and artificial intelligence.

The mandate

Leadership for the transformation agenda: operations, digital, data and AI. Seven appointments at regional and board level, from chief transformation, digital and information officers for Asia through to an independent non-executive director covering data and AI in Japan.

How the search ran

  1. Co-develop the target success profile for a transformation remit, where the role is often being defined for the first time.
  2. Assess experience and potential in equal measure, using practitioners who have run these functions themselves.
  3. Cognitive interviewing rather than competency checklists, to test how a leader reasons under an unfamiliar problem.
  4. The GC Index® across the shortlist and, where useful, across the team the appointee will lead.
  5. Final assessments and referencing in weeks six to eight, then client review and onboarding.

Roles placed

  • Chief Transformation Officer, Asia
  • Chief Transformation and Operations Officer
  • Chief Digital Officer, Asia
  • Chief AI and Analytics Officer
  • Chief Data Services and Tech Officer
  • CIO, Asia
  • INED Data & AI, Japan

Markets

  • Asia (regional)
  • Japan

These summaries are anonymised and awaiting client sign-off. Until that is in place we publish scope, markets, roles and method only — no client names, outcomes or performance figures.

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