Team
South East Asia
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North Asia - China
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South Asia - India
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Middle East
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Arvind Singh, Singapore
Arvind brings two decades of international banking experience at leading banks such as Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank. He started his banking career with consumer bank at Citibank India. Based in Singapore since 1991, Arvind held various regional roles in the area of product management, sales, project management and risk management. Arvind led a global credit risk re‐engineering initiative for the wholesale Bank at Standard Chartered in view of Basel 2. A Physics major, Arvind completed his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (84) and Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School (98).
Arun Diaz, India & Indonesia
Arun brings nearly 30 years’ of senior level international banking and consulting experience gained at Standard Chartered Bank and more recently, with Reuters. Arun has managed banking operations, led large technology and change programs including Y2K and a global cross‐border processing program. As Programme Director for the Bank’s Fit for Growth Program, Arun led the creation of off‐shore processing hubs in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Chennai, India.
David Faulkner, United Kingdom
David has over 30 years of experience in Operations and Product / Program Management in large Financial Institutions like Citibank, Standard Chartered & DBS. David is a multi-cultural global leader who has been involved in many outsourcing, insourcing and offshoring projects, which gives him a significant expertise in change management & Operational Risks. In his last role, David was the Head of Technology & Operations at DBS Bank Singapore, in charge of Wholesale banking, Consumer Banking & Wealth Management. Earlier to that he had held several senior roles including Head of Transaction Services - Operations and Product Management, Cash Management, Trade Finance, Electronic Channels, Investor Services/Custody.
Sanjaya Anand, Shanghai, China
Sanjaya brings over 24 years of Human Resources Management experience across diverse industry sectors such as Banking and Financial Services, FMCG, Manufacturing and Media/Advertising. He started his career with the TATA group and thereafter worked with the UB group, DCM, Gillette and Lintas. His previous corporate employment was with American Express as the HR Director for India and Sri Lanka. An Economics Major, Sanjaya completed his MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur (80) and has also obtained a Bachelor Degree in Law.
Andy Dyer, Hong Kong
Andy spent 16yrs with Standard Chartered Bank where he worked in a variety of roles within the transaction banking, strategy and treasury departments. His last role was Managing Director in charge of the bank's transaction banking business in North East Asia. Andy was also responsible for developing the banks Wholesale Bank internet platform and their regional cash management platform. Andy has been living in Asia since 1996. Prior to joining Standard Chartered Andy qualified as a chartered accountant with Touche Ross in London. Andy is also a full member of the UK Association of Corporate Treasurers and holds a degree in Economics from Southampton University and was a commissioned officer in the British Army.
Sandeep Mehta, Singapore
Sandeep is a Banking professional with over 16 years experience in various Senior roles in large organisations in multiple countries. He was with Citibank in Singapore and Hong Kong for more than 9 years in various Asia Pacific roles – Regional Project Manager, Regional Operations Coordinator, Regional Systems Implementation Manager and Regional e-Commerce Business Development Manager. In Citibank, he was instrumental in number of regional process rollouts and system implementations. He also spearheaded the development and implementation of Citibank’s B2B internet payment gateway in Asia. After that, he also spent over 3 years with DBS Bank in a senior Operations role in Singapore & Thailand. He has also been on the panel of Prominent speakers at a couple of Banking conferences. At Quest, Sandeep leads the consulting practice and is also involved in executive recruitment. Sandeep is an IIT Bombay graduate, and is a National Merit scholarship holder.
Tanya Sinha, Singapore
One of the initial members of the recruitment business of Quest, Tanya Sinha comes with a clear overview and understanding of the banking industry, having gained it at banks like Bank of America and ABN Amro. With more than 10 years of combined banking and recruitment experience, Tanya’s expertise lies in proactive account management and focused due diligence to provide clients with the best solutions. As Senior Regional Consultant with Quest, Tanya is over all responsible for the Executive Search business in Singapore, while actively being involved in client interaction from initial interface right up to delivery and conclusion. Professionally trained in Mass Communication, Tanya also has a Masters degree from National University of Singapore.
Aamir Kiyani, Singapore
Aamir is a seasoned HR Professional having worked across industries such as banking and finance, Telecommunication and FMCG in Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom, from both an internal and external recruitment perspective. Over the last 3 years, he has developed his expertise in the private wealth management spectrum assisting a number of global banking clients in their search for talent across Asia Pacific, Middle East and Europe. A Masters in Human Resource Management from the University of Melbourne, Australia Aamir also has a Bachelors in Information Technology to his credit.
Chua Chong Yong, Bangkok, Thailand
Chong Yong brings 20+ years of experience of project management and business consulting experience in implementing general ledger, financial and BI solutions for clients in various industries including Banks, Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Government, and Insurance. He is well experienced in designing chart of accounts and reporting structures, formulating accounting policies and procedures, enforcing internal controls and business process flow, and implementing new accounting system solutions. An MBA from Heriot‐Watt University, Chong Yong worked with leading firm such as Computer Associates.
Dading T Soetarso, Jakarta, Thailand
Dading brings over 15 years of experience mainly with leading international banks such as Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank in the areas of Corporate Banking, Strategic and business development role, and Human Resources both in Indonesia as well as Corporate Bank Head in Botswana. Dading brings strong credit and risk management discipline, as part of credit culture. Dading earned his MBA from Boston University Overseas in Brussels.
Kiet Nguyen, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
Holding double BAs from University, Kiet has close to 11 years of hand-on experience working mostly for consultative selling foreign organisations in human resources, covering different functions of Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, FMCG, Industrials, Wholesaling/ Retailing and Manufacturing industry. Kiet also has experience in the implementation project for SAP HR, some couples of years in handling overseas staffing and labour relations management in Malaysia.
Manahil Zaffar Mirza, Singapore
Manahil has recently joined Quest as an Executive Search Consultant. Previously, she has worked in RBS as a HR Business Partner and later worked as a recruitment consultant in a private organization. She is committed to hiring the most qualified, highly skilled employees and providing them outstanding career and developmental opportunities. An Economic’s Major, Manahil completed her BSc Honors from Lahore University of Management Sciences.
Agnes Tay, Singapore
Agnes has spent more than 25 years with Standard Chartered Bank in various admin‐related and secretarial roles. As part of the Executive Search team, Agnes liaises and coordinates with clients and candidates to ensure smooth completion of the entire recruitment process.
Sadia Rana, Singapore
After obtaining a Masters in Management and Information at the University of Manchester ( UK) and another Masters in Public Administration at the University of Punjab, Sadia started her professional career working for Taylor Nelson Sofres as a market researcher. After two years she joined the Marketing and Sales department at iTouch UK and two years after that, in 2005, she moved to eEye Digital Security Geneva as a Sales Consultant. With an international work experience and education background Sadia’s prime role at Quest is to build our client base by truly understanding our clients’ business and culture, as well as successfully interpreting their unique resourcing requirements.