Our People

As an innovator, Asad has founded and now leads August Leadership, one of the fastest-growing Executive Leadership Search Firms.

Umran Beba is an experienced senior business executive with general management, talent and diversity background.

Piers is a Cambridge graduate who following an early career in family office private equity has spent over 25 years in leadership roles in the human capital sectors as a founder entrepreneur, CEO, board Director and investor.

Farah is overseeing the global operations of August Leadership as its Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. She is the co-founding partner and Board Director of August Leadership.

Alastair has more than 30 years’ international experience as a business leader, both in major blue chip multinational companies, and in global executive search.

Linda has over 20 years of executive search experience in Advertising, Marketing, Media & Mobility, Digital Transformation, Life Sciences, and Nonprofit.

Kim is an experienced C-suite executive and expert advisor with over 25 years of business leadership experience.

Atif joined August Leadership as a CFO and brings a commercial and business focused mindset, with a broad and geographically diverse experience.

Jerry manages searches for human resources leaders across a vast array of industries and organizations, and his clients benefit from his three decades of global experience in both corporate human resources and executive search.

Michael is Cofounder & Managing Partner of August Leadership in China and IOT ONE, a global IoT consulting practice.

With an impressive depth of domestic and international experience, Ken is well-regarded as a thought leader and advisor to the travel and hospitality industry.

Christine Sobhani brings over 20 years of recruitment experience to August Leadership. She is a leader in the talent acquisition and talent management space with a focus in HR and leadership roles across industries.

Anke has a long-standing career in executive search and has conducted Board level and senior executive mandates across a range of geographies and industry sectors.

With over 25 years of business consulting experience, Tiffany is known for being a trusted business advisor to executives. She is recognized for her expertise in people strategy and her ability to assess top talent for critical roles.

Ken is a seasoned business leader, developer, and board member having served in leadership roles ranging from command of Marine units to serving as president of a $1.5B public company.

Lukas Beech is one of the most influential search consultants in Asia, with about 20 years of deep expertise, especially in the Korean market.

Eva has over 22 years of global executive search experience in a variety of industry sectors particularly in the CEE region.

Sam serves key clients in the Life Science, Healthcare, Biotechnology and Food sectors, including start-up, growth stage, and corporate businesses. He started his career in executive search in Hong Kong in 2015 with a boutique executive search firm after six years of recruiting in large firms in the U.K. and Singapore. He has led searches … Continued

Gavin has been working in executive search for the last 13 years, having previously spent 10 years in international and local marketing roles at Unilever.

Arne specializes in top management positions in trade, FMCG, luxury good and media industries. In addition to executive search Arne leads a personnel diagnostics business called Scan Up AG.

James serves key clients in the technology and industrial sectors, including hardware (semiconductors, solar, and contract manufacturing), software (enterprise software, data analytics, social media technologies, mobile ecosystem, and payment technologies), digital media, and business services.

Janeen Kang brings 15 years of experience in the Retail industry across North America and Asia Pacific.

John possesses over 20 years of experience in the retained search industry and has executed assignments across all functional disciplines in the Life Sciences & Health, Manufacturing and Technology sectors

Henrik brings more than 15 years of experience in executive search and helping clients, ranging from leading global Fortune 500 companies to fast-growing start-ups, identify the right people and building outstanding teams

Carilyn has started and grown two executive search firms in her search career. These search firms focused in a range of different markets which is the reason that Carilyn now successfully executes senior appointments across a wide range of industries.

Paul Chau has over two decades of executive search experience, and is highly regarded by clients of his expertise in the technology sector.

Ami has 30 years experience in search, handling assignments in a range of industries with a strong focus in the consumer goods, retail, sourcing and industrial sectors.

John has more than 30 years of experience across several industry sectors.

Outstanding industry knowledge especially in Pharma, Life Science & Healthcare, an extensive international network, profound and successful expertise in consulting as well as search and selection of specialists and executives distinguish Karsten as an executive search professional.

Hank concentrates on assignments for senior leaders who drive growth, typically for companies seeking to improve strategic focus on their customers and consumers. 

Claudia Seidner has many years of experience recruiting for challenging leadership roles in large corporate groups and medium-sized companies. Her focus industries include transportation, tourism and logistics, IT and telecommunications, as well as pharmaceuticals, life science and renewable energies.

Kristina’s consultative approach has proven highly effective at executing strategic talent initiatives and delivering outstanding, diverse talent. Her hands on, common sense approach is highly effective in matching appropriate talent to leadership positions for companies of all sizes – from Start-ups to Fortune 100 companies.

Peter has over 20 years experience in executive search spanning several continents. His expertise includes Insurance, Financial Services, Nonprofit, Human Capital, Digital Transformation, Data Analytics and Risk Management.

Highly driven and a perfectionist by nature, Mrinalini is committed to her clients, candidates and colleagues.

Jim has been a leader in executive search for the Global Hospitality, Gaming and Travel industries for over 30 years.

Sana holds a dual role at August Leadership where she is the Vice President of Marketing and Principal in Executive Search.

Chun has more than 12 years executive search experience.

Matiul Islam Nowshad is a seasoned management professional with over three decades of experience spanning three industrial segments- tea, textile and telecommunication.

John has over 20 years’ experience in executive search. He set up and ran the CFO Practice in Heidrick & Struggles’ London office, and was promoted to Partner. Since then he has recruited senior executives and board members for a wide range of companies.

Michael’s experience in executive search includes a broad range of sectors and management disciplines.

Experienced with multi-country leadership role, leading one of the largest conglomerates in the country and in leading HR function of largest telco in Bangladesh.

Jane Feng is an Advisory Partner of August Leadership, based in Shanghai.

John H. Austin Jr. founded iMask Intelligence after a decorated career in federal law enforcement, bringing his singular investigative expertise to the private sector.

Nadeem Baig, based in London  is a senior business executive with extensive global human capital leadership experience in the Consumer Goods, Retail & Industrial sectors.

Leon Shivamber is an Advisory Partner at August Leadership with a record of building great teams and leading transformation across five continents.

Andrea B. Thomas is an advisory partner at August Leadership.