Recruitment · Executive Search · Hong Kong & APAC

Aster Recruiting

You have the know-how, we get the know-who.

A specialist recruitment and executive search firm partnering with companies across Asia Pacific. We go beyond the brief to find people who fit, not just CVs that match.

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16 years
Recruiting across Asia
6
Specialist practices
Junior to C-suite
Every level of hire
Hong Kong & APAC
Regional coverage
Specialist practices

Depth where it counts

Each practice is led by consultants who know their market intimately, across Hong Kong and the wider region.

01

Financial Services

Front office and governance: banking, private banking and wealth, insurance, asset management, private equity, risk and compliance.

02

Technology

Infrastructure, applications, digital transformation, data, DevOps, cyber security and technology leadership.

03

Sales, Marketing & Digital

Sales, business development, marketing, brand, communications, product, design and general management.

04

Human Resources

HR at all levels, talent acquisition, learning and development, HRIS, compensation and benefits, payroll and EA support.

05

Corporate Functions

Accounting and finance, legal counsel, paralegals and company secretaries, supply chain and procurement.

06

Contracting & Payroll

Fixed-term contracts, secondments, RPO and payrolling solutions across every practice area.

Why Aster

A partner, not a vendor

"Strong relationships drive better hires."

We take the time to understand the skills, the team and the working style behind every brief, then go and find the people who genuinely fit. Sixteen years of recruiting across Asia, including leadership at one of the region's largest firms, sits behind every search we run.

  • IRole briefingSkills, knowledge, personality, working style.
  • IISourcingDatabase, search, referrals and international partners.
  • IIIScreeningCompetency-based interviews and careful selection.
  • IVShortlistPresented with considered candidate reports.
  • VAssuranceReference checks and optional psychometric assessment.
  • VIAfter placementFollow-up at one month and three months.
How we help

Three ways to work with us

Recruitment

Specialist search and selection for junior, mid and senior professionals.

Executive Search

Confidential leadership and board search, with market mapping and compensation benchmarking.

Contracting & Payroll

Flexible contract, secondment, RPO and payrolling solutions.

What clients say

Trusted to deliver

"Most agencies send volume. Aster sent three names and we hired one of them. They understood the role, the team and the kind of person who would actually stay."

Head of Human ResourcesCorporate Bank

"They mapped the whole market for a hard-to-fill portfolio role and came back with people who weren't even looking. That's the difference between a search partner and a job board."

Managing DirectorAsset Management

"We needed a bilingual specialist in Tokyo who understood both the regulator and our culture. It's a famously thin market, and they had a credible shortlist in under three weeks."

Regional Head, JapanInsurance

"Building a leadership team while scaling is the hardest thing we do. Aster behaved like a partner invested in the outcome, not a vendor chasing a fee."

Chief Executive OfficerFinTech

"A sensitive replacement at the top of the house, handled with complete discretion and real market insight. They set a realistic timeline, then beat it."

Chief Operating OfficerSecurities

"Hiring for an AI role across APAC meant competing with everyone. They cut through the noise, screened for genuine depth, not buzzwords, and the person they placed is already shaping our roadmap."

Chief Technology Officer, APACTechnology

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