Joanne Chng is a Client Partner and the Head of Technology & Digital Practice, Asia Pacific at Pedersen & Partners, based in Singapore. Ms. Chng has over a decade’s worth of experience in senior-level Executive Search in the Financial Services, Information Communication Technology, Industrial, FMCG, and Healthcare & Life Sciences sectors for global brands across APAC. She pairs this track record with 10 years of enterprise sales experiences in the IT industry. Ms. Chng has in-depth understanding of the technology landscape, and an extensive recruitment background in both technology and enterprise solutions for corporate customers.
Prior to joining Pedersen & Partners, Ms. Chng was the Singapore Managing Director for a major Japanese listed recruitment company, where she rebuilt and redesigned the company’s business strategy, driving market growth through tailored and innovative talent strategy development, systems integration and business processes optimisation. Earlier in her career, she served as the Director of IT&T/EMS & Business Development Director for the Singapore Executive Search arm of one of Japan's largest recruiting and information services providers, where she partnered with Fortune 500 technology companies specialising in C-suite mandates. Before transitioning to Executive Search, she gained experience in the Financial Services and Insurance industries while holding several top managerial sales roles at local and regional key market players transforming sales and service operations for strategic accounts through end-to-end high-quality hardware, software, and services solutions aimed at establishing enterprise-wide intranets.
Ms. Chng holds a Bachelor of Science in Computing & Mathematics degree from Deakin University in Australia. She speaks fluent Mandarin and English.