Board & Senior Advisors

Christian Brun is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Wellesley. He is based in Singapore but also splits his time between London and Hong Kong. Christian was a founding Partner of Wellesley Partners, and has worked on numerous senior level executive search appointments across every jurisdiction in Asia-Pacific and Europe across both the Financial Services and Technology sectors; he also leads the Corporate & Investment Banking Practice.

Christian relocated to Hong Kong from London to launch our Asia business in 2005. Prior to founding Wellesley in 2004, he was a Principal at Heidrick & Struggles, the global executive search firm, based in London, where he focused on Investment Banking. He started his search career at Whitehead Mann in 1997, before joining The Consulting Group, a London-based boutique search firm, which was subsequently acquired by TMP. Christian has an MA in History and an M.Phil. in International Relations from Cambridge University, where he was awarded a College History Scholarship.

Rick Johannessen is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Wellesley and also leads the Investment Management practice. He works with fund managers and asset owners focused on public market, private capital and real estate investment strategies. He also works with their portfolio companies. He has over 20 years of talent acquisition experience built on orchestrating team moves and placing senior investment, marketing, and operating professionals globally.

Prior to joining Wellesley, Rick was the Head of Asia for Glocap Search based in New York. Glocap acquired a leading Asian search boutique where he was the founding Principal. Rick started his career in business development for two venture capital-funded technology firms in Hong Kong, the second one was in HR Tech. He studied International Relations at the American University in Washington D.C. and is conversant in Mandarin and Japanese. Rick is a Co-Founder and Board Member of the American Club Foundation (ACF), Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Community Recovery Fund (HKCRF).

Sabrina Hu is a Partner and Head of China at Wellesley Partners, based in Hong Kong. She has established herself as an expert in the Alternative Investment practice. With a focus on the Greater China market, she specializes in Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Fund and Fund of Funds. Additionally, she has a proven track record of bringing senior management leaders for portfolio companies of private equity funds. 

Sabrina started her executive search career in 2008. Prior to joining Wellesley, she worked at Executive Access in Hong Kong, where she specialized in Investment Banking and Private Equity. She also held a similar role at Eban International in Hong Kong. Sabrina is fluent in English and is a native Mandarin speaker. She received her Master’s Degree in Social Science from the City University of Hong Kong.

Christian Brun is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Wellesley. He is based in Singapore but also splits his time between London and Hong Kong. Christian was a founding Partner of Wellesley Partners, and has worked on numerous senior level executive search appointments across every jurisdiction in Asia-Pacific and Europe across both the Financial Services and Technology sectors; he also leads the Corporate & Investment Banking Practice.

Christian relocated to Hong Kong from London to launch our Asia business in 2005. Prior to founding Wellesley in 2004, he was a Principal at Heidrick & Struggles, the global executive search firm, based in London, where he focused on Investment Banking. He started his search career at Whitehead Mann in 1997, before joining The Consulting Group, a London-based boutique search firm, which was subsequently acquired by TMP. Christian has an MA in History and an M.Phil. in International Relations from Cambridge University, where he was awarded a College History Scholarship.

Alice Bagshawe-Sutton is an Executive Director with Wellesley based in London. She primarily focuses on executive search for our Private Capital (private credit, private equity and real assets) and FinTech clients across Europe and the Middle East. Secondarily, she also helps with our Southeast Asia market coverage. Alice recently re-joined Wellesleys having spent a year helping to build a successful FinTech practice at Russell Reynolds; she originally joined the firm in our Singapore office in 2015 where she spent seven years focused on Private Capital searches across Southeast Asia and Australia/ANZ. She started her search career in 2009 in London.

Prior to joining Wellesley, Alice spent two years with another Global Search firm in Singapore where she helped build a successful corporate and investment banking practice as well as specializing in senior-level searches within the natural resources and infrastructure sectors. She started her search career in London where she spent three years with a leading European boutique firm focused on Capital Markets and Leveraged Finance searches across Europe. Alice graduated from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland with a Master’s Degree in Theology and Classical Civilization.

Christian Brun is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Wellesley. He is based in Singapore but also splits his time between London and Hong Kong. Christian was a founding Partner of Wellesley Partners, and has worked on numerous senior level executive search appointments across every jurisdiction in Asia-Pacific and Europe across both the Financial Services and Technology sectors; he also leads the Corporate & Investment Banking Practice.

Christian relocated to Hong Kong from London to launch our Asia business in 2005. Prior to founding Wellesley in 2004, he was a Principal at Heidrick & Struggles, the global executive search firm, based in London, where he focused on Investment Banking. He started his search career at Whitehead Mann in 1997, before joining The Consulting Group, a London-based boutique search firm, which was subsequently acquired by TMP. Christian has an MA in History and an M.Phil. in International Relations from Cambridge University, where he was awarded a College History Scholarship.

Sophie Meyers is a Managing Director with Wellesley based in the Singapore office. She specialises in both Investment Banking and Private Equity / Alternative Investments across Southeast Asia and Australia.

Having initially joined Wellesley Partners in our Sydney office focusing on the domestic ANZ Investment Banking Sector, she relocated to Singapore to help our expanding Southeast Asia team in 2013. Prior to joining Wellesley, she spent six years in the Australian market with a global recruitment firm where she managed a team specialising in senior level finance placements across Banking and Wealth Management. Sophie graduated from the University of Liverpool with a BA (Hons) degree in French and Hispanic Studies.

Sourabh Chattopadhyay is the Managing Partner and Head of Professional Services with Wellesley Partners and leads the firms India business. He is a generalist with broad success across alternative investments, investment banking, private equity portfolio companies, and professional services.

Prior to joining Wellesley Partners, Sourabh headed Options Group’s executive search and strategic consulting practice in India. Sourabh has also been an entrepreneur and worked in institutions such as Goldman Sachs, Ernst and Young, and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.  Sourabh is an active angel investor and an LP in a few early-stage funds.  He is also an advisor to several startups.  Sourabh is on the board of Khela Ghar, an NGO based out of Calcutta, and a founding trustee of Daya Foundation.  He holds a BBA in Economics from Pace University in New York.

Sabrina Hu is a Partner and Head of China at Wellesley Partners, based in Hong Kong. She has established herself as an expert in the Alternative Investment practice. With a focus on the Greater China market, she specializes in Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Fund and Fund of Funds. Additionally, she has a proven track record of bringing senior management leaders for portfolio companies of private equity funds. 

Sabrina started her executive search career in 2008. Prior to joining Wellesley, she worked at Executive Access in Hong Kong, where she specialized in Investment Banking and Private Equity. She also held a similar role at Eban International in Hong Kong. Sabrina is fluent in English and is a native Mandarin speaker. She received her Master’s Degree in Social Science from the City University of Hong Kong.

Christian Brun is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Wellesley. He is based in Singapore but also splits his time between London and Hong Kong. Christian was a founding Partner of Wellesley Partners, and has worked on numerous senior level executive search appointments across every jurisdiction in Asia-Pacific and Europe across both the Financial Services and Technology sectors; he also leads the Corporate & Investment Banking Practice.

Christian relocated to Hong Kong from London to launch our Asia business in 2005. Prior to founding Wellesley in 2004, he was a Principal at Heidrick & Struggles, the global executive search firm, based in London, where he focused on Investment Banking. He started his search career at Whitehead Mann in 1997, before joining The Consulting Group, a London-based boutique search firm, which was subsequently acquired by TMP. Christian has an MA in History and an M.Phil. in International Relations from Cambridge University, where he was awarded a College History Scholarship.

Sophie Meyers is a Managing Director with Wellesley based in the Singapore office. She specialises in both Investment Banking and Private Equity / Alternative Investments across Southeast Asia and Australia.

Having initially joined Wellesley Partners in our Sydney office focusing on the domestic ANZ Investment Banking Sector, she relocated to Singapore to help our expanding Southeast Asia team in 2013. Prior to joining Wellesley, she spent six years in the Australian market with a global recruitment firm where she managed a team specialising in senior level finance placements across Banking and Wealth Management. Sophie graduated from the University of Liverpool with a BA (Hons) degree in French and Hispanic Studies.

Anna Lewis is an Executive Director with Wellesley Partners based in Singapore, leading our PE portfolio practice for Southeast Asia and Australia. She has deep expertise in advising portfolio companies on board level hires across Europe as well as appointing senior investment, operating and M&A professionals.

Prior to joining Wellesley, Anna worked at Livingbridge, a private equity fund where she supported portfolio companies in building high performance management teams. Previously, Anna worked at a boutique search firm in London where she advised clients on board-level talent and executive search across the consumer sector. Anna graduated from St Andrews University with a MA (Hons) degree in Geography.