Legal, Risk & Compliance

Loretta Chan is the Managing Partner and Co-Head of Global Banking & Markets of Wellesley Partners, piloting banking & fintech businesses in Asia Pacific. She comes with 15+ years of industry experience and specializes in placing senior-level candidates including C-suite executives across Global Markets, DCM, Private Financing and Corporate Banking. She has a strong track record of completing front office searches across sales, trading, quant, structuring, research, origination business development and relationship managers. In addition to front office search, she also leads specialist recruitment for corporate governance functions (risk, legal, compliance) with proven ability to provide front-to-back talent searches across all-levels.

During the beginning of her search career, she was with Pelham International specializing in Fixed Income/Equity Derivatives. She then joined Robertson Smart as a consultant covering Legal and Fixed Income. Prior to joining Wellesley Partners in 2007, she ran the Hong Kong office of Webbe International, heading the Financial Markets business for Asia. Loretta holds an LLB (Hons) and began her career with Sullivan & Cromwell. She is native in English and Cantonese, and is conversant in Mandarin.

Loretta Chan is the Managing Partner and Co-Head of Global Banking & Markets of Wellesley Partners, piloting banking & fintech businesses in Asia Pacific. She comes with 15+ years of industry experience and specializes in placing senior-level candidates including C-suite executives across Global Markets, DCM, Private Financing and Corporate Banking. She has a strong track record of completing front office searches across sales, trading, quant, structuring, research, origination business development and relationship managers. In addition to front office search, she also leads specialist recruitment for corporate governance functions (risk, legal, compliance) with proven ability to provide front-to-back talent searches across all-levels.

During the beginning of her search career, she was with Pelham International specializing in Fixed Income/Equity Derivatives. She then joined Robertson Smart as a consultant covering Legal and Fixed Income. Prior to joining Wellesley Partners in 2007, she ran the Hong Kong office of Webbe International, heading the Financial Markets business for Asia. Loretta holds an LLB (Hons) and began her career with Sullivan & Cromwell. She is native in English and Cantonese, and is conversant in Mandarin.

Sourabh Chattopadhyay is the Managing Partner 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.

Loretta Chan is the Managing Partner and Co-Head of Global Banking & Markets of Wellesley Partners, piloting banking & fintech businesses in Asia Pacific. She comes with 15+ years of industry experience and specializes in placing senior-level candidates including C-suite executives across Global Markets, DCM, Private Financing and Corporate Banking. She has a strong track record of completing front office searches across sales, trading, quant, structuring, research, origination business development and relationship managers. In addition to front office search, she also leads specialist recruitment for corporate governance functions (risk, legal, compliance) with proven ability to provide front-to-back talent searches across all-levels.

During the beginning of her search career, she was with Pelham International specializing in Fixed Income/Equity Derivatives. She then joined Robertson Smart as a consultant covering Legal and Fixed Income. Prior to joining Wellesley Partners in 2007, she ran the Hong Kong office of Webbe International, heading the Financial Markets business for Asia. Loretta holds an LLB (Hons) and began her career with Sullivan & Cromwell. She is native in English and Cantonese, and is conversant in Mandarin.

Loretta Chan is the Managing Partner and Co-Head of Global Banking & Markets of Wellesley Partners, piloting banking & fintech businesses in Asia Pacific. She comes with 15+ years of industry experience and specializes in placing senior-level candidates including C-suite executives across Global Markets, DCM, Private Financing and Corporate Banking. She has a strong track record of completing front office searches across sales, trading, quant, structuring, research, origination business development and relationship managers. In addition to front office search, she also leads specialist recruitment for corporate governance functions (risk, legal, compliance) with proven ability to provide front-to-back talent searches across all-levels.

During the beginning of her search career, she was with Pelham International specializing in Fixed Income/Equity Derivatives. She then joined Robertson Smart as a consultant covering Legal and Fixed Income. Prior to joining Wellesley Partners in 2007, she ran the Hong Kong office of Webbe International, heading the Financial Markets business for Asia. Loretta holds an LLB (Hons) and began her career with Sullivan & Cromwell. She is native in English and Cantonese, and is conversant in Mandarin.

Ivo Ricardo is a Managing Director at Wellesley Partners, based in our Tokyo office. He helps lead the firm’s Japan business focused on searches for global and domestic financial institutions across Asset Management, Hedge Funds, and Securities. Since 2014, Ivo has built a strong track record placing senior leadership in banks and funds in Japan.

Before joining Wellesley Partners, he established and led the financial services practice at a leading Japanese search boutique. Prior to moving into executive search and moving to Japan, Ivo worked in M&A advisory in Europe, where he executed cross border transactions. Ivo holds a Master’s degree in Human Resources and is a graduate of SOAS, University of London, and Waseda University in Tokyo. He is conversant in Japanese.