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TalentChest Consulting is a specialist executive search practice with a focus on C-Suite and Key Personnel placements at the mid-to-senior level. It was formed on 20 June 2014 with Ricky Sim at the Key Appointment Holder of the company.

The firm has a spread focus on :

Banking & Financial Services
Construction
Food & Beverage
Hospitality
Insurance
IT & Telecommunications
Logistics
Oil & Gas
Pharmaceuticals
Real Estate

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TalentChest Consulting Pte Ltd, 51 Goldhill Plaza #15-06, Singapore 308900 (Business Reg No (UEN): 201414186D)

About TalentChest Consulting

Our Service Strategy

Our niche Executive Search strategy comprises three stages:

Search

Our Search methodology includes identifying and securing the appropriate talent in the market. We take a proactive approach to going out into the market to get the right talent for the position and function.

Assess

Our Assess methodology includes Leadership and Managerial Profiling, Interviews and Assessment reports. We seek to find the right candidate based on your requirements in both soft and hard skills.

Match

Our Match stage entails finding the right fit for the workplace and position. We ensure that candidates have the required traits to match the demands of the workplace and the specific culture.

Why us?

TalentChest Consulting has access to the demand and supply of talents. On the demand side, with our thorough knowledge of the market, we connect you with talents of the right fit in mindset, knowledge, skills and abilities.

We understand that having the right people in the right places is a strategic imperative given the regional and global talent crunch. Our professionals strive to understand your needs to provide you with a select pool of candidates tailored to your needs.

On the supply side, our contacts with professionals afford us a ready pool of talents who are seeking opportunities for their career moves and expanding their professional horizons. At the same time, we are able to attract talents to our pool because we screen and assist professionals to be ready for their next career moves. We are also proud to be able to have placed talents in meaningful and successful careers.

Profile & Background of Ricky Sim

Ricky has devoted 18 years of his career to the Singapore Government Civil service since March 1977, including six years working in Hong Kong and three years in Bangkok as a diplomat. In July 1994 he joined the private sector, as Chief Operating Officer of Suntec Investment Group of Companies (SIPL). Ricky was concurrently the Managing Director of Chesterton Suntec International (Property Consultancy Business) in addition to his other executive duties in SIPL subsidiary companies like Food & Beverage, Mechanical & Engineering business units.

Ricky has leveraged on the vast network of contacts he had built over the past 36 years in the public and private sectors.

Outside his professional and business roles, Ricky has volunteered in a wide range of CSR Organisations. He was elected into the Singapore Scout Association Council in 2004 and was the Secretary of the Scout Association for 8 years. In August 2010 he was conferred the Distinguished Service (Silver) Award from the Scout Association by the President of Singapore. From 2005 to 2013, He was also an Honorary Advisor to the Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore. He held the position of Secretary/Treasurer of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs from 2005 to 2013. He was the Vice Chairman of the Singapore Kindness Movement from 2007 to 2013. Ricky was a Sub-Committee Member on the National Council on Problem Gambling from 2007 to 2010. Ricky also served as a Board Member of the Social Innovation Park as well as with (SIFE) Students in Free Enterprise in Singapore between 2007 and 2010. He was appointed as one of the 60 International Judges at the SIFE World Cup Tournament in Paris in 2006 and in New York in 2007.

Profile & Background of Ong Kai Tong

Kai Tong brings with him more than 30 years of corporate & senior management experience. With degrees in Engineering (B.E.) & Human Resource (M.A.) coupled with a professional qualification in Company Secretary duties (A.C.I.S.), he has good understanding of technical, financial & human resource (HR) areas.

He started his career in Engineering and moved on to HR, heading the HR function in a Manufacturing and an Automotive Company. He has held positions of Divisional Head in Public Utilities Board (PUB) and Director in the Singapore Power Group (SPG). He represented PUB & SPG in an ASEAN Industry Group and has conducted management courses for senior executives there.

He has also been a WSQ (WorkSkills Qualification) Administrator, an Adjunct Lecturer of the Singapore Institute of Management and ran an Industry-wide Training Institute. He is currently also a Skills Future Mentor of Spring Singapore and had been its Business Excellence Assessor (honorary) for 15 years. He has received awards in Talent Development, sat in Professional committees, spoken at public seminars and provided HR consultancy services through the Singapore Human Resource Institute (SHRI).

On the social side, Kai Tong is an avid squash player, a former debater of the University of Singapore (1973), a Reservist Captain of the SAF and sits on the Board of a local church.

Ricky Sim

Key Appointment Holder / MD

(KAH Registration No. R1439215)

Email: rickysim@talentchest.com.sg

Mobile: +65 9636 6639

Website: www.talentchest.com.sg