Aquis Search is a boutique executive search and selection firm focused on recruiting Legal, Risk and Compliance professionals. From our base in Hong Kong we work at all levels, recruiting and managing talent across the corporate, legal and financial community. We operate within a consultative framework and have developed a long standing reputation for our industry knowledge and for providing a high level of personalised service.
For our applicants we provide outstanding career opportunities, market insights and trusted career guidance and advice. For our clients we offer bespoke recruitment services designed to meet the needs of each assignment.
Our geographical coverage extends beyond our offices in Hong Kong utilising our extensive networks in many of the world's major financial centres.
By focusing on areas of business where our skills and resources deliver timely and effective solutions we connect talent with opportunity in a complex global market.
James Hickman is responsible for the development of the Risk and Compliance markets for the firm. He is spearheading the firm’s innovative approach to client development and candidate management, and will be particularly focused on growing these platforms across the Asia Pacific.
James has more than ten years of Human Resources experience in Asia and has worked with the region’s largest recruitment firms. Most recently he has been instrumental in building the Risk and Compliance desk for a global recruitment firm in Asia. In this role he managed a portfolio of leading professional and financial services sector companies as well as numerous Fortune 500 multinationals. In other roles James has covered front office positions in corporate finance and equity derivatives.
Born in Hong Kong, James holds a Masters degree in Chinese Politics, Economics and Law from the University of Sydney and a Bachelors (Hons) in Chinese History of Art and Archaeology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University of London. He has also spent time at the East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai and has industry qualifications in Human Resources and Training.
Scott Harrison is responsible for the development of the Legal recruitment capability for Aquis. He specialises in middle to senior level assignments for lawyers across both the private practice and in-house financial markets. He has also worked for leading blue chip corporates across a wide range of industry sectors including consumer, manufacturing and technology. Scott leads a team of professional legal recruiters that specialise within these markets across the major cities in Asia.
He has more than nine years experience in recruitment of which the last six years has been spent in Asia where he has developed a strong insight into the legal industry, fostered a breadth of client relationships and has access to talent at all levels. He has worked with major law firms, banks and leading multinationals and has placed legal talent in a variety of roles from partner level to General Counsel.
Scott holds a Masters in Applied Psychology and trained as an organisational psychologist before moving into the recruitment industry. He has long recognised the importance of personality fit and is adept at matching people’s individual styles with the right culture.