Matt Best

“Matt has been integral to our executive search and direct sourcing people strategy. Matt’s ability to get the heart of the business’s unique landscape and requirements has been essential. He understands who we are, where we are going, and finds the right talented people who complement our culture and can deliver on our strategic objectives. Matt’s guidance on market expectations and trends has both supported us to ensure we are a competitive employer, and also helped us to align emerging roles within an ever-growing start-up organisation to high-calibre candidate expectations.”

“I met Matthew in 2012 upon relocating to Singapore to launch a new international procurement office. Matt first met with me to clearly understand the scope of every position (salary, roles/responsibility, title, experience level, etc.) and then began an exhaustive search of top candidates. I really like the way that Matt did a thorough job of screening applicants, and then offered only candidates which completely met my criteria--saved me a lot of time. The end result was very positive in that the new office is fully operational and staffed with top talent. Matt was professional throughout in terms of hitting timelines and providing executive summaries on all short-listed candidates. I highly recommend you consider Matt for your recruiting needs.”

“I worked closely with Matthew during the rebuild of the RBS Asian Equities business, which entailed some 70 hires over a period of 18 months globally. Matthew was an extremely hard working, diligent business partner who also provided very useful insights during the hiring process, enabling me to fill many positions in a timely, cost effective manner. I would highly recommend Matthew to any front office manager who needs a high quality Resourcing Manager.”

“I have worked with Matthew during my time at RBS in Hong Kong when we made substantial investments in resourcing across all functions within Cash Equities in Asia Pacific. Matthew's value-add came from navigating through the large global organization at RBS where approval processes were rather complex and time-consuming. He assisted in any way possible to prioritize business interests in order to reduce lead time to hire new / replacement candidates. He partnered well with the Business and had a people-friendly approach to getting things done, which is a strong attribute for any manager in a resourcing function at a large/global institution.”

“Matthew work hard to help me find and on-board new staff during the build-up of RBS in 2008-2010. This was not easy given the RBS brand at that time and budget constraints. Matthew help me steer through the reefs of RBS to get approvals for competitive packages for crucial hires. At the time he was under-resourced and we wanted everything done yesterday. But he keep things on the rails. Matthew maintained professional calm through all the inevitable rough spots. In the end we (and he) were as successful as we could have been with recruitment given the budget and brand constraints.”

“Matthew was responsible for helping me a recruit a number of new hires when we worked together in Tokyo. Matt has a pro-active, committed and professional approach. He is well connected in the recruitment market. He understands the needs of a front office business in terms of timely turnarounds - including making sure authorizers action where necessary - and is prepared to put in the hard work to achieve a successful hire.”

“Matt is a highly skilled recruiter and HR professional, capable of deeply understanding the Front Office business needs, and in particular the skills required in new hires.He always delivers according to agreed deadlines, and makes sure that a constant dialogue with Front Office is maintained. He's a very enthusiastic individual with great communication skills, capable to attract the best talents to the firm.”

“Matthew is very resourceful in managing external recruiters and their efforts. His forward thinking allows for efficient filling of his firm’s hiring requirements while leveraging expertise specific to each consultancy. He is knowledgeable, approachable and above all, reliable in every facet of his position. You will not find a better professional to run your internal recruitment efforts in all of Tokyo!”

“Matt gets results. He joined us at Morgan Stanley to take on a function that was effectively broken; not an enviable task. He quickly cleaned up the process issues hanging over Asia IT recruitment for the firm, but much more importantly he created relationships at the most senior executive level within the firm across the region to effect real change. There are many recruiters or executive search consultants who can manage complex processes in a large organization--but there are very few who can also communicate and build relationships at all levels. Matt is one of the few.”