Katrina Andrews leads Andrews Partnership which focuses on corporate affairs, corporate communications, sustainability, investor relations and public/government affairs.

Since starting in Executive Search in 2011, she has led nearly 200 successful engagements across APAC, including senior appointments at some of the world’s largest companies including BNP Paribas, Walmart, FWD, Dairy Farm, Schneider Electric, AXA and EY, and other SGX/HKEX/FTSE/ASX/Fortune organisations.

In addition, she placed Investor Relations Officers at one of the world’s largest IR Agency Sard Verbinnen, and other leading brands including Diginex.

Before her search career, Katrina spent more than 7 years as MD for Melcrum, working with leaders and teams around the globe to build skills and know-how in Internal Communication. Providing strategic advice, analysis, tools and training to help communication professionals excel.

In 2012 she was the first Search professional ever-listed in PRWeek’s global ‘Power Book 500’ and has held two previous Board positions at VMA Group and Melcrum Ltd.

A recognized leader in the field, she is a frequent speaker and contributor to both trade and business media. An avid follower of continued personal development and community support, in 2020, Katrina and the Andrews Partnership team fundraised for Pathfinders (a HK-based Charity) and enrolled in Yale’s online program; The Science of Well-Being.

As a Director for APAC with Andrews Partnership, Emma facilitates senior level searches across communications and government affairs in all sectors, focusing on mandates across North Asia. She is a trusted advisor to global and regional leaders from large scale corporates and is passionate about generating long term and deep relationships with her clients to truly understand their brands, their culture and their long-term hiring needs.

Over the past three years she has been able to lean on her passion for internal communications with executive placements including new Group functions at FWD & Dairy Farm through to more established teams at EY & Schneider Electric.

Emma plans and Chairs the quarterly Internal Communications Leadership Forum which brings together over 80 regional Heads of Internal Communications across a diverse industry base each year. Working across the region with global investment banks, professional services, retail, FMCG and energy management clients - she advises businesses on how best to utilise their IC talent, via team/function structures and skills development.

Prior to her search career, Emma specialised in Content for over 11 years, with Haymarket Media working across brands including Finance Asia, Asian Investor, Corporate Treasurer and Campaign.

Patricia Slawinska is the Head of ESG with Andrews Partnership. With over a decade of executive corporate experience in Asia Pacific and Europe, targeting and establishing sustainable partnerships, strategic fundraising, project management and driving sustainable outcomes for businesses, Patricia easily navigates a range of different stakeholders. She has a deep understanding of each region's political, security and business landscape and a passion for driving results around ESG, SDGs and corporate social responsibility. CSR has always played a centrifugal role in Patricia’s career, spanning APAC from a socio-economic point of view. In addition to CSR strategy and integration, she has led innovative climate projects, promoting the use of renewable energy, investing in sustainable global environmental protection and supporting the care of natural habitats. Her network spans NGOs, HNWI, thinktanks, policy makers and regulators.

Ever changing regulations as well as increased scrutiny has meant that corporates in Asia are directing their efforts toward improving their internal and external ESG efforts. Patricia is in a key role to advice CEOs, CFOs and board members on the crucial steps to strengthen their performance and efficiency and secure the right talent to help them achieve impactful results.

Patricia holds a Master's degree in Arts from a European University, where she learned the finest arts of negotiations and diplomatic relationships. She also has a bachelor's degree in International Relations. Patricia speaks English, German, Dutch, French, Polish and Czech fluently, as well as basic Mandarin.

Stefan Vatikiotis is a Senior Consultant with Andrews Partnership having vast southeast Asia and APAC search experience through his time with Korn Ferry. He has a background and keen interest in corporate affairs and a deep understanding of the region’s political, security and business landscape.

Stefan has a Master’s degree in International and Public Affairs from the University of Hong Kong during which he learned American foreign policy and basic principles and practices of conflict management at the The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He also has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of London (Goldsmiths College) in History and Politics.

He speaks English and French fluently as well as basic Thai and Mandarin.

Cecilia Kan leads research for Andrews Partnership, supporting senior consultants deliver regional and global placements across Asia Pacific for international companies.

With a degree in Journalism, Cecilia has a strong interest in content and communications. Having forged her career within Financial Services, with over 6 years dedicated to research, operations, training and marketing before moving into an event agency. With a passion for working in a client facing environment, Cecilia harnessed her skills to deliver the operations behind events for big businesses within the Financial sector.

Originally from Hong Kong, Cecilia is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.

Ivy Chan assists in high-level research for Andrews Partnership, supporting senior consultants deliver regional and local SEA markets Searches for MNC’s and Asia headquartered business.

With an MBA from the National University of Singapore, during which she completed the Stockholm School of Economics’ Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility module, Ivy is passionate about ESG and sustainability. Starting her career as a social compliance auditor, she has working experience in southeast Asia and APAC in human rights and workers affairs.

Originally from Hong Kong, Ivy is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English as well as basic Japanese.

Oskar is regarded as a global leader in executive recruitment within corporate communications and investor relations. With over 20 years' experience, he has helped place more than 300 senior communications and investor relations professionals globally.

Oskar established the partnership after nine years at VMA Group where as a board director and managing director of VMA International he helped build a global network and established its executive search and investor relations practice.

Before transitioning into executive recruitment, Oskar was a senior consultant at Citigate Dewe Rogerson where he advised on a significant number of transactions and IPOs including the £9bn pan-European IPO of Orange and E.ON's acquisition of Powergen.

David's experience and skills span 15 years specialising exclusively in corporate communications executive recruitment. Previously a board director at VMA Group, he has partnered with organisations across multiple markets to help find the very best industry talent, particularly within the field of internal communications.

David specialises in the successful appointment of senior corporate and internal communications professionals and regularly leads industry forums for senior communicators to aid community building across the communications profession.

Sunny has over 15 years' experience in executive search and HR consultancy. She has worked in executive recruitment both in London and Sydney with specialist HR consultancy Frazer Jones and started her career in communications agency with GCI.
Since joining the partnership in January 2016, Sunny has focused on leading research projects for in-house corporate affairs and investor relations mandates for clients across the FTSE 100 and 250 to international blue chip brands.

Pepper is the founder of PLBsearch, our US based affiliate and boutique executive search firm focused on communications, public affairs and investor relations professionals. Pepper has spent two decades in executive recruiting, previously as senior client partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Korn Ferry International. She was one of the original members of the firm’s global corporate affairs practice where she executed hundreds of searches for Fortune 500 companies, agencies, trade associations, non-profits and academic institutions.

Pepper has a widespread reputation as a true expert in the fields of communications and IR. She is active in industry trade organisations including the National Investor Relations Institute, International Association of Business Communicators and Washington Women in PR.

Asheley Linnenbach is a Partner at our US affiliate PLBsearch and also operates her own search consultancy on the US West Coast, Jordan Partners. Based in San Francisco, Asheley’s search expertise includes communications and investor relations across all industry verticals. She has also served as the Interim Head of Talent at Sephora. Previously, Asheley was a Partner at Korn/Ferry International in their San Francisco and Washington, D.C. offices. She was a member of the firm’s corporate affairs practice where she specialized in senior-level corporate communications, investor relations and public affairs searches.