The latest moves in the Asia-Pacific region.

Hays
Global recruiter Hays has appointed long-standing senior employee Richard Eardley as managing director of its Asia business.

Starting his career at the firm in 1988, Eardley has worked in Hays offices across the UK, before assuming the role of MDr for the firm’s Ireland business in June 2007. In addition to his role in Ireland, he was the UK and Ireland marketing director from 2013 to 2017 and he has most recently been leading Hays UK’s development of its IT and Digital specialism. He has also worked extensively with the Hays talent solutions business.

Eardley is responsible for the day to day operational management and growth of Hays businesses in Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore.

KPMG
A former head of group strategy for investments and pension fund group AustralianSuper has been appointed to lead the wealth and asset management arm of KPMG. 

Rohit Mendiratta has previously also worked at Telstra, as a strategy executive; RMIT University, as director, strategy and analytics, and at Westpac, where he worked in strategy, design and planning at that bank (source: LinkedIn profile, media sources).