Chris Traub

Over the past 22 years, Mr Traub has led and supported hundreds of senior level search engagements across a broad range of industries, supporting both private and public corporations, as well as private equity and venture capital investors, in building world-class leadership teams. He is particularly well known in Asia for his search work in the technology and clean technology sectors. He travels extensively in North America, Europe, and Asia, regularly attending leading global CEO forums.

Chris began his executive search career in 1988 when he established the first retained executive search firm in Taipei, that later joined Ward Howell International, a leading global executive search firm in 1992. In 1998, with the listing of Ward Howell in the US, the Asian partner companies of Ward Howell merged and established SES, the Strategic Executive Search Group. During his Ward Howell tenure, Mr Traub established the first Asia Pacific Technology search practice in 1992, encompassing 13 offices from Tokyo through Sydney. Born in the US and educated in the US, the Philippines, and Taiwan, Mr Traub has lived in Greater China continuously since 1986. He graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies & Cultural Anthropology. Chris is fully bicultural and bilingual in English and Mandarin, is a keen outdoorsman and musician, and is a committed contributor to global Sustainability initiatives. He is an also an Advisor to Dr. Sylvia Earle’s foundation MissionBlue (ocean biodiversity), and the CorporateEcoForum.