Senior Manager - Corporate Secretarial

I am conducting a confidential search on behalf of a leading corporate services provider seeking an exceptional Corporate Secretarial leader to join their Hong Kong team at a pivotal stage of growth. This is a critical hire aimed at strengthening leadership capability and expanding market presence across Asia.

This role offers the opportunity to lead a high-performing team, manage a substantial portfolio of complex corporate structures, and work closely with senior leadership to shape the future direction of the practice across the region.

As a key member of the Corporate Secretarial leadership team, you will oversee operations for a diverse portfolio of institutional clients across asset management, private equity, real estate, and alternative funds. You will manage a Hong Kong-based team while working closely with offshore teams in BVI and Cayman.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of corporate secretarial professionals, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture

• Manage a personal portfolio of corporate entities across a broad institutional client base, including fund structures, private equity holdings, and alternative investment vehicles

• Oversee complex, high-volume transactional work across Hong Kong, BVI, and Cayman jurisdictions, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and client satisfaction

• Act as a trusted advisor to institutional clients on corporate administration and structuring matters

• Serve as the primary liaison between Hong Kong operations and offshore BVI and Cayman teams

• Contribute to operating model refinement, process optimisation, automation, and technology initiatives

• Drive revenue targets and manage team budgets while maintaining strong governance and compliance standards

• Represent the firm externally, articulating market trends, regulatory developments, and strategic direction

Essential Experience

• 10+ years of hands-on experience in corporate secretarial and company administration, ideally from offshore corporate services firms or established fiduciary services providers

• Deep expertise in managing corporate structures for asset managers and institutional clients across Hong Kong, BVI, and Cayman

• Strong experience with fund structures, particularly private equity, real estate, and alternative investment funds

• Solid understanding of offshore deal structures and multi-jurisdictional operational complexity

• Minimum 3 years in a managerial or leadership capacity, with a track record of managing diverse and international teams

Technical Capability

• Strong knowledge of corporate secretarial best practices, regulatory requirements, and compliance frameworks across multiple jurisdictions

• Awareness of industry trends including data management, technology platforms, and scalable service delivery models

• Experience working across multiple time zones and managing deadline-driven transactional workloads

• Ability to coordinate execution across onshore, mid-shore, and offshore teams

Leadership and Communication

• Excellent client-facing skills with the ability to engage confidently with institutional clients and senior stakeholders

• Clear and effective communicator, able to translate technical matters into practical and strategic guidance

• Proven capability to lead teams through change while maintaining stability and morale

• High cultural intelligence and experience operating in multicultural environments

• Proficiency in Mandarin to support engagement with Mandarin-speaking clients

• Join the firm at a strategic inflection point as it scales its Asia platform

• Play a leadership role with direct exposure to senior management and regional decision-making

• Work with a stable, technically strong, and high-performing team

• Opportunity to influence operating model design, technology adoption, and service innovation