About Us
John Byrne
John is the Representative Director of Ascent Global Partners and he covers the equity sell side and asset management sector.
Chu Fang Chiang
Chu is a Director and cover the Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities sell side and asset management sector.
Tom Donnelly
Tom is a Director and covers both the Industrial and Sales & Marketing sectors. Tom has over 10 years experience working at some of Japan's largest recruitment firms.
Fumio Miyanaga
Fumio is a Director in our financial services team. He received a Masters of Engineering degree from Waseda University before obtaining an MBA with Distinction from Cornell University. Fumio worked in the World Bank and JPMorgan before joining the recruitment industry.
Hitomi Morinaga
Hitomi is our office manager and has been working with Ascent Global Partners since 2017. She speaks native Japanese, fluent Tagalog & English.
Leo Takashima
Leo is an Associate Consultant and belongs to our Technology team. In addition to Japanese and English, Leo is native in Japanese sign language. Prior to joining Ascent Global Partners, he worked in sales at a luxury brand for 5 years.
Anastasiia Tsarenko
Anastasiia is a VIce President. She graduated from Hitotsubashi University with a Masters Degree in Social Studies. Anastasiia speaks Native Russian, Fluent English and Japanese (JLPT N1)
Kesiah Esteban
Kesiah is part of our Legal and Compliance team. Kesiah specializes in Compliance and joins Ascent Global Partners as an entrepreneur having previously ran her own business in the Philippines.
Novelyn Naka
Novelyn works as a secretary, she support our operations in Tokyo. She speaks native Tagalog, fluent Japanese & English
Alberto Garcia
Alberto is an Associate and belongs to our Technology team. He speaks native Spanish, fluent English and Japanese.
Hsin-Yu(Aida)
Aida is an Associate and specializes in the legal industry. Prior to joining Ascent Global Partners, she worked as a professional Mandarin (Traditional)-English translator/interpreter for 10 years.
Makiko Hanazawa
Makiko is our HR & Operation Manager.She is experienced in Recruitment over 10 years. She speaks Japanese and Englsh.
Abigail Morales
Abigail handles our administration and recruitment coordination. She is also responsible for on-boarding & training new staff.
John Rich Herrera
John Rich Herrera is our social media manager. He is responsible for handling our various social media platforms in addition to editing and publishing our podcasts.
Irah Eisma
Irah is our online recruitment coordinator. She is responsible for marketing and coordinating all recruitment activity online.
Julie Anne Baquiran
Julie Ann is our talent acquisition professional. Based in the Philippines Julie Ann is a native Tagalog speaker and fluent English speaker.
Abigail Buenaobra
Abigail works as a researcher, she is based in the Philippines. She is a native Tagalog speaker and fluent in English.
Annick Bacud
Annick is part of our administration team and based in the Philippines where she works as a recruitment coordinator. Annick is a native Tagalog speaker and fluent in English. Prior to joining Ascent Global Partners, Annick worked as an online trainer.
Moria Denise B Punzalan
Moira is our researcher, she is responsible for searching and scouting for talent. She also has experience as an Online English teacher.
Alejandra L Brillas
Alejandra belongs to our Researcher team.She graduated as an Accounting student. Prior to joining Ascent Global Partners, she worked as a bookkeeper, and inventory monitor.
Precious Jade Macabante
Precious is our trainer based in the Philippines. She's responsible for training candidates on how to prepare for interviews in addition to training our staff internally.
About Our Company
Introduction to Ascent Global Partners
ASCENT GLOBAL PARTNERS’ aim is to provide the highest level of recruitment services to both our clients and candidates around the world, while at the same time providing a professional and exciting work environment, where our employees can build their careers. Ascent Global Partners takes pride in providing its clients with superior front office and HR business solutions.
Founded in June2012, the firm is headquartered in Tokyo under the careful guidance of Representative Director John Byrne. Initially specializing in the Japanese equities market the company has grown exponentially to cover fixed income,asset management, wealth management and insurance. AscentGlobal Partners consultants’ vast experience in working across thefinancial services industry in Japan and the APAC region is founded onintegrity and excellence.
AGP takes pride in becoming the preeminentboutique recruitment firm for the financial sector. With our combinedindustry experience of upwards of fifty years, AGP’s clients are assured inthe knowledge that we will find the most highly skilled and accomplishedpersonnel to fulfil their specific hiring needs. We are committed todeveloping long term relationships with our partners and providing themwith many years of steadfast service.
Methodology
Our Approach
Ascent Global Partners offers a bespoke recruitment service tailored specificallyto each client’s needs. We engage closely to ensure the most appropriate andsuccessful business approach.
“To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.” – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
A look at our coverage
Current Business Sectors
Equities
Fixed Income
Legal & Compliance
Asset Management
Technology
Industrial
Our ApproachAscent Global Partners offers a bespoke recruitment service tailored specificallyto each client’s needs. We engage closely to ensure the most appropriate andsuccessful business approach.
