Helen Corke

Helen is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Charlotte Frank.  Helen started the business in 2012 in Hong Kong and expanded to Singapore in 2015.  She has been recruiting in both Europe and Asia since 2008 and prior to setting up Charlotte Frank, she worked in both the London and Hong Kong offices of Robert Walters.  Since 2010 Helen has specialised in recruiting Business Support and HR professionals in Asia Pacific.  She is also a fully qualified Executive Coach (PCC), working across Asia Pacific to support her key clients, specialising in C-Suite Executives.

Having originally completed her own secretarial studies at London’s Queens College, Kensington, Helen is...

Tanya Knott

We’re delighted to have Tanya in our team, she brings rich experience gained across different sectors to the Charlotte Frank team and focuses on our Financial Services and Insurance portfolio. She began her executive search and recruitment career in London in 2006, working in a research capacity which afforded her unique insight into the importance of support roles. Since relocating back to Hong Kong in 2007, she has excelled in both internal and external hiring roles and successfully recruited for different industries across all levels and functions. With an extensive network and market knowledge, Tanya is ideally positioned to help identify...

Zara Balfour

​Zara brings with her more than 11 years in Human Resources and Administration across internal and agency positions with exposure to Financial, Legal and Professional Services. Based in Hong Kong for the last 8.5 years and previously in Sydney, where she focused purely on Secretarial and Administration hires for over 3 years, Zara has recruited extensively for both HR and Administration roles across APAC, Europe and America.

As a Director at Charlotte Frank, Zara heads up our Legal division as well as partnering with Tanya Knott to cover our core Financial Services business. She covers positions across all levels, including...

Boe Leung

With several years’ experience in both HR and L&D, Boe comes with a wealth of experience from across the UK and HK’s professional services industry. With knowledge gained from the financial, legal, accountancy and management consultancy sectors Boe is a knowledgeable and passionate consultant who supports our Professional and Financial Services portfolio.

Having grown up in Hong Kong and studied in both Australia and the UK, Boe enjoys nothing more than meeting people from a variety of different backgrounds and cultures. With her keen interest (and a MSc) in Psychology, Boe is able to understand both her client’s and candidate’s needs...

Caytie Wells

​Caytie joins Charlotte Frank as Candidate Manager. She is passionate about the importance of a positive and inclusive culture in the workplace, and will work closely with the team to deliver a quality focused and solutions-driven experience to clients and candidates alike.

She holds over 10 years’ experience as a successful Events and Marketing Manager in Asset Management, and brings to the Charlotte Frank team a comprehensive and diverse set of skills in marketing, project management, events and administration.

Caytie has been based in Hong Kong since 2018, prior to...

Emily Ramji

Emily is the Chief Operating Officer for Charlotte Frank working closely with Helen Corke to support the strategy and growth of Charlotte Frank within the Asia Pacific region.

Emily has 15 years of experience as a global HR and Operations leader living in the UK, Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong. Her experience includes P&L accountability, establishing new business operations, closing underperforming businesses, global process improvement and people and technology change programs. She has led diverse teams through growth and change with accountability for strategies for staff engagement, development, well-being, retention and reward.

As a leader and a mother Emily strives...

Emily Abbott

Emily joined the company in 2016 and is based in London. She works across the Elliott Scott Group, overseeing and creating the marketing content as well as graphic designing for the brands. She has worked in marketing since 2014 and has a degree in BA Surface Design from the University of the Arts London.