Ostergaard & CoA company introduction

We make it our business to know your business™

Table of content

Company overview The founders Vision and values

Service range Executive search Sales- and leadership training Executive Coaching Organizational optimization Behavioral Assessment

What is in it for you?

Client testimonials

The Company

Company overview

Having often been frustrated with the lack of recruitment companies that truly understood our business, we set out to create a company that truly specialized and made it our mission to understand and keep abreast of developments in our clients industries. We are industry experts who specialize in recruitment – not the other way around.

Incorporated in China, Hong Kong and Singapore in 2007 (fully licensed)

With own offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore, we cover all of Asia with exclusive agents in Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan

15 full time consultants and 6 freelance trainers

Official PI Worldwide ® member firm

“I recall dealing with search firms and training providers during my time in corporate life and wishing they had a better grasp on my business”

Nicolai Bro Winkel - Partner

“I recall dealing with search firms and training providers during my time in corporate life and wishing they had a better grasp on my business”

Nicolai Bro Winkel - Partner

The partners

Axel Ostergaard Knudsen is a native Dane. His career has spanned 30 years in executive positions in Fortune 200 companies in several countries in Middle East and Asia, including many pioneer years in China. Axel has always made it a priority to identify, mentor and develop talents in the various organisations, countries and cultures he has been privileged to have worked in. With management studies at Pennstate University, Axel holds a NLP Practioner certificate, a Certificate of Coaching Skills from International Coaching Federation (ICF) - he is a certified Brian Tracy Trainer, and a Predictive Index ® (PI ®) practitioner and trainer.  Axel is engaged in the business development, and expansion of the activities and geographical scope of Ostergaard & Co in South East Asia and he facilitates many of the English based Leadership related courses offered by Ostergaard & Co.

Nicolai Bro Winkel too, is a Danish citizen. He has spent the past 16 years working in China. Nicolai speaks Chinese and has held numerous senior commercial and executive positions in both SME’s and Fortune 200 companies prior to his joining Ostergaard & Co. Nicolai has attended MBA classes at Columbia and is certified in Targeted Selection Interview™ technique, he is a Brian Tracy Intl. certified trainer of trainers, he studied NLP and is an experienced Predictive Index ® (PI ®) practitioner and trainer. A sales person by heart, Nicolai’s primary area of responsibility is business development for the recruitment and training activities of Ostergaard as well as facilitation of the English based sales and leadership related courses offered by Ostergaard & Co. He also handles most senior executive searches for Ostergaard & Co on Mainland and in Hong Kong..

We will become the partner of choice by securing our clients' success through access to the best talent and training available.

Success for our clientsWe make our clients successful. All our decisions conform with this goal. We understand that if our clients succeed, we will have achieved our mission.

Business understandingWe earn the right to be entrusted with our clients business by sparing no effort to truly understand their business. We select only industries that we understand. We hire associates who are experts in their industries.

Life time clientsWe want life time clients. We take on assignments on a selective basis and limit the number of on-going projects to ensure that we can commit the necessary resources to provide a personalized approach and deliver a top notch solution. We expand alongside our clients. We understand that a referral from a satisfied client is priceless.

CommunicationWe recognize that frank yet respectful communication is a pre-requisite for a coherent organization. A challenging situation is best countered in its infancy.

Our teamWe foster an environment of fun and informality. We attract people with a passion for improving themselves and for winning. We understand that success comes from within and we trust our associates to do the right thing

Mission and

Values

Recruitment

Recruitment - overview

“Strive to become a jack of all trades and you become a master of none”

Narrow industry focus Partners and consultants held senior positions in the industries we serve We source talent primarily from own networks We specialize in middle- to upper management positions We limit number of open cases per consultant to guarantee quality output We stay abreast of developments in our focus industries

Recruitment - our process

Primarily retained services – contingency only on exclusive basis Customized process (personality assessment, IQ testing, pre-screening) Strong system support Weekly progress reports Regular follow-up for three months after completed probation 360 immersion to truly understand our clients “organizational psyche”

•Kick off Meeting with client to understand position and company specific needs

•Market Research•Internal Database

Research•Advertisement

(opt.)•Screen candidates•In depth interviews•Testing (opt.)

•Evaluate•Create individual

profiles incl. skills, professional experience and personal attributes

•Shortlist candidates

•Present short-listed candidates to the client

•Arrange client interviews

•Attend client interviews (opt.)

•Reference check•Support remuneration

and contract negotiations

•Finalize placement•Keep ongoing contact

with client and candidate after contract signature.

The pillars of our business

- Brokers/ Charterers- Category managers- Sourcing managers- Sales managers- Operations managers- Key account managers-Supply chain managers production- Commercial managers-Surveyors

Maritime, Procurement & Supply chain

- Senior analysts- Chief Representatives- Financial translators- Wholesale bankers- Equity traders- Relationship managers- Project managers- Risk analysts- Structured finance analysts- Quant analysts- Lead IT researchers- Quant finance researchers

Banking & Financial sector

- Medical Directors- Sales training managers- Business Unit heads- Regulatory Affairs- Medical Affairs- CFO- Pharmacists- Marketing VP’s- Analysts

Life-sciences & Pharma

- Chief representatives- Sales managers- HR managers- C&B managers- Recruitment managers- OD managers- Training managers- Finance managers- Admin managers- General managers- Executive / personal assistants

Generic positions & functional Heads

The PI ® Worldwide portfolio

According to Fortune Magazine's recently published Global 500 List, 100 companies are using PI® solutions - Why?

Ostergaard & Co is an official worldwide licensee of PI ® Worldwide and their portfolio of organisational improvement tools.

PI Worldwide is a premiere global consulting company specializing in leadership and sales development, helping organisations uncover data-driven insightt o create and sustain a high performance culture. We offer a unique combination of products and services that include:

• Accurate statistical assessment• Informed, target training• Proven management skills• Expert consulting

With our solutions, your company can:• Manage people and teams for maximum performance• Sell more strategically – and more effectively• Improve productivity across all levels• Develop your future leaders• Retain and leveral high potential talent

Leaders build companies… we build leaders

Predictive Index ®

Selling SkillsAssessment Tool

(SSAT)

Customer Focused Selling (CFS)

Training

Brian Tracy International

Ostergaard & Co’s trainers are certified trainers of Brian Tracy International’s host of seminars.

Brian Tracy International is an international training organization specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations. The mission of the organization is to help individuals and corporations achieve their goals faster and easier than ever thought possible.

Many of the world’s finest companies are using Brian Tracy Seminar Systems to build their people and give them the skills necessary to compete in today’s challenging marketplace. With “real life” work experience our trainers pepper the courses with useful anecdotes from their professional careers in China.

Focus on sales, leadership, organizational- and individual development Practical put-to-immediate-use tools and techniques Make permanent positive changes to your organisation

“Your company’s most valuable asset is how it is known to its customers” – Brian Tracy

Logistics & Shipping specific training

Optimize yourorganization

Organizational constellation analysis

One of the reasons high performers perform well in an organization is that they have been placed in jobs that match not only their skills but also their personality traits. Skills can be taught but a persons personality is formed early in life and does not change dramatically.

More often than not, the right placement of a person in an organization happens more by coincidence than by design and it often goes wrong. Who has not encountered the perfect sales person struggling the very moment she becomes a manager and have to be tough with people?

Using the personality assessment tools we make use of in our recruitment activities, we take the guesswork out of setting the perfect high-performing team in your organization.

Full assessment of your team with recommendation of ideal positions Behavioral/personality, leadership assessment Increase productivity, training efficiency and output quality

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success” – Henry Ford

What is in it for you?

Choose Ostergaard & Co because:

Who better to recruit people in your industry than people from your industry? We come from backgrounds of managing large companies in China & Asia We have successfully filled hundreds of positions in your industry Many of your competitors use Ostergaard & Co We represent two of the most respected names in training, personality

assessment and organizational improvement, PI Worldwide and Brian Tracy International and

We customize our training seminars to your company Our training clients have seen demonstrable results from our courses We strive for lifetime clients

We make it our business to know your business™

Visit our website: www.ostergaard.com.sg

A handful of our clients