About Us

Governance Recruitment International (GRI) is a specialist consultancy dedicated to the recruitment of company secretaries and governance professionals worldwide, as well as providing bespoke consulting support for large corporations with challenging governance resourcing needs.

GRI was established in 2020 in the wake of the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 to address a demand and identifiable gap in the worldwide recruitment market for governance professionals. Based out of Hong Kong, GRI’s team has representatives from the United Kingdom down to Australia, and recruits for roles globally. 

Founded and led by Neil Olofsson, the former Corporation Secretary of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and senior executive in Asia at Brookfield, GRI seeks to provide better recruitment outcomes for both clients and candidates in the governance space via the old adage ‘it takes one to know one’. Neil and his team are all experienced governance professionals with deep knowledge of not only the governance job space, but also exactly the skills and attributes it takes to do the jobs they recruit. In fact, they pride themselves on being able to do those jobs. Simply put, the result for both a client company and the people it engages is a better fit. GRI’s consultants know how to get the job done and utilise their experience and network to find people who are the best fit for the role and the environment in which it operates.

GRI offers a range of recruitment and human resource consulting services – see What we do for more details. 

Our Values

We pride ourselves on being different from other recruitment companies. GRI’s consultants are all fellows of the Chartered Governance Institute (formerly ICSA) with decades of hands-on, practical governance experience gained across a range of sectors and regions. 

We believe that only an experienced governance professional can utterly understand the requirements and nuances of each governance role. Our depth of professional experience as both candidates and recruiters, allows us to better serve the profession and its stakeholders.

We always match clients’ needs with the technical skills, professional attributes, and aspirations of our candidates to identify the best fit for the role. GRI is experienced in building large governance teams for our clients – both HQ/hub based and offshore (such as in India), to support onshore governance teams.

We are confident that our expertise and strong network of talent can add value to your job search or resourcing requirements.