​Tim Golding, Founder and Managing Director at Peak Recruitment, a regional recruitment specialist for the ASEAN food and agriculture sector, speaks to Far Eastern Agriculture about recruiting talent in Asia for food and agriculture industries How competitive is the ASEAN candidate market in terms of skill levels required for major industries? Tim Golding: Extremely so. The highly specialised nature of the roles across niche categories, whether that be a breeding specialist for a certain crop...

​We catch up with Ueamporn Hiransirilak, consultant of Peak Recruitment. Ueamporn is a specialist in Food and Beverage and Crop Science Industries in our team. Let's see how her path in Food and Agriculture has been paved, and find out a bit more about her life outside of work. ​What was your first job?My first full-time job was as an Export Officer at a food manufacturer. I dealt with customers in Indonesia, Singapore, the UK, Italy, etc. I learned a lot from this company and started to grow...

​Getting to know takes you to meet our Regional Director of Asia, Jariya Sethi. The first time she is sharing her personal life, let's find out what builds her to be a successful leader at a very young age. ​​What was your first job?My first job was in Banking with HSBC Thailand, I was working as an International Banking Officer supporting overseas clients. I was coordinating with many overseas branches and supported many clients with their banking problems. I enjoyed solving cases which my m...

​For the first of our newest series Getting to know, let's meet Tim Golding, the Managing Director of Peak Recruitment. Today, we move his Managing Director role aside for a while, and get to know him more about his life outside of work, see what superpower he would pick, and why was he being chased around the UK by a butcher in his previous career. ​What was your first job?First paying job was as a newspaper delivery boy whilst at school, but my first real job was in food retail with Tesco'...