Rod Haire is a Client Partner and the Global Head of Insurance Practice Group at Pedersen & Partners, based in Hong Kong. Mr. Haire has held Director, VP, and CEO roles for leading Banking and Insurance organisations across Asia and has approximately 16 years of Executive Search experience. As Head of the Global Insurance Practice, Mr. Haire is responsible for leading and growing the firm’s Insurance Practice. He works closely with leadership teams to appoint Non-Executive Directors, CEOs, Managing Directors, and C-Suite executives for leading multinationals across the Financial Services sector.
In addition to his global Insurance Practice role, Mr. Haire advises clients in Vietnam, both local enterprises and Vietnamese operations of international firms, across all industry sectors drawing on his in-depth market knowledge and prior in-country experience.
Prior to joining Pedersen & Partners, Mr. Haire was Global Head of the Insurance Practice and Head of APAC for a global financial services boutique. Before his career in Executive Search, Mr. Haire spent 25 years in the Banking and Insurance sectors, working extensively in senior international roles—predominantly across Asia—for major global organisations, including several years at CEO level. He has extensive corporate and Executive Search experience across the Middle East and Asia Pacific.
Mr. Haire holds an Economics MA degree from the University of Cambridge.