Yan Vermeulen is a Partner in the Odgers Berndtson Singapore office. As Head of the Global Chemical & Process Industries practice, he drives global strategy and collaboration with Odgers Berndtson's key accounts. As Head of the Southeast Asia Industrial practice, he specialises in senior executive assignments for Manufacturing, Chemical, Electronics and Automotive companies. Prior to joining Odgers Berndtson, he was Director for Southeast Asia with another Executive Search firm for over eight years. He started and grew regional teams from scratch in Japan, India and Singapore within the industrial space. Yan graduated with degrees in Business Administration and Japanese from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, and spent a year studying at Kansai Gaidai University in Japan.