A global private equity investor specialising in recruitment
Empowering recruiters to build something for themselves.
Recruitment Entrepreneur is one of the most successful private equity investors in recruitment businesses.
Our mission is to help founders globally, launch, scale, and eventually exit their own recruitment businesses, generating a wealth creation event. We invest in all sectors within the recruitment industry, which provides a diverse portfolio of businesses, each one a specialist in its own niche.
We have fostered a community of businesses that benefit from the expertise of our dedicated team who provide; funding, financial expertise, operational strategy, back-office support, legal advice, marketing, and talent attraction solutions, all of which enable our partner businesses to flourish.
Our founder & Chairman
James Caan CBE
Having founded Recruitment Entrepreneur in 2014, former Dragons' Den star and serial entrepreneur James Caan CBE plays a pivotal role in shaping each business within our portfolio.
James has been in recruitment for over 30 years and invests in recruitment companies of all sizes across various geographies and sectors.
Alexander Mann, his first recruitment business, sold in 2013 for £260 million. His second recruitment venture, Humana International, grew to 140 offices across 30 countries.
With 3 million followers, James was named LinkedIn’s second most influential voice of 2017. His global network, both online and offline, has assisted our current CEOs in attracting the best talent, clients and candidates to their businesses.
Meet the leadership team
James Caan CBE
Chairman
James Caan CBE
Chairman
As Chairman, James takes an active role in the investment process, working closely with the Recruitment Entrepreneur team to support you and your company. His hands-on approach enables entrepreneurs to learn from his considerable experience in founding and scaling recruitment businesses.
Wan Pang
Country Manager
Wan Pang
Country Manager
Pang is a Hong Kong based recruiter of 17 years specialising in mid to executive level searches across a diverse range of industry sectors including, life sciences, construction and engineering, technology, sales, and marketing, and industrial.
He founded his own hybrid rec2rec business in 2014 where he has successfully delivered leadership level searches across Asia Pacific for boutique specialists to publicly listed multi-billion organisations.
As the Hong Kong Country Manager for Recruitment Entrepreneur International he works with successful recruiters and existing boutiques to start-up and scale-up world class high value businesses
Ben Cooper
Local Partner
Ben Cooper
Local Partner
Ben has been awarded Best Legal & Compliance Headhunter in Asia-Pacific by AsiaMoney Headhunters Poll and Best Recruitment Consultant in Asia-Pacific by Global Recruiter.
He founded Ashford Benjamin in 2016, and it has now grown to be one of the leaders in the fields of Legal, Risk, and Compliance recruitment, with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.
As the Hong Kong Partner and CEO for Recruitment Entrepreneur, he invests in start up and scale up recruitment businesses, and provides full back-office support, and leadership mentoring to the portfolio.