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    • Our Distinctions
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      • Financial Services
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Chris Traub
Chairman and Co-Founder 



Chris Traub is Chairman and Co-Founder of the SES Group. Based in Taipei and Shanghai, Chris travels regularly throughout the SES Group's offices and worldwide.

Over the past 25 years, Chris has led and supported hundreds of senior level search engagements, across a broad range of industries. He is particularly well known in Asia for his search work in technology and private equity, and participates in many leading global CEO forums annually, including TED, Forbes Global CEO, and the World Economic Forum where SES is a Global Growth Company member. Chris leads the TMT (Technology, Media, and Telecommunications), and Private Equity Practice Groups.

Chris began his executive search career in 1988 when he established the first retained executive search firm in Taipei, that later joined Ward Howell International, a leading global executive search firm in 1992. In 1998, Chris and two partners established the Strategic Executive Search (SES) Group.

Born in the US and educated in the US, the Philippines, and Taiwan, Chris has lived in Greater China continuously since 1986. He graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor's degree in East Asian Studies & Cultural Anthropology. He is fully bicultural and bilingual in English and Mandarin. He is a published author, as well as a keen adventure athlete, musician, and yoga instructor.

Chris Traub can be reached at ctraub@sesasia.com and by phone at +886-2-2514-0443. 
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