Bangkok, Thailand

Building people,
companies &
what's next.

I'm Arm — Jakkraphan Kaewsrichan, CEO of Q Hunter Recruitment, your strategic recruitment partner. I connect exceptional talent with ambitious companies across Thailand & APAC, advise on business growth and 2nd-generation business succession, and guide organizations through job redesign and Human–AI readiness — so their people don't just survive the AI era, they lead it.

CEO · Q Hunter Executive Search Business Advisory 2nd-Gen Business Consultancy Job Redesign Human + AI Readiness Tech Investor STCC Board Director Speaker
Arm — Jakkraphan Kaewsrichan, CEO of Q Hunter Recruitment
Arm — Jakkraphan KaewsrichanCEO, Q Hunter Recruitment
0+Years in recruitment & HR
0+Years as CEO, Q Hunter
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Background

From recruiter to founder to investor.

My career didn't start in a boardroom. I studied International Relations at Thammasat University, and it took me to the Royal Thai Embassy in Vientiane — where a young graduate learned how doors open between countries, and between people. Back in Bangkok, at Charoen Pokphand Foods' world headquarters, I found the work that would define my life: hiring across every level of a global company, and watching how the right person in the right seat can change everything.

In 2013, I bet on myself. I founded Q Hunter Recruitment — and as its CEO for over a decade, I've built it on one conviction: Thailand deserved a new kind of search firm, where every consultant is a true industry specialist who understands your business before sending a single CV. What started as one recruiter's ambition became a platform trusted by leading companies across Asia. The wins kept compounding: in 2018 I co-founded Q Elitez, an HR outsourcing joint venture now managing 200 people across Thailand, and in 2023 Singapore's Elitez Group — 300 consultants across six countries — named me Country Director, extending our reach across the region.

Today, my work looks ahead: advising businesses on growth and 2nd-generation succession, and helping organizations redesign jobs for the AI era and build Human–AI readiness — because the companies that win won't be the ones that replace people with technology, but the ones that prepare people to work alongside it. I also sit on the Board of Directors of the Singapore-Thai Chamber of Commerce (2025–2027) and the JFCCT SME Executive Committee, opening the same doors for others that were once opened for me — and I'm interested in the technology writing the future of work.

2010

Ministry of Foreign Affairs → CPF

Internship at the Royal Thai Embassy in Vientiane, then Recruitment Specialist at Charoen Pokphand Foods HQ (2010–2013).

2013

Founded Q Hunter Recruitment

Launched my own boutique executive search firm in Bangkok — specialist consultants, dedicated industries, international clients.

2017

Executive Partner, QGEN

People-management solutions consultancy drawing on 17+ years of collective HR practice (2017–2022).

2018

Co-founded Q Elitez

HR outsourcing joint venture between Q Group and Elitez Singapore — HRPO, RPO, and payroll for 200 headcounts across Thailand.

2023

Country Director, Elitez Group

Leading Thailand for the Singapore-based group — 300 consultants across Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, and India.

2025

Chamber leadership & AI-era consulting

Board of Directors, Singapore-Thai Chamber of Commerce (2025–2027); SME Executive Committee, JFCCT; business advisory for 2nd-generation successors; and job redesign & Human–AI readiness consulting across the region.

Work & Projects

What I'm building.

A portfolio across recruitment, business advisory, workforce transformation, and technology.

01 · Since 2013

Q Hunter Recruitment

Founder & CEO. A new-generation boutique executive search firm in Bangkok — specialist consultants dedicated to specific industries, applying both science and art to recruiting for international and leading companies across Asia.

qhunter.co.th →
02 · Since 2018

Q Elitez — HR Outsourcing

Co-Founder. A joint venture between Q Group and Elitez Singapore, managing 200 headcounts across Thailand with HRPO, RPO, and payroll management services.

Learn more →
03 · Since 2023

Elitez Group — Country Director

Leading Thailand for the premier Singapore-based recruitment group — 300 consultants across six countries, offering recruitment, EOR solutions, and market-entry consultancy across Asia.

elitez.asia →
04 · Now

Business Advisory & Human–AI Readiness

Advising business owners and 2nd-generation successors on growth and transition — plus AI-driven job redesign and workforce transformation programs that prepare people to work alongside technology, not compete with it.

Explore succession advisory →
05 · New · Free Beta

HoraFit — Where Astrology Meets Hiring 🔮

My newest experiment: blending five astrology traditions — Thai, Chinese BaZi, Korean Saju, Japanese Four Pillars, and Western — with HR science. HoraFit turns a candidate's birth date into a work archetype, fit scores, and structured interview questions you can actually use. Runs entirely in your browser, PDPA-first, and free during beta.

Try the live beta →
Arm Jakkraphan Kaewsrichan, business advisor
2nd-Generation Succession

Taking over the family business? You're not alone.

Thailand's economy was built by founders — and right now, an entire generation of family businesses is passing to their sons and daughters. It's one of the hardest jobs in business: honoring what your parents built while proving you can take it further. Long-time employees watch your every move. The old ways still make money. And the world — digital, AI, global — won't wait for you to settle in.

"The successor's real challenge isn't strategy — it's people. Earning trust, building your own team, and moving the organization forward without breaking what works."

That's where I work. As a founder who built a business from zero and a recruiter who has watched hundreds of leadership transitions succeed and fail, I help 2nd-generation leaders make the handover their launchpad — not their burden.

Let's talk succession
How a handover works
Generation 1 · The founder's business Generation 2 · The successor leads
1

Assess

Understand where the business, the family, and the successor stand today.

2

Align

Agree on roles, decision rights, and a handover timeline both generations accept.

3

Build the team

Bring in leadership the successor trusts, while keeping institutional knowledge.

4

Modernize

Redesign roles, professionalize HR, and bring technology into daily operations.

5

Hand over

The founder steps back and the successor takes full ownership of the direction.

Receiving the Token of Appreciation for the Singapore-Thai Chamber of Commerce at the Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards
Community & Giving Back

Success means lifting others.

Career opportunity changed my life — so I work to create it for others, from SMEs to the next generation of talent.

01

Board of Directors, Singapore-Thai Chamber of Commerce (2025–2027)

Elected to the Board of the STCC — founded in 1993 as the bridge between the Singaporean and Thai business communities. Representing Q Hunter Recruitment, I champion business connectivity through people & talent, creative cross-border Thai–Singapore collaboration, member development through HR & leadership programs, and strengthening the Chamber's community engagement. See the Board →

02

SME Executive Committee, JFCCT

Advocating SME-friendly policies with the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand — trainings, seminars, and programs that help entrepreneurs scale, including the Prime Minister's Address Luncheon on Thailand's competitiveness.

03

Business community volunteering

Membership Committee at BNI Thailand (2015–2020) and member of the British Chamber of Commerce Thailand — economic empowerment through networks.

04

[Placeholder] Personal charity projects

Tell me about your charity activities (donations, mentorship, volunteering) and I'll add them here with photos.

Videos

Watch & listen.

Talks on careers, work, and growing in the real world — play them right here.

Life Lecture · The Cloud

Grow by Choosing the Right Job

เติบโตได้ถ้าเลือกงานเป็น — a Survival Skills lecture on designing your career path early: the sooner you start, the faster you grow.

CU Get Ready · Chulalongkorn University

How to Land the Job

ทำอย่างไรถึงจะได้งาน — what most candidates overlook when applying: preparation, standing out in a tough market, and where the job market is heading.

Reel · Q Hunter · 30K+ views

3 Skills to Practice if You Want to Be a Manager

3 ทักษะที่ต้องฝึก ถ้าอยากเป็น Manager — the three skills that separate future managers from the pack. Open on Facebook →

Interests

Off the clock, I'm into...

The things that keep me curious, sharp, and having fun.

🤖

AI & how people adapt to it

I'm less interested in the tools than in the human question behind them: which skills gain value, how teams restructure around AI, and how someone mid-career reinvents themselves instead of being replaced. Most companies buy the technology first and think about the people last — I believe that's backwards. Adoption succeeds or fails on whether people feel equipped or threatened.

🌏

Foreign affairs & world politics

I studied International Relations, and I never stopped following it. Trade policy, regional power shifts, elections far from here that quietly reshape business in Southeast Asia — it's still the lens I read the world through, and it makes me a better advisor to companies operating across borders.

📈

Investing

Startups, markets, and long-term value plays — especially technology reshaping how people work.

📚

Reading

Business, leadership, and big-idea books that change how I see a problem.

✈️

Travel

Exploring new cities, cultures, and business scenes across Asia and beyond.

🍜

Food

Hunting the best eats in Bangkok — the city's real boardroom.

Speaking

Let's talk about the future of work.

Available for keynotes, panels, and workshops — in Thai or English.

Job redesign & Human–AI readiness
Recruitment & talent strategy
Business advisory & 2nd-gen succession
Career growth for young professionals
Contact

Let's build something together.

Whether it's hiring, business advisory, job redesign, partnership, investment, or a speaking invitation — my inbox is open.

jakkraphan@qhunter.co.th