Overview
Hnn-Hui Hii is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ Singapore office and a member of the global Industrial, Technology, and CEO & Board of Directors practices. He advises clients across Asia Pacific on leadership, team effectiveness, and board performance, specializing in energy and cleantech, private capital, and family-owned businesses.
Experience
Hnn-Hui has led CEO, CXO, and independent non-executive director searches for organizations undergoing transformation. He advises clients on leadership assessment and development, with expertise in succession planning and talent strategy across industrial, technology, and family-owned businesses.
Since 2008, he has completed more than 200 senior-level assignments, including over 20 CEO succession engagements, and has assessed more than 300 C-suite executives across public, private, and private equity–backed companies.
Before joining Heidrick & Struggles, Hnn-Hui led a management consulting firm focused on solar, waste-to-energy, and sustainability projects across Southeast Asia.
Earlier in his career, he assisted two cabinet ministers in Malaysia, worked in the energy and cleantech practice at a global executive search firm, and advised on transformation initiatives at a strategy consulting firm founded by former McKinsey consultants. He began his career as a process engineer at Motorola.
Hnn-Hui is a certified Hogan assessor and is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, and Malay.
Education
The University of Cambridge, PhD in Management of Technology and Innovation, Commonwealth Trust Scholar
The University of Cambridge, MPhil in Management Studies, Commonwealth Trust Scholar