Dan Ring
HR strategy for growing teams in APAC | Building People Protocol | Founder, Elevate
Salary / Daily rate
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Remote only
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
I run Elevate, an HR consultancy out of Tokyo. We work with companies growing across APAC who need senior HR support without a full-time hire. Org design, performance systems, comp and benefits, manager development, employment compliance. Before Elevate I spent 12 years in HR roles across financial services and tech. I take on fractional work and longer embedded engagements. I'm also building People Protocol, a data-driven, AI-enhanced performance management system that aims to take the admin cost and the bias out of the performance process while surfacing better data. If you need fractional HR for Asia expansion or are hiring a remote HRBP or Head of People, let's chat.
Work experience
Associate Consultant
Fresh SeedFreelance
Jan 2026 - Present
10 months
Tokyo, Japan
Partnering with Fresh Seed, a UK-based HR and OD consultancy specialising in the creative sector, to deliver HR support to their Asia-based clients. Fresh Seed works with video game studios, agencies, arts organisations, and production companies. I cover the APAC side.
Leadership Development Consultant
Global Leadership Solutions Co., LtdFreelance
Mar 2025 - Present
1 year 8 months
Tokyo, Japan
Licensed to deliver GLS leadership development tools including the Competency Profile, Focus Profile, and Team Process workshops. These are diagnostic and development instruments used with leadership teams and individual contributors.
Founder
ElevateFreelance
Sep 2024 - Present
2 years 2 months
Tokyo, Japan
HR consultancy based in Tokyo. Clients are startups and small companies expanding into growing or expanding into APAC. Fractional HR delivery: org design, role architecture, interview processes, performance management, comp benchmarking, manager coaching. Also building People Protocol, a data driven, AI powered approach to performance management that removes the bias and admin cost from the process.
HR Business Partner, APAC
Broadridge
Oct 2021 - Jul 2024
2 years 10 months
Tokyo, Japan
HR business partner covering Broadridge's Asia business. Supported M&A activity through the people side of the acquisition process. Helped roll out the career framework across the region. Led restructuring work and ran talent mapping for the APAC business. Standard HRBP remit alongside: employee relations, comp, workforce planning.
NatWest Markets
Jun 2016 - Aug 2021
5 years 3 months
Tokyo, Japan
Head of HR Japan
Apr 2018 - Aug 2021
3 years 5 months
Tokyo, Japan
Ran HR for NatWest Markets Japan. Led the offshoring of HR operations from Tokyo to Singapore: process redesign, regulatory navigation, new operating model. Full HRBP scope across employee relations, restructuring, regulatory compliance, workforce planning.
HR Business Partner, APAC
Jun 2016 - May 2018
2 years
Singapore
HRBP role supporting Sales & Trading across APAC. In addition to this, also spent time supporting Technology and Operations.
Royal Bank of Scotland
May 2013 - Jul 2016
3 years 3 months
Singapore
HR Consultant
Aug 2015 - Jul 2016
1 year
Singapore
Took on a new role in Singapore supporting the business across APAC with a number of HR projects. Also supported the wind down activity across the region.
HR Consultant
May 2013 - Aug 2015
2 years 4 months
London, UK
Started at RBS as part of the Organisational Effectiveness team in International Banking (IB) before moving into an HR Programme team role after 2014 restructure.
Associate, People Success
Sapient
Feb 2013 - May 2013
4 months
London, UK
Worked as part of the Global People Centre (GPC) team supporting HRBPs with BAU activity such as localisation, on-boarding and exit activity. Also looked at HR process improvement and was involved in user acceptance testing as part of an HR system update.
Intern (Specialist Functions), Learning & Talent Development
Newedge
Apr 2012 - Mar 2013
1 year
London, UK
Key role spanning a variety of HR functions, primarily assisting both the Global Head of Graduate Recruitment and Global Head of Learning & Talent Development.
Education
Le Wagon
Full Stack Web Development
2020 - 2021
7 months
University of East Anglia
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), American and English Literature
2007 - 2011
4 years 1 month
Grade: 2:1