Vikas Srivastava

CEO

Singapore, Singapore, Singapore21 yrs 6 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Transformed Quess Corp into a recognized staffing leader.
Managed 150+ core team members and 3500+ associates.
Achieved 40% revenue growth in Singapore.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in the staffing and recruitment industry with a focus on operational excellence.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipP&l Management

Other Skills

Thought LeadershipTalent IntelligenceSalesRecruitingOperational ExcellencePre-salesSolution SellingBusiness DevelopmentGo-to-market StrategyKey Account ManagementIT Service ManagementTeam BuildingManagementStart-upsTeam Management

About

As Regional Head for APAC at Quess Corp, I lead operations across IT Staffing, General Staffing & Perm Recruitment, driving growth, profitability, and client excellence in Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam. Over the past five years, I’ve helped transform the business from a brand with limited local visibility into a recognized staffing leader across the region. By building a high-performance culture ,rooted in diversity & inclusivity, operational excellence, collaboration and attracting top industry talent, I’ve strengthened our market presence and delivered consistent ambitious business outcome. I manage 150+ core team members and 3500+ associates. Quess Corp is ranked among the Top 50 Global Staffing Firms (#37 by SIA, 2024). An alumnus of the National University of Singapore (Class of 2003), I also hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Digital Business from MIT Sloan School of Management and Columbia Business School.

Experience

21 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

3 mos

Current Experience

Quess singapore

4 roles

Chief Business Officer - APAC

Promoted

Apr 2026 – Present · 1 mo · Singapore

Regional Oversight across Asia Pacific markets of Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam. Across these 4 markets, Quess has approximately 3500+ Associates servicing 400+ clients in General Staffing, IT Staffing, Outsourcing and Permanent Recruitment. Core Employee base of 150+ HC.

Chief Business Officer - Singapore & Malaysia

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Apr 2026 · 1 yr 9 mos · Singapore

Regional Head of Singapore & Malaysia, responsible for driving strategic business growth, driving transformation of service lines in complimentary yet diverse market of Singapore & Malaysia. Total core employee strength of 100+ across the two markets and 2000+ billable Headcount servicing Fortune 500 companies. Our aspiration is to become a premier workforce solution provider across General Staffing, IT staffing and Outsourcing verticals in the two countries.

Country Manager, Malaysia

Feb 2024 – Jun 2024 · 4 mos · Singapore

Managing Direct reports of 30+ core staff, 800+ associates, 90% of the business coming from non-tech General Staffing. Quess Malaysia is part of USD 2B/Annum Quess Corporation, a publicly listed company headquartered out of India. Quess Malaysia boast of servicing some of the most prestigious brands enabled by technology and aspires to become the largest and most profitable workforce and talent company in Malaysia.

Country Manager, Singapore

Feb 2021 – Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Singapore

Over the last 3 years, Singapore revenue has grown by 40%; EBIDTA by 30% ; briefly surpassing all time high headcount of 1500+ Tech headcount , culminating in Quess Singapore being accredited as Great place to Work in 2023. Created a culture of diversity by hiring Diverse women talent particularly at leadership level. Despite a challenging 2023 due to Tech slowdown/visa restriction and sluggish economy, managed to retain dominant status in IT staffing.

Thought LeadershipTalent IntelligenceSalesLeadershipP&L Management

Apsco southeast asia

Representative Committee Member - SEA

Feb 2026 – Present · 3 mos · Singapore · On-site

Representative Committee Member of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) South East Asia, contributing to strategic industry dialogue and advisory initiatives shaping the future of professional staffing in the region. APSCo advances the interests of the recruitment sector by promoting best practice, ethical standards, and regulatory alignment. The committee engages with policymakers and regional stakeholders to navigate evolving regulatory frameworks, support compliant workforce solutions, and align industry capability with national employment and skills agendas. Focused on strengthening the staffing ecosystem while driving sustainable and high-quality employment outcomes.

Manpowergroup

4 roles

Regional Director(APAC + Middle East) - Key Clients & Experis Operations

Jun 2019 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

In addition to the Regional Account Director Role, the role was expanded to include Experis operations responsibilities. In this role, I worked under the office of COO( Regional Experis Brand Leader) to drive operational excellence across 6 APME markets for Experis( A $500M/Annum IT Staffing, Professional Consulting and Project Solution brand). I supported our Country Directors and delivery teams to ensure we over achieve our EBIDTA and GP targets for Experis brand.

Regional Account Director - Asia Pacific and Middle East

Promoted

Jan 2017 – May 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Post integration of WDC Singapore into Experis Singapore, I was moved to the regional office as Regional Account Director- Asia Pacific & Middle East. In this role, I managed the strategic development & Gross profit growth of several of our largest Global accounts. These client contributed approximately $250 USDM in annual revenues to Asia Pacific. This includes client relationship and development, business development, new product design and delivery. I am responsible for all regional contractual negotiations and am the Regional point of escalation for delivery and sales across 13 countries in Asia Pacific and Middle East.

Country Director

Apr 2013 – Dec 2016 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Responsible for P&L of WDC Singapore, IT Staffing company acquired by ManpowerGroup. Under my tenure of 3 years; IT staffing revenue grew from $1.9M to $18M operating at 12% EBITDA, the highest of any Experis operations in Asia Pacific. WDC Singapore operated independently from Manpower Singapore with revenue and EBITDA contributing to APME regional numbers. In 2016, the two operations were merged together with WDC SG clients and associates nonvoting to Manpower Singapore.

Associate Director

May 2010 – Mar 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Founding Member of WDC Consulting Singapore, an IT Staffing firm acquired by ManpowerGroup under Experis Brand

Nityo infotech

Manager- Client Services

Jan 2009 – Mar 2010 · 1 yr 2 mos · Singapore · On-site

Brought several new client logos for “IT staffing” division.
Helped grow assigned client accounts with minimal presence by about 150% to sizeable revenue contributing accounts.
Credited with bringing the first case study of Panaya – Automated SAP upgrade solutions (now part of Infosys) in APAC for a Fortune 500 customer based out of Singapore

Azilon

Regional Business Development Manager

Aug 2005 – Dec 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Singapore · On-site

Joined Singapore operation as its 2nd employee.
Kick-started its “Professional Services” division with the mandate to provide Risk/IT based staffing/recruitment solutions to financial institutions looking for contingent workforce.
“Professional services” division built an annual portfolio of S$ 1.8Million in 18 months at GP of 22%.
Channel partnership in Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Singapore for promoting and selling Azilon proprietary “Risk based Internal Audit Solution, D’Risk”
Project & Account management for implementation of “D’Risk” for the second largest Public Sector Bank in India based out of New Delhi. Deal was worth $120K USD.
Project & Account management for implementation of “Operational Risk framework tool” for a large Private Sector based out of Mumbai. Deal was worth $ 80K USD.

Nice

Presales Specialist

Mar 2004 – Jul 2005 · 1 yr 4 mos · Singapore · On-site

Pre-Sales/Sales support for “ERWIN” a data-modelling tool / “SAPHIR” a Metadata extraction tool both from Computer Associates.
Manage alliance with BluePhoenix(Legacy modernization solution) AND SyncSort(Batch reduction tool) to market and promote its software license in Singapore.
Total revenue brought through selling of 12 Licenses of ERWIN + 1 SAPHIR in 12 months was $ 123K USD.