Dan Ring

Founder @ Elevate

About

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.

Country

Japan

City

Tokyo

Industry

Human Resources

Skill

Human Resources (HR), Communication, Project Management, Career Development, HR Consulting, Executive Development, Organizational Design, Change Management, Business Ownership, Strategic Human Resource Planning, Career Development Coaching, Distributed Team Management, Employee Engagement, Training, Research, Analysis, Time Management, Human Resources, Talent Management, Interviews

Experience

Founder

Elevate

2024-9 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

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.

Associate Consultant

Fresh Seed

2026-1 - Present · 9 mos

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., Ltd

2025-3 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

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.

HR Business Partner, APAC

Broadridge

2021-10 - 2024-6 · 2 yrs 9 mos

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.

Head of HR Japan

NatWest Commercial and Institutional

2018-4 - 2021-8 · 3 yrs 5 mos

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

NatWest Commercial and Institutional

2016-6 - 2018-4 · 1 yr 11 mos

Singapore

HRBP role supporting Sales & Trading across APAC. In addition to this, also spent time supporting Technology and Operations.

HR Consultant

RBS

2015-8 - 2016-6 · 11 mos

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

RBS

2013-5 - 2015-8 · 2 yrs 4 mos

London

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

2013-2 - 2013-5 · 4 mos

London, United Kingdom

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

2012-4 - 2013-2 · 11 mos

London

Key role spanning a variety of HR functions, primarily assisting both the Global Head of Graduate Recruitment and Global Head of Learning & Talent Development.