Basing himself between Hong Kong, Macau and Sydney, Richard Portman is the founding Director of Atticus Search. With over 15 years in Executive Search and leadership advisory Richard is a prominent talent consultant within the corporate casino and integrated resort landscape in the Asia Pacific region. Over his 15 year search career he has worked with leading fortune 500 companies from the gaming and investment banking sectors, as well as mid-sized companies and smaller family run gaming empires.Atticus was founded by Richard in 2007 whilst identifying a need for a search firm that was far less transactional, and retained a stronger emphasis on the human element in the recruitment process.Prior to establishing Atticus Search in 2007, Richard was one of the founding team of TRC Group in Hong Kong and later Sydney, and became one of its Principal Consultants. Within the regional gaming and casino sector Richard and his team has successfully placed executives into the following areas: C-suite roles, Strategy & Analytics, International VIP Marketing, Mass & Property Marketing, Casino Marketing, Finance & Cage, Audit and Compliance, Table and Slot Gaming Operations, Surveillance & Security.Richard graduated with a Bachelors of Economics and Politics from Plymouth University in England and a Master of Environmental Management from Hong Kong University. Aside from running Atticus, outside of work Richard actively involves himself with a number of local and global non-for-profit organisations with an animal welfare, environmental and conservation focus.

I joined TRC at its inception in Hong Kong in 1999 to establish the technology recruiting team focussing on the Banking and Management Consulting sector.Up until I moved to Sydney with TRC in 2004 I assisted in establishing a further office in Tokyo.I moved to Sydney to help set up TRC Search, the Australian Search division of the TRC group. I left TRC in 2007 to establish Atticus.

Richards Butler is an international law firm. Based in their Hong Kong office I held the role of a Business and Finance Relationship Manager. Clients varied from Blue Chip Hong Kong listed Corporations, Shipping & Logistics Conglomerates and Investment Banks.