Thomas W. Hofer

Founder, Selion Global | Executive Search and Leadership Advisory at Board and CEO Level

Singapore

About

Thomas W. Hofer is Founder of Selion Global, a partner-led executive search and leadership advisory firm operating at board and C-suite level. His authority lies in CEO succession, board composition, and senior leadership appointments, the decisions that shape organisational continuity when leadership alignment becomes critical to performance. That authority extends across founder-led and family enterprises, listed companies, and investor-backed organisations. Industries differ, yet the underlying dynamics tend to recur when organisations navigate growth, a change of ownership, or strategic transformation. He is recognised for his standing in executive search at the most senior level, for structural perspective and a deep understanding of people and power. His sector strength sits in environments marked by structural and leadership complexity, among them Maritime, Global Trade, Industrial, and Technology. Years spent across European and Asian business environments have given him a clear sense of how ownership structure, governance context, and cultural dynamics shape leadership decisions. At this level the work is led personally, and across borders, calling on the independent judgement, discretion, and experience that pivotal leadership decisions require.

Experience

  • Founder at Selion Global
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Selion Global is a partner-led executive search and leadership advisory firm operating at board and C-suite level. We advise on the appointments that set long-term direction: CEO succession, board renewal, and senior leadership mandates where alignment carries structural consequence. Anchored in Singapore and London, we work internationally through a select group of senior advisors who share our standards. Every mandate is led personally, at partner level. We are engaged through reputation, and retained through trust.

  • Member of the Board at Paresa Collection
    Jul 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 1 mo

    Leadership residencies for boards, founders, and principals at the moments that decide an organisation's direction: succession, governance, legacy transitions, and the long-view decisions that shape what follows. Commissioned privately and held in confidence, shaped by decades of board-level advisory. Set apart from the day-to-day, so the conversations that rarely reach a boardroom can be had in full. Anchored by The Selion Circle.

  • Amrop (4 yrs)
    • Global Head of Transportation, Shipping & Logistics Practice Group
      Jan 2021 - Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    • Managing Partner
      Jul 2020 - Jun 2024 · 4 yrs

      We represented the Amrop network in Singapore, delivering executive search and leadership advisory at board and C-suite level across Southeast Asia and international markets.

    • Member of the Global Board
      Jun 2021 - Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Member of the Asia Pacific & Middle East Council at AESC
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2020 · 3 yrs

  • Managing Partner at Hofer Tan Partners
    Aug 2001 - Jun 2020 · 18 yrs 11 mos

    Retained executive search and leadership advisory, advising boards and senior leaders across Asia, Europe, and international markets. Partner-led from the start, with deep relationships at board and C-suite level. A member of AESC, with representation at the APAC Council level.