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After commissioned service in the British army in Libya, Brian Renwick began a career in management in by undertaking one of the very first full-time post-graduate programs in human resource management. His career therefore spans almost the entire history of modern day HR management.
Brian served for twelve years in various human resource positions at two major UK corporations in mining and precious metals. In 1975, he joined Aluminium Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf, and moved to Hong Kong at the start of 1981, to become Director of Personnel Services at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He handed over his post to a local successor in 1986 and joined HSBC as Head of Personnel where he again handed over to a local person on retirement from the bank. In June 1995, he started the human resources consulting company Renwick McCormick Maule & Tam. In September 1998, Aon Consulting Worldwide acquired the company to spearhead its strategic development of HR consulting in the region. Brian was Regional Director of Aon Consulting Asia until he left for personal reasons at the end of 1999. He is now a partner in and Joint Managing Director of Boyden in Hong Kong and China.
Brian has thus served in six major organisations in four countries. He has also spent considerable time in the Philippines working with one of Asia's largest development projects. He is particularly interested in improving management performance within organisations, and in how to link people strategies with business objectives. He has had extensive top-level recruitment and consulting experience both as practitioner and consultant. His personal industry working experience includes, mining, smelting and metals, construction, leisure and banking. In his thirteen years in consulting, he has conducted top-level organisation and management reviews in a wide variety of public and private sector institutions.
Brian is active in the Hong Kong community and has either chaired or sat on a number of educational and advisory bodies. He was Chairman of the Careers Advisory Board of Hong Kong University and was a member of the Standing Committee on Disciplined Services Salaries and Conditions of Service. He is a Vice Chairman of The Employers' Federation of Hong Kong, a Member of the Housing Society and Vice-Chairman of the Manpower Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. He has permanent residence in Hong Kong that - after a lifetime of travel - he regards as home.
Brian's interests include sailing, walking, history, antique clock repairing and using computers. He is married with four children and eight grandchildren. Brian is fluent in English and French.
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