Having been in Japan for over 17 years, Varun leads Ethos BeathChapman Japan with the aim of building the team’s offerings across Japan’s Technology, Telecommunications, Fintech and Commerce executive recruitment markets.

Highly connected with major foreign capital IT vendors in Japan, Varun has been specialising in Japan’s IT recruitment market for over 10 years prior to EBC, where he built a proven track record of consistently overachieving his revenue targets and running one of the most profitable teams. Varun’s career accolades include achieving top biller recognitions for two years in a row and top 10 biller status for six consecutive years, in addition to tripling his team size in 3 years.

Varun started his career as a gemstone salesperson in Hong Kong before relocating to Japan in 2004. He moved into recruitment in 2010 after completing his bachelor’s degree and MBA diploma.

Outside of work, Varun loves spending time with the family, playing cricket, camping, hiking, cooking and any other sports he gets a chance to play. Varun has been playing for his cricket club in Japan for over 10 years and served as captain of the 1st division for two years.