Our JV Team
Levon Antonian
Levon was the founder and CEO of Halian Holdings, a provider of technology managed services deployed on an international scale. Originally UK based, Halian quickly gained a reputation for becoming the partner of choice in high barrier locations and set up operations across Europe, Middle East & Africa region.
The business grew to circa. $60m USD turnover, 600 billing technology staff and an enviable portfolio of government and enterprise clients with whom Levon fostered long term relationships delivering complex human capital and technology services. The company was sold along with its management team to a private equity fund in 2022. Levon has joined the Strivre group as an investor, as our adviser for high barrier markets of Europe and the Middle East. As a growth ambassador. He is passionate about leading and mentoring entrepreneurs as they seek to build their business and of course to build intrinsic value in the Strivre.
Fraser Brown
Fraser is the founder of Global Solutions, a niche recruitment business dedicated to the human capital industry. Launched in 1998 in the UK the company the business spread its international wings setting up offices in Australia and then Asia in 2005. Since then it has become a partner of choice for thousands of TA and HR based organisations around the world peaking at nine physical office, c. 8,000 placements, 160 JV / start up deals.
With a quarter century of trading Fraser has founded and run a number of sister business’s including OurMeasure and Strivre both fully enabled technology platforms, www.theworks-group.com a co working offering and a number of previous investments. He is a co-founder of the Strivre and brings deep insight into today’s challenges and trends in the industry. A network of c. 300,000 contacts is leveraged to drive deal origination whilst Global Solutions remains a fully-fledged trading business designed to fuel the talent acquisition for our group brands enabling high touch connectivity from C level down.
Jon Edwards
Originally from the UK, Jon has spent more than two decade in China and today is one of the most senior and respected leadership figures in the recruitment community in North Asia. He inherited an ailing, small business at Antal and over ten years Jon built a multi-office team of up to 200 recruitment professionals. He also rolled out Antal’s franchise business enabling many entrepreneurs to launch their own businesses.
Jon has joined Strivre as its day-to-day leader responsible for deal origination and leveraging his two decades of experience, working with partners, helping them with strategic growth and business development, hiring and retaining top performers, and cross-pollinating relationships across the region. Jon is also our North Asia expert, a creator of our “SOHO” Biller universe that acts as a feeder to our JV’s. He is well known for his altruistic style and approach, his strategic business building methodology and as time has proven he is adept at leveraging these skills and overseen his recruitment leaders build their teams, revenues and profits.
