Executive Search for the Industries That Power the Global Economy.

Axentia Global is a specialist executive search firm focused exclusively on leadership roles within the energy, semiconductor, and industrial sectors across Asia. That singular focus allows us to operate with a depth of market understanding that generalist firms cannot match.

Our principal has spent over a decade advising organisations across the region on senior leadership appointments. Over that time, we have built active relationships across the leadership teams of major refineries, semiconductor fabs, and industrial platforms.

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Deep Sector Specialisation

Energy, semiconductor and industrial leadership. Nothing else.

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Asia-Focused Leadership Network

Active relationships across six markets, built over a decade of specialist search.

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Structured Evaluation

Every candidate assessed through the AXIS Mscore™ framework — not gut feel.

Modern Search. Engineered Precision.

We built Axentia around two convictions the legacy firms have been slow to adopt.

First, that market mapping should be exhaustive, not convenient. Before approaching candidates, we build a complete landscape — who currently holds which roles, who may be ready to move, and which leaders the market has not yet identified. They get the result of a disciplined intelligence exercise.

Second, that evaluation must be structured, predictive, and repeatable. This is why we developed the AXIS Mscore™ — a proprietary framework that measures strategic capacity, operational capability, cultural alignment, and motivation. These four dimensions consistently differentiate executives who perform from those who merely interview well.

Every search includes:

Full Market Mapping

Structured Leadership Assessment

Partner-Led Candidate Evaluation

Confidential Referencing

Clients Work Directly With the Partner Responsible for the Mandate.

Our principal doesn't delegate. Rushit personally leads every search from mandate through to placement.

Rushit Shah

Managing Partner

Rushit has spent over a decade advising energy, semiconductor, and industrial organisations across Asia on senior leadership appointments across operations, supply chain, commercial, technology, and human resources functions.

Value ChainOperationsHuman ResourcesCIO / IT

Asia Is Not a Single Market. We Don't Treat It Like One.

A CFO search in Mumbai requires a fundamentally different approach than one in Singapore or Jakarta. Compensation structures differ. Talent pools overlap in unexpected ways. Cultural expectations around seniority, mobility, and loyalty vary enormously.

We operate across six markets where we maintain active relationships — not just a database, but an ongoing dialogue with the people who lead energy and industrial businesses in this region.

We maintain active relationships across six Asian markets that collectively represent more than 60% of global industrial production.

Singapore

Energy majors, semiconductor ecosystem, regional HQs

Thailand

Petrochemicals, power generation, industrial conglomerates

India

Renewables, refining, manufacturing, infrastructure

Malaysia

National oil company ecosystem, LNG, downstream

Hong Kong

Financial services, regional governance, industrial groups

Indonesia

Mining, upstream energy, industrial infrastructure

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