AI & Digital · Fintech · Series D · Cross-border market entry

A full India C-suite for a credit platform entering from Singapore

The customer

The Singapore-based arm of a big data credit assessment platform, entering the India market with zero existing India leadership.

The problem

Build an entire India C-suite from scratch, with no local brand recognition to recruit against.

The challenges

Each seat carried a distinct, demanding profile. The COO needed India market-building experience. The CRO needed consumer-lending risk expertise. The CTO had to architect for India-specific data environments. The CMO owned APAC growth. In addition, a Singapore Government research joint venture required a specialist Head of Data Sciences.

Our approach

We acted as a full talent partner, defining the roles jointly with Singapore leadership and mapping the Indian fintech ecosystem function by function.

How we ran it

Every search ran in parallel, with continuous cross-border coordination between Singapore and India at the core of the engagement.

What was unique

A complete C-suite built from zero, on a market-entry timeline, for a company with no India presence to trade on.

Outcome

The full India C-suite was built on schedule. The two most complex profiles, CRO and COO, were closed from our proprietary networks.