APAC Corridor · Satellite Desk
Greater China Outbound.
Anchored in Singapore.
Sercxi does not run searches inside mainland China. We place executives moving from Greater China — Shanghai, Shenzhen, Beijing, Hong Kong — into APAC and EMEA leadership roles. Most often for MNC regional HQs, Chinese firms scaling outbound, and returnees taking senior roles offshore.
The Stance
We are not a mainland China search firm and do not present ourselves as one. What we do is place the leaders who leave — into the corridors we already run.
The Singapore desk has been the natural landing point for Greater China outbound technology leadership for two decades. MAS-regulated employers, regional HQs of hyperscalers, and Southeast Asian scale-ups continue to draw operators with mainland delivery track records. Dubai and Amsterdam pick up the balance — sovereign AI mandates in the GCC, EU AI Act-native platforms in EMEA.
Where the Fit Lands
Four sector patterns account for most of the outbound flow we see.
Sector
AI Infrastructure & GPU Platforms
Operators who have run large-scale training and inference clusters at Alibaba Cloud, ByteDance, Baidu or hyperscaler China regions — moving into Southeast Asia and GCC buildouts where the buyer wants proven capacity engineering, not slideware.
Sector
FinTech & Digital Banking
PBOC / HKMA-shaped product and risk leaders relocating into MAS-regulated banks, DIFC-licensed platforms, and EMEA neobanks. High regulatory literacy is the transferable asset.
Sector
Data Centres & Cloud
Design, commissioning and campus-director talent from mainland hyperscale builds moving into SIJORI, Johor, Riyadh and Frankfurt corridors. Physics and vendor networks travel; procurement culture has to be re-learned.
Sector
Cybersecurity & AI Risk
CISOs and heads of trust who have operated under mainland regulatory pressure — MLPS 2.0, DSL, PIPL — bringing a governance temperament that pairs well with MAS TRM and NIS2.
What We Do Not Do
- We do not run searches for mainland-headquartered roles based in mainland China.
- We do not partner with mainland-only search firms as a channel.
- We do not present PRC domestic mandates to clients through a proxy structure.
- We do not accept contingency work — Greater China outbound or otherwise.
— FREQUENTLY ASKED
Greater China Outbound — FAQs
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A confidential briefing on one leader, one role, one corridor.
Discreet by default. Partner-led. Engaged mandates only. If the fit is not there we say so on the call — no proposal follow-through, no marketing loop.