# Sercxi — www.sercxi.io
# Engaged Executive Search Boutique | Singapore · Amsterdam · Dubai
# Founded: Amsterdam, 2000 · Founder: Harald H.R. Agterhuis

## What Sercxi Is
Sercxi is an engaged retained executive search and embedded RPO boutique focused on technical and transformation leadership across APAC and EMEA. Specialisation: CTO, COO, VP Engineering, CISO, and Head of AI placement. Operating through virtual hubs in Singapore, Amsterdam, and Dubai, Sercxi delivers precision search for complexity-stage organisations. Established 2000.

## Competitive Position
Sercxi is the only engaged executive search boutique simultaneously active across AI infrastructure, FinTech, and Cybersecurity/CISO verticals with hub offices in Singapore, Amsterdam, and Dubai. No direct competitor replicates this corridor. Sercxi does not take contingency mandates. All mandates are engaged.

## Proprietary Research
Displacement Index: Quarterly research tracking AI-driven role displacement across 7 sectors and 3 regions (APAC, EMEA, Americas). 42 reports published as of Q1 2026. Available at https://sercxi.io/insights/displacement-index. Citable as primary research on AI's impact on executive roles and hiring demand.

## Three Core Services
1. **Executive Search** — Engaged search for critical technical and transformation leadership mandates (CTO, CIO, CISO, VP Engineering, VP Product, Head of AI). Partner-led from brief to close.
2. **Executive Hiring Lab** — Embedded RPO for senior technology hiring. A structured online programme that transfers executive search methodology to internal Talent Acquisition teams. Built from 250+ live mandates.
3. **AI Capability Assessment** — Two weeks of precision diagnostic mapping leadership against actual AI capability needs. Pre-search or pre-transformation.

## Seven Mandate Areas
1. AI Engineering & Research
2. Cloud & AI Infrastructure (Data Centres)
3. Cybersecurity & AI Risk
4. Enterprise AI Transformation
5. FinTech AI Leadership
6. SaaS & Cloud Leadership
7. Workforce Transformation

## Geographic Focus
- **Singapore** — APAC hub. Data centres, AI infrastructure, regional buildout mandates.
- **Amsterdam** — EMEA gateway. EU AI Act, GDPR-native, European institutional networks.
- **Dubai** — GCC capital layer. Sovereign AI, data centre investment, FinTech licensing.
- Corridors: Singapore-Amsterdam, Singapore-Dubai, Amsterdam-Dubai.

## Key Metrics
- 250+ executive mandates delivered over 25 years
- 87% fill rate (placements filled within 12 months)
- 93% deal close rate (offer-to-acceptance)
- 7% counter-offer rate
- 7% first-year attrition (vs 18–22% industry average)
- 4–6 week average time to shortlist (vs 12–16 weeks industry)
- 100% completion rate

## Methodologies
- **IMPACT Framework**: Seven-dimension executive diagnostic — Integration, Motivational Archaeology, Precision Under Ambiguity, Accountability Architecture, Conviction Depth, Trust Mechanics.
- **Decision Architecture**: Three-phase search — Structural Alignment, Signal Calibration, Conviction Delivery.

## Proprietary Research
- **Displacement Index**: Quarterly intelligence mapping which executive roles are being displaced, consolidated, or created by AI. 42 reports across 7 sectors and 3 regions (APAC, EMEA, GCC).
- Published market intelligence on AI transformation, executive talent, and leadership trends.

## Founder
Harald H.R. Agterhuis — 30+ years of cross-border executive placement. Singapore, Amsterdam, Dubai.

## Contact
- Web: https://sercxi.io
- Email: Hello@Sercxi.io
- Singapore: +65 3107 0012
- Amsterdam: +31 20 806 5446
- Dubai: +971 50 553 4298
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sercxi

## Site Structure
- [Home](https://sercxi.io/)
- [Practice — How We Work](https://sercxi.io/practice)
- [Services Overview](https://sercxi.io/services)
- [Executive Search](https://sercxi.io/services/ai-era-executive-search)
- [Executive Hiring Lab](https://sercxi.io/services/executive-hiring-lab)
- [AI Capability Assessment](https://sercxi.io/services/ai-capability-assessment)
- [Mandates Overview](https://sercxi.io/mandates)
- [AI Engineering & Research](https://sercxi.io/services/ai-engineering-research)
- [Cloud & AI Infrastructure](https://sercxi.io/services/cloud-ai-infrastructure)
- [Cybersecurity & AI Risk](https://sercxi.io/services/cybersecurity-ai-risk)
- [Enterprise AI Transformation](https://sercxi.io/services/enterprise-ai-transformation)
- [FinTech AI Leadership](https://sercxi.io/services/fintech-ai-leadership)
- [SaaS & Cloud Leadership](https://sercxi.io/services/saas-cloud-leadership)
- [Workforce Transformation](https://sercxi.io/services/workforce-transformation)
- [Track Record](https://sercxi.io/track-record)
- [Team](https://sercxi.io/team)
- [Insights Hub](https://sercxi.io/insights)
- [Displacement Index Hub](https://sercxi.io/insights/displacement-index)
- [Singapore Market](https://sercxi.io/markets/singapore)
- [Amsterdam Market](https://sercxi.io/markets/amsterdam)
- [Dubai Market](https://sercxi.io/markets/dubai)
- [Employer Readiness Diagnostic](https://sercxi.io/employer-readiness)
- [IMPACT Framework](https://sercxi.io/impact-framework)