Xu Jia TENG

Executive Recruiter | Senior Leadership Search | Southeast Asia & China

Greater Kuala Lumpur

About

I am an executive recruiter with 14+ years of international experience across ASEAN and Greater China, partnering with conglomerates and growing businesses to hire Director- and C-suite-level leaders. I currently support executive searches in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and China, specializing in cross-border leadership hiring and confidential mandates. My approach is highly relationship-driven, combining deep candidate engagement with a strong understanding of business strategy. Before recruiting, I held senior commercial and leadership roles in multinational organizations, closing multi-million-dollar enterprise deals and working directly with CEOs and global leadership teams. This enables me to act as a trusted advisor—not just a recruiter. Fluent in English, Chinese, and Bahasa Malaysia, I bring regional insight, discretion, and execution focus to every search. Open to connecting with leaders and organizations building high-impact leadership teams across Asia.

Experience

  • Executive Recruiter at Self-employed
    Jan 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 7 mos

    Recruiting senior and leadership positions in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and China.

  • International Recruitment Director at Minor Food Group
    Aug 2012 - Jul 2017 · 5 yrs

    Recruiting and placing senior executives for the Minor Food Group's international hubs in China, Singapore, Australia and Middle East.

  • Product Marketing Manager, Development Tools at Microsoft (Malaysia)
    Feb 2011 - Nov 2011 · 10 mos

    Planned and executed the product marketing strategies targeting both channels and end-users, including market research, analysis and marketing campaign implementation to meet the financial, product market share and adoption goals for the Microsoft Visual Studio products.

  • Consultant / Partner at I3C Sdn. Bhd.
    Jun 2009 - Jan 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Provide project management and business consultancy services to clients. Some of the success stories include: - Managed and completed an online software product development project with a project size of USD 350k ahead of schedule - Assisted client to salvage two (2) failing projects and recovered project revenue of near to USD 150,000

  • VP, Sales & Marketing at IGT
    Jan 2007 - May 2009 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Managed the sales and marketing team to sell and promote customized ERP software for both private and public education sector. Developed overseas business opportunities and channel networks in Middle East and South East Asia.