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Four partners. Nine years together.

The people behind both companies. Same crew across the platform and the agency. We hire sparingly. When we do, we go long.

Ken Charles

CEO and Representative Director · Co-founder

Co-founded the company in 2017. Now CEO of both ExecutiveSearch.AI K.K. and ESAI Agency K.K. Writes the company's operator briefings. Based in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa.

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Cody Pettit

Head of Data Operations · Co-founder

Co-founder. Runs the data platform that powers the 4M+ profile database, the AI scoring pipeline, and the bilingual scout-mail engine. Author on AI candidate scoring methodology.

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Gary Schrader

Partner · Board Director

Partner. 25+ years of executive search experience in Japan, mostly placing senior leaders into multinational and Japanese-domestic firms. Heads the agency's senior-search practice.

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Eileen Tian

Partner · Director, ESAI Agency K.K.

Partner. Director and shareholder of ESAI Agency K.K., the licensed entity that operates AgentRPO. Bilingual EN/JA business operations, regulatory compliance, and client engagement leadership.

The full team

The recruiters you'll actually work with.

Beyond the four partners, our bilingual recruiting team in Tokyo runs the day-to-day work, Business Managers (client side) and Candidate Managers (candidate side), with Headhunt.AI between them.

team members

100%

bilingual EN/JA

9 yrs

avg. recruiting experience

Tokyo

Ebisu, Shibuya-ku