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XG Partners
Global Executive Search Specialists
What We Do
We help multinational fintech companies & Financial institutions hire Japanese-English bilingual talent.
We are the Japanese recruiting specialist for top tier fintech companies. Many multinational companies face challenges when hiring in Japan, including a shortage of talent, language barriers, and a time-consuming recruitment process. At XG Partners, our mission is to connect suitable applicants with multinational fintech companies.
- Fintech
- SaaS
- Web3
- Payment
Our service
By partnering with us, talents pursue fulfilling careers, while our hiring managers and HR team Streamline the hiring process for bilingual talents, making it smoother and more efficient.
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For Employers
・Efficient and seamless hiring solutions.
・Gain insights into Japan's talent market landscape and access hiring data in your area.
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For Jobseekers
・Unlock career opportunities with exciting tech start-ups from both the US and Europe
・Advance your career within a listed tech group
・Gain insight into your market value
・Receive consultations for effective career planning
・Refine your resume and enhance your interview skills
Elite
Consultant Team
We exclusively recruit experienced consultants,
all of whom are bilingual with strong industry knowledge.
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Partner
Satoshi Tanaka
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CEO
Tetsuya (Ted) Hatsushi
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Partner
Miranda Zhuang
Partner
Satoshi Tanaka
Satoshi is one of the co-founders of XG Partners, the global executive search firm in Japan whose ultimate goal is to be the world’s best by pursuing the true value of recruitment services. He is passionate about helping clients achieve their desired goals in successful talent acquisition and career development, and strives to connect people without being bound by the conventions of the industry. He graduated from CoachU, a US educational institution, and obtained an ACC from the International Coach Federation (ICF). He also holds a CoachU-certified coaching training instructor qualification and aspires to be a partner who supports executives and leaders in achieving their business goals.
Technology recruitment specialist
He has been specializing in technology recruitment in the Japan and Hong Kong markets since 2016, and enjoys creating long-lasting relationships between multinational companies and Japanese-speaking candidates. Having the opportunity to work in such a fast-paced technology industry and candidate-led market such as Japan has significantly broadened his knowledge and network within the technology space. Also, having previously worked in both a Japanese recruitment company and a multinational headhunting firm, he can provide value in recruitment and career support by offering the best customer experience for both multinational clients and Japanese-speaking bilingual candidates, making a great difference in the success of recruitment activities.
Specialist areas
・Technology Recruitment Specialist in Japan and Hong Kon
・Extensive track record of successful placements at the Director level in multinational IT start-ups and global technology companies
・Experience in engaging with both multinational and Japanese clients and candidates
・Communication skills based on coaching and NLP methodology
・Native in Japanese and fluent in English and Chinese
Personal Life
In his spare time, he loves discovering new restaurants with delicious food in Japan and Hong Kong. He has lived in Hong Kong for over 10 years, and he enjoys spending weekends playing with his baby.
Examples of Projects
Senior Sales Director – American network service company
Regional Sales Director – Canadian IoT startup company
Head of Sales – Indian system integrator company
Sales Manager –Chinese network infrastructure company
Channel Partner Sales – British telecommunications company
Account Manager – American cybersecurity company
Customer Success Manager – American cloud tech startup company
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CEO
Hatsushi (Ted)Tetsuya
Founder & CEO of XG Partners Group, Hatsushi began his career as a head-hunter in 2005 and has over 18 years of experience in providing Executive Search services. He previously helped to establish the Hong Kong office of JAC Recruitment, a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and led a team of thirty members there between 2012 and 2018.
He is Japan’s NO. 1 head-hunter, generating an annual individual revenue of 200-300 million JPY. After achieving top performer for 3 consecutive years (2020-2022) in RGF, one of the top recruitment firms in Japan, at the age of 40 he set out to realize the dream he had held since his time in Hong Kong: to establish a Japan-based Global Executive Search Firm. To achieve this goal he founded his own company, XG Partners, and initiated operations at the Marunouchi headquarters in Tokyo. The company has seen great success, opening a second office in Hong Kong and with another planned to open in Singapore.
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Partner
Miranda Zhuang
【Fintech Specialised recruiter】
A dedicated recruitment professional specialising in executive search, finding bilingual talents for international top tier fintech companies.
Background
With a client portfolio comprising over 95% multinational Fintech companies with focus in payment service provider, financial data platform, financial software service provider, fintech cybersecurity web 3 etc. Her experience covers various roles, including C-level executive, sales & Marketing, Legal & Compliance, Engineer etc.
Originally from Hong Kong, Miranda enhanced her proficiency in Japanese during a four-year university experience, and further enriched her language skills through short-term studies in Japan. While at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, she explored Japanese literature and immersed herself in the local lifestyle, in the meantime achieved the top level (N1) of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
Miranda’ s professional journey began in 2014 with a multinational recruitment firm, where she spent three years as a headhunter in the financial sector and four years in IT. In 2016, she joined JAC, a publicly listed company, broadening her focus to fintech and banking IT recruitment for major Japanese financial institutions, including top-tier investment banks and security firms. Since January 2021, she have dedicated most of her time to assisting Western tech groups in expanding into Japan, with many of them being startup companies entering the Japanese market and seeking bilingual talents.
Having lived and studied in California, she possesses a profound understanding of Western culture, leveraging this insight to effectively convey the allure and skills of Japanese talent to major multinational corporations. In pursuit of smoother communication with her clients, and hoping to support more job seekers, she undertook psychology courses and earned a certification as an NLP Practitioner in 2021.
Looking ahead, her passion lies in bridge more bilingual talents to top tier technology companies, contributing to the career journeys of more job seekers, and the growth of more tech companies;
【Strength】
Fintech・Banking IT, virtual bank, digital payment, digital investment platform; financial software service provider, financial data platform; Crypto exchange platform;
Award & certificate
2019 July Best Consultant (award)
2020 Annual Best Performer (award)
2021 3rd quarter Global Top Performer (award)
2022 4th quarter APAC Top Performer (Received from pr
2021 NLP Practitioner certified
2022 4th quarter Award APAC top performer
(Received from previous companies)
Roles & Clients
Account Manager at an Irish digital payment company
Strategy Manager for a Virtual Bank at a British fintech unicorn
Business Development Manager at a global financial data platform
Engineers at a US blockchain technology service provider
Technical Support Engineers at a Revolutionary Israeli EDR vendor
Solution Architect at a European AI-driven cybersecurity solution provider
Sales Engineer at an American All-in-One Endpoint Security company
Presales Engineer at a Listed Cloud Security Service provider
Award & certificate
2019 July Best Consultant (award)
2020 Annual Best Performer (award)
2021 3rd quarter Global Top Performer (award)
2022 4th quarter APAC Top Performer (Received from pr
2021 NLP Practitioner certified
2022 4th quarter Award APAC top performer
(Received from previous companies)
Strength
Fintech‧Financial Market Data platform
Financial software
Electronic Trading Platform
Crypto Exchange Platform
Virtual Bank, Digital Payment
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