About Us

Search partners for the talent shaping emerging markets.

We connect mission-driven businesses with exceptional talent in energy, infrastructure, and investment across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas.

3
Continents
35+
Years of search experience
2022
Founded
Our Heritage

Our story.

A track record of growth, measured in markets covered, mandates closed and leadership teams built.

Founding2022

The Genesis

Founded by partners with more than a decade of emerging-markets and energy-transition search experience, Inuka was built to serve the distinctive talent challenges of high-growth markets.

Africa Practice2023

Continental Expansion

Built a dedicated Africa practice, completing over 30 senior placements across 11 markets in energy transition and financial services.

Expanding Africa & Setting Up Asia2024

Global Reach

Expanded our team with three hires in South Africa and Kenya and a senior hire in Singapore to lead our Asia practice, extending coverage to 23 markets and closing 47 mandates during the year.

Team Growth & Investment Practice2025

Service Deepening

Grew the team to nine professionals across Singapore, India, Kenya and South Africa, and launched an investment practice to deepen our financial-services offering through salary benchmarking, portfolio-company leadership build-outs and market advisory.

Present Day2026

Where Energy & Investment Meet Talent

Today we are an emerging-markets-focused executive-search firm with deep ties across energy transition, infrastructure and investment, helping clients build leadership teams where capital, climate ambition and talent converge.

What We Cover

Sectors we serve.

Leadership

The team.

Search consultants across Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and India.Select a profile to see their background and recent mandates

Join Us

Life at Inuka.

Own a market, not a queue of roles. Our consultants build and run their own desks across emerging-market energy, infrastructure and financial services — with full ownership of the work and the rewards.

4 countries
Consultants based across four hubs — Singapore, UK, South Africa and India
Own your desk
Every consultant runs their own market end to end
100%
Consultants working directly with clients from month one
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Kilifi, Kenya · 2026
Incentive Trips

Every year, somewhere new.

Hard work deserves reward. Each year we take the whole team somewhere extraordinary, celebrating our results and the relationships that drive them.

We're hiring consultants who want a market of their own.

You don't need executive search experience. You need commercial curiosity, resilience, and the appetite to become the person clients call first in your market.

01
Intro call

A 30-minute conversation about the market you want to own.

02
Meet the team

Time with your future market lead and a working session on your desk plan.

03
Offer

Clear targets, transparent commission, and a defined path to leadership.

Next step

Let’s talk about therole you need to fill.

Tell us about the mandate and we will come back with a view on the market, the likely candidate pool, and a realistic timeline.