Vice President Asia
Max Holdsworth is a Vice President of Talent Advisory focused on Teneo’s Asia Consumer & Retail practice. He is based in the Singapore office working closely with the regional and global teams.
Prior to joining Teneo, Max spent five and a half years with retail and consumer specialist executive search firm Barracuda Search. From 2018 to 2021 he was based in Hong Kong and responsible for establishing and building the company’s Asia business.
With a team-based approach, Max has successfully delivered projects spanning multiple areas of the retail and consumer sectors, working with clients ranging from SMEs and MNCs to family and private equity-owned organisations. In addition to general management and CEO placements, he has worked directly on board, operating board and director-level appointments across a range of key functional areas including commercial, digital, supply chain, HR and marketing. This has allowed him to build a broad understanding of industry insights and knowledge.
Max graduated from Durham University, with a year spent studying at the University of Bordeaux. He has subsequently completed executive training programmes in areas including human capital management and business process design with Cornell and MIT.
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