Executive Search
Great leadership is informed by data, shaped by instinct and perfected through experience.
We bring that same mix of factors in our search for great executives.
At Vahura, we can help you identify leaders for specialist roles where expertise isn’t optional.
Leaders can make or break a business.
A wrong leadership hire can drain momentum across the organisation. You hear about leaders who have sparkling CVs but lack mastery over their domain or the temperament to take big calls.
A passive CLO can’t infuse a strategic edge to the Legal function. A CFO who retreats into minutiae misses the forest for the trees.
Leaders who combine domain expertise, managerial skills and alignment with enterprise values aren’t going to be found through résumés alone.
With over a decade of specialist search experience and a consulting-led approach, we surface the rare executives who can truly own the mandate.
We have a stellar track record of helping top organisations find senior leaders for high-stakes functions like legal, finance, compliance, policy, HR, and governance. These roles demand more than a broad sweep of the market; they require specialist insight and an instinct honed by experience.
Our searches are guided by senior experts who understand the nuances of each domain: the pressures, the expectations, the benchmarks of excellence. Powered by a dedicated research team, we assess capability, temperament, judgement and cultural fit.
With us, technical brilliance is a given. Our edge lies in an unparalleled network and years of domain immersion, allowing us to identify leaders who have the X-factor that separates the exceptional from the competent.
Our Impact
- 14+ years of trusted search
- 98% senior market coverage
- 1,800+ leadership mandates delivered.
The Vahura advantage
Keeping it personal
We don’t simply share profiles, we recommend people. We have a methodology to assess a candidate’s ability to lead
Robust market mapping
Our continuous market research keeps us in touch with domain leaders and the capabilities that set them apart
Cultural fit
To suggest the best fits, we spend time and effort to identify the values candidates and clients hold dear
Specialist recruiters
Our team of lawyers, CAs, MBAs and HR professionals knows what it takes to succeed in roles in these domains
Consulting-led approach
We combine data with expertise to steer the search, and keep refining our approach based on feedback
Complete Discretion
We hold ourselves to the highest levels of confidentiality, ensuring no conflict of interest
Karl Fernandes
Karl is a Senior Partner at Vahura and heads Executive Search and Legal Recruitment for corporate legal departments of enterprises and high-growth companies.
Lee Ignatius
Lee is the Co-Founder and a Partner at Vahura. He heads the Private Practice and Funds Search Practice Group at Vahura.
Shweta Sheth
Shweta Vora Sheth is a Partner at Vahura, specialising in Executive Search, Compliance Recruitment, and Legal Recruitment. She leads the Compliance Recruitment Practice at Vahura. She is actively engaged in senior leadership searches, helping enterprises and high-growth companies hire senior legal and compliance leaders for their In-house departments.
Rishabh Chopra
Rishabh Chopra is a Partner at Vahura and Director at Vahura MEA, leading CFO and HR leadership hiring in India and governance-focused executive searches across the Middle East. A lawyer and MBA with extensive record in identifying talented leaders across finance, HR and legal domains and executing complex, high-impact search mandates, he is also playing a key role in powering next‑gen talent solutions at Counselect, Vahura’s secondment services platform.
Duiti Ramchandani
As the Vice President and Head of Client Solutions and Vahura's internal legal team, Duiti plays a key role in business development for Vahura's legal recruitment practices as well maintaining key client relationships.
Vani Jain
A Vice President with the In-house Practice Group, Vani focuses on recruiting for senior legal, compliance, corporate governance and public policy roles for enterprises and high-growth organizations.
Akanksha Antil
Akanksha Antil is a senior member of Vahura’s Private Practice and Funds group, where she leads the Delhi NCR office. Her core focus lies in partner-level recruitment, practice acquisitions, and law firm mergers. She also works closely with private…
Sneha Oommen
As Vice President of the Private Practice and Funds Group, Sneha recruits for mid to senior-level positions for law firms and investment funds.
Manushree Kaushik
As Vice President, Manushree works with the Executive Search team in the InHouse Practice Group, where she focuses on recruiting lawyers, compliance, and governance professionals at the leadership level for our in-house clients.Prior to joining…
Nandini Ghosh
Nandini is a Managing Consultant with the Private Practice and Funds Group, where she works closely with law firms and funds on mid to senior level positions in the USA and other jurisdictions
Ritvik Lukose
As the CEO and Co-Founder, Ritvik Lukose leads growth and strategy initiatives across all verticals at Vahura.
How can we help?
When it comes to critical leadership roles for corporate legal departments, enterprises routinely rely on Vahura as their strategic search partner.
Connect with us to understand how we can help you make the hires that shape your organisation.