Xentia | Executive Search

What Xentia | Executive Search does

Xentia | Executive Search (legally NEOEXEC, S.C.) is a Monterrey, Mexico-based executive search and talent consultancy founded in 2015 by Patricio Morales, Aurora Leal, and Ricardo Pacheco. The firm serves local, regional, and multinational clients across Mexico, Central America, and North America, focusing on placing C-suite executives, board members, and senior leadership. Its service portfolio spans five core offerings: Executive Search (with a two-year placement guarantee), Executive Assessment, Talent Inventory and Review, Team Building Facilitation, and Executive Education and Development.

The firm's value proposition rests on the founders' combined 60+ years of search experience drawn from prior senior roles at Korn Ferry and Amrop International, and operating backgrounds at major Mexican and global companies including Mars/EFFEM Mexico, CEMEX, PepsiCo, and Femsa. Xentia's delivery model is consultative and direct: partners engage client leadership to map strategy and talent needs, run proprietary research and assessment processes, and present a shortlist of vetted candidates. Target industries are explicitly diversified across automotive, consumer and retail, financial services, industrial, mining, technology, education, pharma and life sciences, and construction.

Commercially, Xentia operates as a privately-held, founder-owned professional services firm with no disclosed external investment, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. Revenue is generated through retainer-based executive search and related talent consulting engagements; specific fees are not publicly disclosed. The firm employs 11–50 people from a single headquarters in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, and reaches clients through direct relationship-driven sales supplemented by a corporate website and Facebook presence. Following the 2023 passing of co-founder Ricardo Pacheco, the firm continues to operate under the remaining two founding partners and remains active as of August 2025.

Name

Xentia | Executive Search

Legal name

NEOEXEC, S.C.

Website

https://xentia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Xentia is a Monterrey, Mexico-based executive search and talent consultancy that places C-suite executives, board members, and senior leaders for enterprise clients across nine industries in Mexico, Central America, and North America, backed by a two-year placement guarantee and 60+ years of combined founder search experience.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Functional Leadership Search (HR/Finance/Legal/Marketing/Sales/Ops) (BPACAAAB)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Talent consultancy
• Leadership recruitment
• Executive assessment
• Board advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

San Pedro

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Executive Search Services: Retainer-based executive search services for identifying and placing c-suite executives, board members, and senior leadership. The firm offers a two-year guarantee on placements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Xentia is a preeminent executive search and talent consultancy that identifies and places board members, CEOs, and senior leadership for local, regional, and multinational companies using a proprietary research and assessment methodology with a two-year placement guarantee. Its offerings extend beyond search into executive assessment, talent inventory and review, team building facilitation, and executive education and development programs for innovation, sales, marketing, and commercial teams.

Product overview

Xentia is a preeminent talent consultancy offering a comprehensive suite of executive talent services. Their portfolio includes five core offerings: Executive Search (recruiting board members, CEOs and senior executives with a two-year guaranty), Executive Assessment (world-class proven assessments for selecting and developing leaders), Talent Inventory & Review (understanding and deploying talent pools), Team Building Facilitation (raising team performance levels), and Executive Education & Development (proprietary and customized leadership development programs). With more than 60 years of combined experience, their collaborative approach enables them to build and develop world-class leadership teams that drive long-term growth across industries including automotive, consumer and retail, financial services, industrial, mining, technology, education, pharma & life sciences, and construction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search Recruitment service for board members, CEOs, and senior executives, with a two-year guarantee; partners and associates bring more than six decades of accumulated leadership-recruitment experience.
• Executive Assessment World-class proven assessments used to provide clarity and certainty when selecting and developing leaders; all finalists in the search process go through multiple assessments and follow-up review to maximize success rates.
• Talent Inventory & Review Service for understanding talent pools and identifying talent, including how to most effectively deploy people resources and build successful career plans.
• Team Building Facilitation Service to help top teams raise their performance level and increase the overall performance of the organization.
• Executive Education & Development Proprietary development programs to help executives bring their leadership skills to a higher level, including customized programs for innovation, sales, marketing, and commercial teams.

Quantifiable outcome

• Two-year guarantee on executive placements

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with offices across Latin America; competes for the same board and CEO succession mandates, with proprietary assessment practices analogous to Xentia's.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search and board advisory firm with established Mexico City presence; comparable in targeting board, CEO, and senior executive placements for multinational corporates.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with deep Mexico/LatAm operations; directly competes for board and C-suite mandates at the multinational clients Xentia serves.
• Odgers Berndtson: Global executive search firm with active operations in Mexico and Latin America; competes for the same C-suite and board mandates across consumer, industrial, and financial services verticals.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with a meaningful presence across the Americas; directly competes for C-suite and board mandates across the industrial, consumer, and financial services verticals Xentia serves.

Direct peers

• Korn Ferry: Global executive search and organizational consulting firm where two of Xentia's founders (Patricio Morales, Ricardo Pacheco) previously held senior leadership roles in Monterrey, Mexico — directly comparable in service offering, target client base (C-suite and board), and vertical breadth.
• DHR Global: Executive search firm with strong Latin America coverage and a similar mid-sized, partner-led model; comparable in targeting senior leadership and board placements for regional and multinational clients in Mexico.
• Amrop: Global executive search partnership where Ricardo Pacheco was previously a Partner in Monterrey; comparable in board-level and C-suite search focus with strong presence in Mexico and Latin America.

Others

• PageGroup: Global staffing and recruitment firm with significant Mexico operations (Michael Page); broader recruiting services than Xentia but overlaps on senior executive and functional leadership placements.

Regional players

• Pedersen & Partners: Executive search firm with strong Central and Eastern European origin and growing presence in Latin America; comparable in mid-sized partner-led C-suite search and a focus on emerging-market leadership talent.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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