About — Our People

Built on expertise,
driven by people

A team of specialist researchers across two offices and six time zones — each with deep sector knowledge, delivering talent intelligence that global leadership teams rely on.

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We always work with
a great team

At Audentia, our success is driven by the expertise and dedication of our core team members. We are proud to introduce the talented individuals who make up the backbone of our organisation.

With diverse backgrounds, specialised skills and unwavering commitment to excellence, our team is at the forefront of delivering exceptional results across talent intelligence, mapping, pipelining and executive search.

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Founders

The leadership behind Audentia — built on a simple principle: talent research billed by project, not by placement.

Asad Farooqui — CEO and Founder
Asad Farooqui
CEO & Founder

Founded Audentia Research in 2012 with the vision of delivering transparent, research-led talent solutions to global organisations. Leads strategic direction and key client relationships.

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Arshad Farooqui — Co-Founder
Arshad Farooqui
Co-Founder

Co-founded Audentia and oversees the operational framework that underpins delivery across all markets. Ensures quality standards and methodology are maintained at scale.

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Management

The senior team driving delivery, client growth and research quality across every engagement.

Avinash Sharma — Vice President
Avinash Sharma
Vice President

Oversees sales strategy and client engagement across all regions, driving business growth while maintaining research quality.

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Akshay Deshmukh — Account Manager
Akshay Deshmukh
Account Manager

Manages client delivery for key accounts, ensuring quality and timelines across talent mapping and intelligence projects.

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Nishchint Desai — Senior Manager
Nishchint Desai
Senior Manager

Manages recruitment operations and delivery for key accounts, ensuring project timelines and candidate quality are consistently met.

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Operations & Delivery

The research engine behind every map, pipeline and shortlist — sector-specialist analysts delivering across all markets.

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Alan Dsouza
Senior Team Manager

Leads research teams on complex multi-market engagements and mentors junior researchers.

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Tejas Bhole
Research Lead

Leads primary research across technology and industrials, specialising in competitor analysis and market sizing.

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Mitali Ghodekar
Recruitment Lead

Heads the recruitment research function, overseeing candidate identification across all active mandates.

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Mesieh Macchiwala
Assistant Account Manager

Supports account delivery with research coordination, data management and client reporting.

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Fardeen Khan
Assistant Account Manager

Assists on high-volume research projects with candidate sourcing, data verification and pipeline management.

Business Development

Connecting Audentia’s research capability with the organisations that need it — scoping engagements and building partnerships.

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Evangeline Amair
Assistant Sales Manager

Supports client acquisition and sales operations, coordinating proposals and ensuring smooth handovers to delivery.

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Zeesha Khan
Business Development Consultant

Drives new client relationships across the UK, Europe and Middle East.

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Mudra Kadam
Business Development Consultant

Identifies and develops new business opportunities, managing the outreach pipeline and prospect engagement.

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Juliana Abhyankar
Business Development Consultant

Supports partnership development and client onboarding, matching research capability to business need.

How we work

The principles that shape every project and every client relationship.

Rigour over shortcuts

Every data point is verified by a specialist researcher. We never scrape, assume or extrapolate — because decisions made on our data are too important for guesswork.

Partnership, not transaction

Almost every client is an ongoing relationship. We invest time understanding the business so we can concentrate on what you actually need to know.

Confidentiality first

Every project operates under strict confidentiality. We protect your brand, your plans and the sensitivity of the data — under ISO 9001:2015 certified standards.

Industries we cover

Sector-specialist researchers with deep knowledge of the markets, competitors and talent landscapes in each industry.

Financial Services & Banking Technology & SaaS Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences Industrial & Manufacturing Consumer & Retail Energy & Utilities Professional Services Healthcare Automotive Telecommunications Real Estate & Infrastructure Media & Entertainment
What clients say
“The dedicated account team at Audentia partner seamlessly with us to deliver global talent research and insights across our regions and business divisions. Over the course of the relationship, the team have grown to understand our talent preferences and ways of working, and operate like an extension of the Talent Acquisition function.”

Global Head of Executive Recruiting & Sourcing — Global banking client

“Audentia’s pipelining team feel like an extension of our own talent function. They keep a warm bench of engaged candidates ready for the roles we know are coming, and their monthly market insight has sharpened how we position ourselves as an employer. When a critical seat opened, the shortlist was ready in days — not months.”

Global Head of Talent Acquisition — Life sciences client

“We were spending heavily on agency fees for roles our internal team didn’t have time to source. Audentia stepped in and handed us a shortlist of genuinely qualified people at a fraction of the cost — with none of the pressure to push candidates through. The market feedback they included was a real bonus.”

Head of Talent Acquisition — High-growth SaaS client

“Audentia’s intelligence has become the first thing our leadership team looks at before any big people decision. Instead of arguing over competing spreadsheets, we start from one verified view of the market — supply, competitor structures, reward benchmarks and diversity. It has made our workforce planning genuinely evidence-based.”

VP, People Strategy & Analytics — Global technology client

“What sets Audentia apart is the depth of their research. They don’t just find names — they understand how the market is structured, where the talent sits and what it would take to move them. That level of insight has given us a genuine competitive edge in hiring.”

Chief People Officer — European industrials group

Interested in joining us?

We are always looking for talented researchers who care about getting it right. If you are curious, methodical and want to do work that makes a measurable difference — we would like to hear from you.

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Working across your time zones

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New York · USA
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Mumbai · India HQ
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Let’s talk about the talent challenge you’re facing.

A thirty-minute conversation is usually enough to know whether we can help — and which member of the team would be the right fit for your project.