Kristina Zhukova

Kristina Zhukova is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Exzev, a B2B technical recruitment and executive search firm that places senior engineers, CTOs, and technical executives at the world's fastest-growing startups and enterprises.

Kristina is the bridge between business goals and engineering culture. Formerly Head of Talent at high-growth startups, she specializes in finding C-level technical leaders and assembling core engineering teams built to last. Her work spans executive search, organizational design, and culture alignment — the intersection of strategy and people.

She has managed end-to-end search processes for companies across fintech, SaaS, and Web3, sourcing candidates across 30+ countries. Under her leadership, Exzev has achieved an 85% offer acceptance rate and a 5–7 day average time to first shortlist.