Ayano “Sena” Senaha

Courtesy of Recruit Holdings
  • Title
    Director, Executive Vice President, and COO
  • Company/Affiliation
    Recruit Holdings
  • Country/Territory
    Japan

Since 2021, Ayano Senaha has overseen human resources, risk management, communications and governance at Recruit Holdings, owner of Indeed and Glassdoor. She joined the Japanese company in 2006; six years later, Recruit dispatched her to turn around the fortunes of a then-just-acquired UK staffing company. She's now central to Recruit's AI-driven overhaul, which cut about 1,300 jobs in 2025 and folded Glassdoor into Indeed, she also became Indeed's chief people officer in September 2025.