# Nina Alag Suri

> Nina Alag Suri is the founder and CEO of X0PA AI, a Singapore-headquartered hiring software company. Trained in electronics engineering, she previously founded the international executive search firm Nastrac Group. Her work focuses on skills-based hiring, reducing subjectivity in candidate selection and using automation to improve recruitment. She is based in Dubai and leads X0PA’s corporate strategy, capital, acquisitions and global market development.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at X0PA AI
- **Organizations:** X0PA AI, Nastrac Group, Chief
- **Nationality:** Singaporean
- **Education:** Electronics engineering, College of Engineering, Pravaranagar
- **Known for:** Built Nastrac into an international executive search business; she says it expanded across five continents without external funding., Founded X0PA AI in 2017., Led X0PA during its announced US$4.2 million Series A in January 2022.

## Career timeline

- **Before 1997** — Worked at ICIM-Fujitsu; her early career included business management in Delhi.
- **1997** — Founded executive search firm Nastrac in Delhi; contemporaneous reporting and several interviews give this year, although a 2025 interview gives 1999.
- **2000** — Established Nastrac’s UK operations.
- **2005** — Opened Nastrac’s Singapore office.
- **2012** — Added a Nastrac office in New Jersey.
- **2017** — Founded X0PA AI in Singapore, with Jussi Keppo involved as a co-founding adviser.
- **2018** — Said the X0PA platform went live on 1 September following six months of beta testing.
- **2022** — X0PA announced a US$4.2 million Series A in January, led by ICCP SBI Venture Partners.
- **2024** — Received the Singapore Computer Society Digital Achievers individual award.
- **2025** — Described living in Dubai and personally developing X0PA’s regional presence.
- **2026** — Remained founder and CEO after Sri Harsha Allamraju was appointed president in August.

## Achievements

- Built Nastrac into an international executive search business; she says it expanded across five continents without external funding.
- Founded X0PA AI in 2017.
- Led X0PA during its announced US$4.2 million Series A in January 2022.
- Singapore Computer Society Digital Achievers (Individual), Tech Leader Awards 2024.
- Featured in Microsoft’s Women’s History Month Tech Trailblazers series in March 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Published The Agentic Workforce in Middle East and Singapore on 1 October, advocating human responsibility for rejection decisions and independent AI testing.
- **2026-08** — X0PA appointed Sri Harsha Allamraju president on 24 August. Suri continues to lead corporate strategy, capital, M&A and global go-to-market.
- **2026-07** — X0PA announced SS 714:2025 Data Protection Trustmark certification in a company update published under Suri’s name.
- **2026-05** — X0PA announced Suri’s participation at the Plug and Play Silicon Valley Summit in Sunnyvale on 19 May.

## Links

- Website: https://x0pa.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninaalagsuri/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ninasuri

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Last updated: 2026-10-12