China The meteoric growth of the pharmaceutical industry in China in recent years has seen a host of top Chinese talent return home from studying and working overseas to establish their own firms. Dubbed ‘Sea Turtles’ (‘海龟’ haigui), as ‘海’ (hai) means ‘ocean’ in Chinese and ‘龟’ (gui) is a homonym…
China Given the undeniably challenging and dynamic China market, most industry stakeholders would agree that the paramount factor behind the success of multinationals’ China affiliates is talent – not only at the top leadership level but throughout the organization. A few country managers share their talent strategies, as well as the…
Pharma Faces 2019 saw Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) veteran Felix Gutsche take up his first country manager role – of a top-three affiliate, no less – after blazing a rather unorthodox path. From an International Trainee role at BI HQ, he moved into finance, where he stayed for a decade, with stints in…
Country Manager Executive recruitment firms in various countries shared their take on the following five key strengths for anyone looking to become a pharma country manager. Click the link after each quote to view the recruitment firm’s full article. 1. Creativity in taking on new challenges “We need to check if…
Agro-Food President of Biotalent Canada discusses the advantages of being wholly aligned with the government, why the BioTalent is a necessary link between talent and company, and what this means for the bio-economy of Canada. What was your initial mission two years ago upon arriving at Biotalent Canada, having previously worked…
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