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Poey-Leng Lai Senior Client Partner
Singapore

Poey-Leng Lai is a Senior Client Partner in Korn/Ferry International’s Singapore office and a member of the Firm’s Global Life Sciences and Consumer Markets.

A past recipient of the Firm’s Asia Pacific award for Excellence in Client Satisfaction in the Life Sciences Market, Ms. Lai specializes in senior management searches in both the life sciences and consumer industries.

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Josephine Chau is a Client Partner in Korn/Ferry International's Hong Kong office, where she is a member of the Firm's Global Consumer Market. 

Ms. Chau has nearly a decade of executive recruitment experience, working on many high-level regional and global searches for large local and multinational corporations in the FMCG, retail, consumer electronics and consumer healthcare sectors, as well as the life science sectors, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical equipment and healthcare service provider market sectors.

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Shilpa Gentela is a Client Partner based in Korn/Ferry International’s Mumbai office and a member of the Global Industrial and Life Sciences Markets.

For over a decade, Ms. Gentela has played a significant role in growing the life sciences and industrial practices, successfully executing senior search assignments including board placements across the pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, devices, managed care, automobile, aerospace, engineering, minerals and metals, chemicals, packaging and services sub-sectors in India.

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The ROI on People -- The 7 Vectors of Research

Learn the seven critical reseach paths that will increase our understanding of the ROI on people.





By Poey-Leng Lai, Josephine Chau and Shilpa Gentela

We have long been accustomed to the Western expatriate assuming leadership positions in multinational companies in Asia. The rise of Asian leaders taking on senior roles at the corporate level has undoubtedly been a slower journey. Why is this so? What skills and competencies do Asian executives require to be more international? Will we eventually see a trend towards a more globalised workforce in the future, and what are companies doing in Asia to prepare their local talent to be placed in international roles?

This paper seeks to answer some of these questions by conducting a survey of top companies in Asia Pacific and delving into one of the methods of developing talent: international assignments.

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