Hiring for Asia: Identifying New Leadership to Drive Change for the Insurance Industry
As the insurance industry evolves to encompass more specialized services in both emerging and mature markets across Asia Pacific, creating leadership teams that are dynamic and synergistic is not only desirable, but also critical to staying ahead. With the landscape becoming more complex, how do companies attract and develop leaders for their Asia-based operations?
Korn/Ferry’s latest thought leadership effort – by Brooks Chamberlin (New York), Roderick Haire (Hong Kong), Angela Koechli (Singapore) and Mark Gaffney (Hong Kong) – highlights key takeaways from a survey of top insurance executives in Asia as well as a series of executive forums conducted in Hong Kong and Singapore earlier this year. The paper addresses the:
Competencies of successful insurance executives based in Asia;
Importance of creating Asian relevance to attract top talent;
Threat to retention facing organizations with “ethno-centric” mindsets; and
Need to look outside the industry - and across borders - to find qualified leaders for Asian operations.
