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The Year of the Marketplace by Melissa Reed

Whilst we are seeing extraordinary growth in the marketplace model, not everyone is going to win this race, particularly if they don’t address vital changes to operating model and leadership…

Maximising The Opportunity Requires Investment in People by Melissa Reed

These are revolutionary times for retail with Covid-19 having accelerated some fundamental trends across the sector. This has in turn created a fertile environment for the most able executives to…

Talent Recruiting in China is all About Transformational Leaders

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Swiss Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the SCCC has published a book that is now available and can be ordered by e-mail at info@sccc.ch.…

Post Covid-19 Economy Fuels Faith in Crypto Trading

As global economic uncertainty increases, investors are increasingly looking for alternatives and Bitcoin, Gold and silver seem to be popular options at the moment. Given that Bitcoin emerged at a…

The New Normal After COVID-19

What will the “new normal” look like for your company? As countries across the world ease their lockdown restrictions, people are looking forward to getting back to normal. But what…

Digital Transformation After COVID-19

In the aftermath of COVID-19, digital transformation will be more important than ever. In a matter of weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused global disruption. As countries across the world…

Digital Create-ups and the Winners in the War for Talent

HIEC guides market-ready companies and startups in seeking and recruiting board members, CEOs and senior executives. The aim of this article, written by our Global Managing Partner, Lucas Schellenberg &…

Hiring in times of Corona, an interview with Philip Alsén – Global Talent Acquisition Director at Syncron

Many companies are facing the never experienced before and feared scenario, of having to hire without ever meeting the successful candidate face to face. Recently we helped Syncron, a Private…

Restructuring Capabilities to prepare for the post Covid-19 Environment

US-China Trade War and Impacts on the European Auto Industry

In 2018, the auto industry globally faced flat sales and now, on the first anniversary of America’s trade war with China, it is nearly impossible for most global companies to…

Asian Capital into London Property

The Asian capital has been pouring into the London property market for some time now. Since CC Land’s acquisition of the Leadenhall building, Asian investors have continued to acquire London’s…

What It Takes to Create a Digital-First C-suite

Melissa Reed, Partner at H.I. Executive Consulting, authored yet another think tank piece for the WWD Magazine about the need for retail executives to know the basics of the latest…