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To Lam retains Vietnam’s top job in pivotal leadership refresh

At least two other leaders will no longer be part of the country’s four ‘pillars’ of collective power structure in the next five-year term

The forum, taking place on Feb 27, gathers more than 600 business leaders.
Singapore

Why top CEOs are looking to global champions for their 2026 strategy

Tech in Asia, with HSBC and IMG, is hosting the HSBC Women’s World Championship Business Forum 2026

Promotions are often a tool for rewarding past performance, not a way of selecting for future success.
Opinion & Features

The problem with promotions

The Peter principle is alive and well

How CEOs handle the converging issues of an increasingly complex world will play a big part in their success in 2026.
Opinion & Features

The five biggest challenges CEOs will face in 2026

How to conquer a job that keeps getting harder every year

"If you have processes that don’t work well, but you’ve got good people, they’ll know how to fix it and get things done right," said Lee Lung-Nien, Citi country officer and banking head for Singapore.
Companies & Markets

Citi’s new Singapore chief Lee Lung-Nien on legacy and leading at home

‘I want to be remembered as a good mentor,’ says the 35-year Citi veteran

After five years at the helm of BMW Group Asia, Lars Nielsen is set to take on a new post in Munich.
Opinion & Features
THINKING ALOUD

How to be an expat boss

There is a formula for success in Singapore; unfortunately, there is durian involved

City Developments Limited's executive chairman Kwek Leng Beng (right) and his son and group CEO Sherman are prominent second and third generation property leaders, respectively.
Opinion & Features
THE LEVEL GROUND

Can Singapore family-owned property empires last far beyond three generations?

Applying lessons from Geneva’s Pictet family 

The public, media, investors, NGOs and communities all want proof of climate action. The world’s major emitters offer a clear example: Shell, BP or ExxonMobil still make broad environmental claims but continue to receive negativity as the public registers only their insufficient action.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Turning climate commitments into proof: A leadership imperative

Companies earn trust when they can point to tangible measures of resilience and adaptation

Many leaders try to seem more relatable by adopting a colloquial style – using emojis, casual language and exclamation points – but this does not present real vulnerability.
Opinion & Features
THE BROAD VIEW

Why CEOs are losing trust when it matters most

Growing tension between technology and authenticity means human connection is now the most critical leadership asset

Family businesses produce about two-thirds of all economic output and employ more than half of all workers.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

Why do so many family companies exist?

They know how to win without fighting

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