Singapore, Malaysia And Sri Lanka Seeking Indian Talent For Senior Positions

BANGALORE: Employees working at the managerial positions in India now have opportunities to step up to senior designations or even becoming a board member. Indian mangers also have great offers from other countries in Asia like the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, reports ET.

Companies abroad are treading towards India in search of the right and skilled employees to escalate in the fields of analytics, e-commerce, big data, Internet of Things, healthcare, artificial intelligence and much more according to RGF Executive Search, Michael Page and EMA Partners. Conversely, Indian executives are not lured as before and are reluctant to rush at these offers.

Sebastien Hampartzoumian, Michael Page India, said, “Companies in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines are scouting for Indians to join their boards and leadership positions. However, not many Indians are willing to move out as they are finding equally good opportunities within India.”

Indians working on senior position in foreign companies are being paid fat salaries and packages up to crores and are also included in board meeting once in a year.

Countries like Philippines, China and Malaysia are eyeing Indian talent for their tech and healthcare jobs whereas Asean and Gulf nations are in search for Indian employees for senior job profiles for consumer and manufacturing sections as per R Suresh, the managing director of RGF. “Indian leadership talent is being sought after in these segments in a significant way for the past six to 12 months,” he added.

One of the top notch firms in Sri Lanka had employed Dalip Sehgal, Former managing director, Godrej Consumer Products. Sehgal said, “The interest is immense for Indian talent among the Asian companies.” However he gave up the job owing to appointments related to work and unsuitable timings.
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