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


Vikram Gupta, founder and managing partner at Ivy-Cap Ventures, said, "A few successful CEOs and founders in India around have been recently asked to help companies in Southeast Asian markets to join their boards either as independent members or as representatives of shareholders. This trend may continue as more and more entrepreneurs emerge out of India over time," Gupta’s venture, Ivy-Cap, connects him to 5,000 IIT alumni catering startups.

Salary packages offered for senior designations fluctuate across different nations. "An Indian vice president (finance) in Philippines of a FTSE 100 company will earn around £200,000 including 20 percent bonus (about 2 crore)," said Hampartzoumian.

“Indian CEOs are a meld of professional management and entrepreneurial outlook and are a hop away for board meetings in ASEAN countries,” said Suresh.

Placements of Prasenjit Basu as the director investments & chief economist at Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional Berhad and Rajesh Kamat as the group COO of CA Media, Singapore and Rajeev Kakar as executive vice president & regional CEO at Dunia Finance, UAE are amongst the biggest offers made.

"Only those in the early stage or the fag end of their career are moving out of India to other Asian markets. Besides, mostly people prefer to join MNCs rather than local companies, especially in the smaller markets," said K Sudarshan, EMA Partners.

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