09-22-2004, 12:58 AM
Rise of the A&W Managers
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> These days, being Asian is more an asset than a liability in climbing the MNC corporate ladder. And the country which has surged ahead in the executive talent race is undoubtedly India.
Mr Michael Jenkins, managing director of the Centre for Creative Leadership, says India is recognised as a source of talent in engineering, sciences and software, as well as management.
A growing battalion of Indian chieftains have been cherry-picked to run Fortune 500 empires worldwide. These include new Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin; president and chief financial officer of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi; recently-retired CEO and chairman of Citibank Victor Menezes; former president of United Airlines Rono Dutta; former CEO of US Airways Rakesh Gangwal; former managing director of McKinsey Rajat Gupta and former CEO of Standard Chartered Rana Talwar.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> These days, being Asian is more an asset than a liability in climbing the MNC corporate ladder. And the country which has surged ahead in the executive talent race is undoubtedly India.
Mr Michael Jenkins, managing director of the Centre for Creative Leadership, says India is recognised as a source of talent in engineering, sciences and software, as well as management.
A growing battalion of Indian chieftains have been cherry-picked to run Fortune 500 empires worldwide. These include new Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin; president and chief financial officer of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi; recently-retired CEO and chairman of Citibank Victor Menezes; former president of United Airlines Rono Dutta; former CEO of US Airways Rakesh Gangwal; former managing director of McKinsey Rajat Gupta and former CEO of Standard Chartered Rana Talwar.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->