From door-to-door solo operation to multinational distribution enterprise in just 10 years, The Hair Senta has experienced a remarkable growth trajectory. For founder and CEO Gwen Addo (CEIBS Africa EMBA 2015), the journey has been one marked by periods of explosive growth, setbacks, steep learnin…

For many expats around the world who don’t plan to settle permanently in their current host nation, timing is a frequently pondered professional concern. How long is the ‘right’ amount of time to stay? When is the right time to go home or make a move to another country? And, crucially, how can you…

As the Shanghai lockdown continues with no end in sight, the past few weeks have demonstrated how difficult it is to supply a metropolis of over 26 million people with food and other essentials when its near-entire population is required to stay at home. The logistical challenges and daily pressures…

Performing at CEIBS Chinese New Year Gala with my classmate Hi I’m Radina. I was born in Bulgaria at a time when the country started to transform to a market economy. As I grew up, I read and heard about the world outside Bulgaria and came to appreciate the importance of having an international m…

Ask almost anyone about their reading habits, and they’ll tell you that they don’t read nearly as much as they would like to. The pressures, distractions and time constraints of modern life make it hard to pick up a book, and easy to put it down again. For executives, whose daily schedules are mor…

When was the first time you encountered China in your life? The word ‘first’ is always exciting. Even though I majored in Business Administration and Chinese literature during my undergraduate studies, China was not my main area of interest then. I wanted to work for a financial company after gra…

The pandemic has brought massive global changes to life and work in new and unforeseen ways. It has also impacted numerous industrial shifts which were already underway before the virus struck at the start of 2020. CEIBS MBA 2016 alum Asier Guevara reveals how COVID-19 has affected the world of sp…

New outbreaks of COVID-19 have surged across China, plunging cities into another round of massive lockdowns, most recently in Shanghai. As life and work seem to be slipping out of control, it is easy to feel gripped by a renewed sense of anxiety as we struggle to adapt to changes that are happenin…

As a veteran engaged in the healthcare industry for nearly three decades, Illumina Senior Vice President and General Manager of Greater China and CEIBS EMBA 1999 alum Li Qing has experienced three major transitions during his career. Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing, entered the spotli…