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Novigi: Geographic Expansion
Novigi, a financial services technology provider, is expanding into New Zealand as the technology partner to Apex Group, which is integrating Mercer New Zealand's fund administration operations.
Source: Financial Newswire (AU)
The leadership read
Novigi's expansion resets where the leadership need sits in Consulting. Standing up a new market rewards operators with local networks and a record of building from scratch. The 12-to-18-month read across Oceania favours country and commercial leadership hired close to the ground.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 104.6 (Hot) (down 1.9 month-on-month), Oceania is at steady (+1.1pts) on signal share.
Novigi: 1 signal in the last 90 days — below the Consulting median of 2 across 46 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow.
Market entry — the MitchelLake playbook
When a company expands into a new market, the first leadership hires decide whether it lands. A selection of market entries we've run:
Market entry · Oceania
Square
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Market entry
Dropbox
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Market entry · Asia
Deliveroo
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Market entry · Oceania
SurveyMonkey
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Market entry · Asia
LivePerson
Director ASEAN (first hire in region); also Head of Presales APAC
Market entry · Oceania
Etsy
Managing Director, Australia + Asia (MD APAC)
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