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Rainmaking: Strategic Hiring
Can Suriya escape frying pan again?
Source: bangkokpost.com
The leadership read
A hiring build-out like this points to deepening other executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 107.4 (Hot) (down 1.7 month-on-month), Asia is at steady (+0.3pts) on signal share.
Rainmaking: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the other median of 1 across 3 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow.
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Strategic Hiring · EMEA
The Times →The Times appointed Graham Ruddick as deputy business editor, a returning hire with extensive UK media leadership experience (previously at Business Leader as editor-in-chief, Guardian, Telegraph) to strengthen business coverage.
Ma Activity · Americas
N/A →Political opinion piece on European social democratic parties - not relevant to executive search
Strategic Hiring · Asia
Dentons →Benjamin Ng appointed as partner in Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice in Hong Kong, strengthening Greater China capabilities
Strategic Hiring · Asia
Tata Communications →Tata Communications is executing a comprehensive AI-ready digital infrastructure strategy across India and Southeast Asia, including subsea cable investments (I-2SEA consortium, MIST Cable expansion), AWS partnership for terrestrial fibre networks, and IZO DC Dynamic Connectivity platform launches. Positioning for next phase of AI-driven infrastructure demand.
Strategic Hiring · Asia
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) →TCS implementing company-wide wage revisions during Q1, expected to compress EBIT margins by 140-160 basis points sequentially. Wage hikes coupled with revenue shortfall pressuring profitability.
Strategic Hiring · Asia
CNN →CNN appointed Gage Goulding as Seoul-based international correspondent, expanding Asia-Pacific reporting team with award-winning journalist. Goulding will relocate to Seoul later in 2026 and report on South Korea and broader region for linear and digital platforms.
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