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Shionogi & Co: Geographic Expansion
Shionogi CEO Isao Teshirogi announced the company is actively pursuing a minimum of three manufacturing deals in the US over the next decade to expand its production footprint.
Source: Bloomberg — Markets
The leadership read
Market entry is a leadership problem before it is a logistics one. Shionogi & Co moving into new ground in the sector deepens demand for in-region leaders who can localise the model without diluting it. Across Americas, watch whether senior in-market leadership is appointed early; expansions run remotely rarely hold.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 102.6 (Warm), down 1.7 month-on-month — shows Americas signal flow easing (-2.3pts).
Shionogi & Co: 1 signal in the last 90 days.
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:
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Square
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Dropbox
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Market entry · Asia
Deliveroo
Executive Search in ASEAN
Market entry · Oceania
SurveyMonkey
Managing Director APAC (first hire in region) / Country Manager
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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