When Alexander, an Asian research scientist at a top US university, was getting ready for a work trip to Brazil, his preparations took an unusual turn — he consulted his lawyer, brought along a burner phone and carried a blank […]
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s largest listed companies are set to miss a target to have women in 40 per cent of top
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Climbing the corporate ladder has traditionally meant managing junior teams and leading smaller divisions before hitting the big time. But
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Amazon chief executive Andy Jassy recently told employees that a new plan requiring them to be in the office five days a week did not amount to a “backdoor lay-off”. Yet his reported comments at a company-wide meeting last week
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When Chris Nassetta joined Hilton Worldwide as chief executive in 2007, he found a hotel chain that was “broken”. “We had lost our way for decades and decades”, says the 62-year-old executive. But as he set about trying to restore
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When Nicolai Tangen, head of Norway’s $1.6tn oil fund, started interviewing chief executives for his new podcast in 2022, it was a way to give the Norwegian people a glimpse into the large international companies their country was investing in.
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