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Quiet man with a big voice
Brady Dougan, Credit Suisse chief and the first American head of a Swiss banking group, has had a good downturn by seizing opportunities as other big banks collapsed
A detached style of leadership
Koç Holding’s chief explains how he rose to the top job at the Turkish group without displaying a sense of naked ambition, writes Peter Marsh
New brain behind the beauty
When Estée Lauder hired an ‘outsider’ in Fabrizio Freda to be its chief executive, the Neapolitan had to work hard to convince the beauty product group’s employees that he was more than a process-driven cutter
Scion reshapes media group
The head of CIR, one of Italy’s biggest conglomerates, and scion of its founder has restructured it – and is trying to stay out of its media arm’s public fight with Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister
‘Turnaround Kid’ bows out
As Delphi, the car parts supplier, prepares to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the man who carried out its restructuring tells about his biggest regret
Lift maker’s ascent to the next level
The head of Finland’s ‘other’ large company has brought Kone out from the shadow of its competitors, increasing its presence in China and the US
Head of the headhunters
Patrick De Maeseneire, the chief executive of Adecco, the world’s biggest temporary staffing company, in the Monday Interview discusses the ample opportunities that the downturn has created
Banker who wants to serve the world
Nobuo Kuroyanagi, the head of Japan’s biggest bank, explains in The Monday Interview why financial innovation is fine provided it adds to the common good
A driver of change
Sizwe Nxasana, the first black chief of a major bank in the African country, believes that social transformation and improving the bottom line go hand in hand
Innovative Wang becomes her father’s daughter
Only since HTC became a fast-rising star among global gadget makers has the 50-year-old chairman engaged with the public




