IN GOOD COMPANY

Mr Shu Itoh, president of Japan's Pilot Corp, has been with the company for 39 years and was given charge of it last year. He says what sets it apart from competitors is its attention to quality, with the focus on the ball and tip of the pen.

Pilot's Itoh creates pens for body and soul

Dec 16, 2018, 5:00 am

In Good Company: It's all in the family for Union Bancaire Privée's de Picciotto

Nov 25, 2018, 5:00 am
Mr Mike Lawrie, chairman, CEO and president of DXC Technology, says DXC itself is transforming as it adjusts to a new landscape. The most important lesson he has learnt from legendary CEO Lou Gerstner is that "you cannot outsource your thinking". The

In Good Company: DXC's Lawrie has his ear to the digital ground

Nov 11, 2018, 5:00 am
In 2011, Mr Kristo Kaarmann (above) teamed up with Skype's first employee, Mr Taavet Hinrikus, to start money transfer firm TransferWise after he realised that for international money transfers, banks were using different levels of margin in the exch

TransferWise aims to be the Skype of money transfers

Oct 21, 2018, 5:00 am
Ms Leena Nair says of today's business landscape: "If speed is of the essence, decision-making has to be fast... These are days when you create 10,000 digital assets for a brand in real time because no one's attention span is more than three seconds

In Good Company: Unilever's Leena Nair cracks glass ceilings - again and again

Oct 7, 2018, 5:00 am
Development manager Augustine Ow guiding ST associate editor Ravi Velloor on a virtual reality tour of the new Funan. Funan will be an integrated development with a six-storey retail component, two office towers and a nine-storey co-living serviced r

CapitaLand's Lim Ming Yan ready for next phase of life

Sep 23, 2018, 5:00 am
Mr Borje Ekholm, who became Ericsson's CEO and president last year, notes the firm has clocked some very strategic wins since then, especially in North America, and that market share has grown on the back of very competitive offerings. The company ev

In Good Company: Borje Ekholm drives turnaround at Ericsson

Sep 16, 2018, 5:00 am
Mr Ho Kwon Ping, who is behind global resort chain Banyan Tree Holdings, says experiential travel is set to be the New Big Thing, where it is not just about going to five-star hotels but about enriching lives and experiencing the world.

In Good Company: Banyan Tree's Ho Kwon Ping is now more jackfruit than durian

Sep 2, 2018, 5:00 am
In the wake of the recent announcement of half-yearly results that showed net profit rose 38 per cent to $583 million, Keppel Corp chief executive officer Loh Chin Hua believes "the worst is behind us".

In Good Company: For Keppel CEO Loh Chin Hua, it's all about kampung to the city

Jul 29, 2018, 5:00 am