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Mr Luis Maroto says the company invests a lot - nearly 18 per cent of its revenue - in technology. His bigger worry, though, is being disrupted by some people who may figure out a smarter way of delivering the same service.

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Mr Masahiko Uotani accepted Shiseido's CEO post, he says, because to change the cosmetics company would mean a lot to the nation and he wanted to be a part of that change. It was a move that went down well when announced.

In Good Company: Shiseido, Japan's oldest cosmetics maker, gets more than a facelift with Masahiko Uotani

Mr Mark Thompson, CEO of The New York Times Company, seen in a 2011 file photo. He concedes that margins in an advertising-led model of business are so alluring that it is hard to look away from it. But the future of the trade lies in turning it into

In Good Company: Mark Thompson's digital leap pays off for NYT

Mr Bahren Shaari, CEO of Bank of Singapore, believes that the bank can be synonymous with what Singapore Airlines is for the airline industry. This is the standard that the bank has set for itself. If the Republic is to be a wealth management centre,

In Good Company: Bank of Singapore's Bahren Shaari wants to build the SIA of private banking

Singapore Pools chief executive Seah Chin Siong says one of his career highlights as head of Singapore Pools was making use of the group's IT resources to help in the digital transformation of charities in Singapore. He will take over as president an

In Good Company: Singapore Pools CEO's new bet is uplifting workers pool

"At Mercer, we say it is time to retire retirement," says Mr David Anderson, 50, who is Mercer's president for international business. "Our social security systems will not be able to afford the longer lifespans we are breeding. It is time to transit

In Good Company: Singaporeans should retire at 70, says Mercer boss

StanChart group CEO Bill Winters says Temasek, its biggest shareholder, has not asked for a seat on the board. StanChart will continue to fundamentally reorient big parts of its businesses to Singapore, which is in many ways its operational headquart

StanChart lifting off from its winter of discontent

Dr Martin Herrenknecht is the founder and chief executive of the eponymous engineering group that has emerged as the world's largest builder of tunnelling equipment. Last year, Herrenknecht recorded a turnover of â‚¬1.4 billion (S$2.1 billion), the c

In Good Company: Herrenknecht - that German mole in Singapore

Mr Glen de Vries, president and co-founder of Medidata Solutions, says Medidata is a technology company, but it is a life sciences company first. About a quarter of the company's revenue gets invested back into developing new products, and the majori

In Good Company: Medidata's de Vries eyes bullet-drugs era