SHARON


MICHNAY PRESIDENT, RELO NETWORK ASIA


Encouraging leaders to recruit inclusively


Asia is the world’s largest economic and trading region, with inter-region talent mobility on the increase. Sharon Michnay, president of Relo Network Asia, is dedicated to providing support and knowledge to the community, including helping launch the Asian Talent Mobility Alliance.


D have


espite


being based life in Asia. President


in Chicago, Sharon Michnay spends her virtual working of Relo


Network Asia, she has been at the forefront of mobility in the region for the last Last summer,


after two years of


planning, she played an integral role in launching the Asian Talent Mobility Alliance. This not-for- profit organisation is designed to connect industry professionals in the region and provide support, information and lobbying. “It's a really exciting time to


focus on Asia,” she says. “Covid may


thrown a wrench


in things, but Asia is thriving. The


number of companies


headquartered there is growing and the region is entering a huge period of global prominence.” The region’s collective economies


have emerged as the new majority, says management


consultant


McKinsey. It accounts for over half of the global total of key metrics used to measure the world economy. Asia is now a key player in all five areas underlying its research: world order, technology platforms, demographic forces, resource and energy systems, and capitalisation.


64 seven years.


SUPPORTING GLOBAL GROWTH For Relo Network Asia, its largest markets are Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Korea and Japan. Launched in Hong Kong in 1981, it was one of the first companies to service employees transferred to Asia by Western companies. Now the team on the ground – from Malaysia to Myanmar – works with US-based sales and marketing teams


to combine savvy local


experience with maximum support for its international client base. Sharon doesn’t whitewash the


impact of the pandemic on the region, but says she has seen a significant bounce back. “There is incredible movement in the region and we are seeing a lot of Asian- based companies expanding and growing. Singapore and Tokyo have exploded and we are expecting to see those areas grow. China is a little further behind, having had some of the


strictest responses to the


pandemic, but Chinese companies are becoming more multinational and opening up internationally.” Malaysia, Indonesia and


Vietnam are all growth areas and Sharon believes Hong Kong


is


starting to pick up after its response to the pandemic. “Whether or not


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