64: Charles Ferguson on Employer of Record, employee experience and work passes

Charles Hamilton Ferguson [https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesferguson/] is theGeneral Manager and head of Globalization Partners[https://www.globalization-partners.com/] business in Asia, where he isresponsible for establishing scale and efficiency for the company's businessexpansion in one of the most dynamic markets in the world.Charles has worked with private equity and leading brands in the businessenterprise and technology space. He was most recently the group chief commercialofficer for Tricor Group, a Hong Kong-headquartered business expansionspecialist.The Permira investee company brought Charles in to design and execute globalsales, marketing, and product innovation strategy.Prior to Tricor, Charles was president and general manager for the Asia Pacificat ADP, a payroll giant. Before ADP, Charles co-founded ReedHamilton, whichfocused on talent acquisition to go-to-market strategy across industries.During his corporate career, Charles held senior roles at SAP, salesforce.com[http://salesforce.com/], Microsoft, and Intel.Outside of his corporate life, the US-born Singapore citizen started andmanaged "Number Five" a jazz club and bistro on the Bund in Shanghai for almosta decade up to 2011.Charles holds a master's degree in innovation management from the HelsinkiSchool of Economics at Aalto University and did his undergraduate studies atBard College in the United States.What I discussed with Charles: * The process of using an Employer of Record (EOR) provider to hire employees in a new country * The employee experience under EOR * The percentage of companies in Singapore jumping into EOR over Covid19 * His take on the Singapore government's current direction in work passes restriction * And many more...Please enjoy!---Who should I speak with next? Please let me know at [email protected] you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review[https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-adrian-tan-show/id1525515088]. Itwill help bring the episode to more people.📲 Follow me online: * Youtube @AdrianTan18 [https://www.youtube.com/c/AdrianTan18] * Twitter @adriantan18 [https://twitter.com/adriantan18] * Facebook @adtan [https://www.facebook.com/adtan] * LinkedIn @adriantanck [https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriantanck/] * adriantan.com.sg [https://adriantan.com.sg/] Get full access to Will That Work? at www.adriantan.com.sg/subscribe