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Leadership Challenges for Tomorrow’s
Agribusiness
October 2014
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> Surveyed Asia Pacific agribusiness leaders
> Insights on major challenges and opportunities
> Respondents: 25% Chairman/NEDs 69% CEO’s/Divisional CEOs 6% Functional Leaders
What we did
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Who did we survey? A sample
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Who did we survey?
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Who did we survey?
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Who did we survey?
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What are the strategic priorities being pursued?
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acquisitions internationalmarkets
new products relationships new saleschannels
verticalintegration
reduce costs
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> Acquisition activity in Asia over the last three years
INDUSTRY COUNTRY Glucose/Fructose China Meats/Processed Foods India Malt Australia Seafood Thailand Branded Edible Oils India Seafood Vietnam Meat Australia Food Ingredients Indonesia Food India Chemicals Indonesia Grains Australia Topioca Indonesia
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Acquisition activity in Asia over the last three years
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INDUSTRY COUNTRY Sugar India Grain Terminals Malaysia Packaged Foods Sri Lanka Packaged Foods China Packaged Foods China Ports Singapore Edible Oil Processing Indonesia Plantations PNG Oils and Fats China Sugar Distribution China Biologicals China Sugar Australia Sugar Indonesia Sugar Singapore Plantations Indonesia Plantations Malaysia Processed Oils India
Acquisition activity in Asia over the last three years
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INDUSTRY COUNTRY Fertiliser Australia Cotton Australia
INDUSTRY COUNTRY Oilseeds Processing India Derivatives House India
INDUSTRY COUNTRY Treasury Services Hong Kong
INDUSTRY COUNTRY Grain Australia Logistics Singapore Oil and Seeds China
Acquisition activity in Asia over the last three years
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strat planning/BD/M&A marketing supply chain international markets R&D / biotech
2014 49% 39% 37% 28% 25%
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What new skills are required in the senior team?
Strat Planning BD/M&A
Marketing International Markets
Supply Chain R&D / Biotech
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implement change effective leadership strategic thinking communication team-buildingmultilingual /multicultural
2014 71% 54% 45% 35% 29% 5%
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Team Building
Implement Change
Effective Leadership
Strategic Thinking
Communication
Multi-lingual Multi-cultural
What are most important capabilities for leaders?
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When filling senior roles, where will people come from?
2014
Outside the
Agribusiness
industry 20%
Within the
organisation 21%
Other agribusiness
Companies 59%
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What are the greatest challenges building the senior team?
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Availability of qualifiedtalent from other
agribusiness companies
Availability of qualifiedtalent from within the
organisation
Ability to attract talentfrom outside the industry
Ability to effectivelyintegrate new talent
Ability to meetcompensationrequirements
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What are the major challenges in retaining senior leaders?
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Lack of career growthopportunities
Recruitment by otheragribusiness firms
Restraints oncompensation
appropriate for toptalent
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Do the skills on the Board need to evolve?
A significant 80% of Asia Pacific agribusiness
leaders state that the mix of skills and expertise on the Board of Directors will need to evolve
Is management making the grade these days, but is the Board lagging?
(25% of respondents are Chairmen or NEDs)
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What expertise needs to be added to the Board?
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International Women Marketing Risk
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Agribusiness talent has come along way but has a long
way to go.
Agribusiness leaders are saying they don’t have a
number of capabilities to seize opportunities.
Will the battle for top talent define the next decade for
agribusiness companies?
Discussion points
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This survey finds that many leaders are very concerned about
securing top talent.
Many studies over the past decade confirm that companies with
superior hiring, development, leadership, and retention practices
see clear economic benefits over and above their competitors.
As the agribusiness industry grows and becomes more technical,
more global and more complex, attracting outstanding new talent
becomes ever-more challenging.
Discussion points
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This survey finds that agribusiness firms have concerns in 2
main areas:
Recruiting the best executive talent – many agribusiness leaders
realize that they have to do more to attract the best talent.
Cultivating a robust leadership pipeline – agribusiness firms
struggle to cultivate strong leadership pipelines and succession
pools for their top team.
Discussion points
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Agribusiness leaders talk about 2 strategies for securing
executive talent:
Focus on identifying and training tomorrow’s top leaders –
agribusiness firms need to identify talented individuals early on and
work hard to create tailored programs that attract, develop, and
retain them.
Invest in your employer brand – each agribusiness firm must find
ways to tell its story and to be clear about why it is distinctive.
Discussion points
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Now is the time for agribusiness firms to compete, in a
smart way, for talent.
The solutions are straightforward but require discipline
and perseverance to implement.
Discussion points
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