ABROAD STAGE

Marieke Bossek first came to China in 2007 as an exchange student. What started as a spontaneous decision turned into a 19 year journey that took her from building exhibitions to running German Center Taicang. Now she's preparing to lead German Center Shanghai, a 50,000 sqm ecosystem with office towers and a full business infrastructure. Marieke shares what she sees on the ground every day wor...

Most people dream about living abroad. Few understand the price that comes with it. In this episode of ABROAD STAGE, I sit down with Manuel Murrenhoff, an international business leader, author and global career strategist who has lived, studied and worked across 7 countries and 4 continents. From Germany to the United States. From Vietnam to Kenya. From Nigeria to China. Manuel built his internati...

Francis showed up to China in 2004 after replying an email from a headhunter. He landed in Beijing with np plan, got picked up by strangers and ended up teaching English in some small city in HebeiSounds insane now. Probably was insane then too. But that trip planted the seed for everything that came afterHe went back to Germany, spent years building a career there first. He knew wanting to live a...

What happens when you grow up across five countries and never fully belong to just one? In this episode of ABROAD STAGE, we talk about identity, language, culture and how it’s like rebuilding yourself in new environments. Today’s guest has lived across Israel, Hong Kong, France, Canada and China, constantly adapting to new languages, new systems and new ways of thinking. We went deep into what hap...

What if career growth doesn’t come from job hopping every two years? What if it comes from saying yes to uncomfortable opportunities, learning every department inside a business and adapting faster than everyone around you? Nitin Sanan came to China for 1 week. He never planned to stay. 13 years later, he built a career across all departments. Started as a service engineer, became the only foreign...