Following the return of the Nordic Salary Survey as a joint initiative by MPS China and the Nordic Chambers of Commerce in China, we are glad to announce the presentation of the survey data on the 11th of December at Volvo Studio (Beijing Yansha) in Beijing.

The 2019 Nordic Salary Survey collected responses from over 200+ Nordic companies on topics such as remuneration, hiring and retention trends. You are welcome to join the Nordic community in a presentation of the results, and get answers to questions such as:

• What is the expected average salary increase in 2020 for your industry and region?
• What is the main struggle in retaining employees in Nordic companies?
• How big of an influence is company culture seen as when attracting employees?
• What is the main reason to decrease the number of local staff?
• Are companies really decreasing their expat headcount?

MPS has been active in the Chinese market with its own office established in Shanghai in 2005. Since then, MPS China has supported a large number of international companies by searching top executives and conducting various assessments for leadership development.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Henri Manner

Henri serves as the CEO for MPS China Management Consulting Ltd based in the Shanghai office. Henri has worked twelve years for Etola, where he as CEO built Finnish Etola Company's China business from a scratch before moving to HUB logistics, Finland, Helsinki office. There he worked as a Business Director in Aviation and Group Sales & Marketing Director.

Today Henri leads MPS China's growth and works with executive search assignments and leadership development. He is specialized in serving national and international clients within the consumer and industrial segment.

Alexander de Freitas

Alexander is an Executive Search Consultant in MPS' Asia-Pacific Consumer Practice. His focus areas are in retail and consumer technology. Additionally, he has experience from FMCG, CPG, entertainment, hospitality, and the automotive industries.

As a consultant Alexander has completed assignments for everything from Fortune 500's to family-owned, and local companies. He also has wide experience in cross-border executive search, helping his clients access world-class talent in wider Asia and beyond.

Alexander joined MPS in 2013, after having served as the Anders Wall Scholar to the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China. He has since then kept his engagement in the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China and today serves in the Election Committee, and Editorial Committee.