Global success needs leaders fit for the role at state enterprises, say experts Getting the right people in the right positions is one way for enterprises to succeed, but this is easier said than done for state-owned enterprises (SOEs), due to the government’s dominant role in leadership appointments. Now experts have called for reform of the appointments system to help improve the firms’ competitiveness in making inroads into global markets. The mainland’s 116 SOEs are managed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, which also appoints top executives to the enterprises. The appointment system allows senior officials to swap between SOEs and government bodies. The practice has been criticised by Zhu Boshan, general manager of Tacter Consulting in Shanghai, […]