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Labor's Capitalist Problem

As more companies recognize the need to set up a treasury shop in China, the expectation is for a war over the limited pool of bilingual university graduates and seasoned executives with the right skills

By Anne Field | Updated on March 01, 2008

Until now, most multinationals in China haven’t done much in the way of building in-country treasury operations. Many followed a more centralized, global treasury strategy that didn’t always require staff in China. But, as a few leading edge companies, such as General Electric, Intel and Honeywell, pursue a more China-specific treasury approach and realize the operating advantage local talent can provide, that’s likely to change–and in a big way.

More employers are expected to tap the relatively shallow labor pool for treasury as they expand their on-the-ground capabilities in China, potentially leading over the next couple of years to a recruiting frenzy akin to the gold rush of the late 1990s in Silicon Valley. “It would be fair to say that the treasury market segment is still in its infancy,” says Pui Yee Lee, director of international treasury for Honeywell International Inc.

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