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Monks: Strategic Hiring
Monks APAC leadership (SVP data Jakub Otrząsek and consulting partner Jessica Ross) are publicly addressing the gap between current marketing operations capabilities and market speed demands, signaling internal capability gaps and need for modernization.
Source: B&T Magazine
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A hiring build-out like this points to deepening the sector executive bench strength over the coming quarters.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 113.4 (Hot) (up 13.7 month-on-month), Asia is at rising (+3.9pts) on signal share.
Monks: 3 signals in the last 90 days; 0.3% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 3 tracked across 40 days.
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