Author Archives: Chris R.

Following recent events in Japan, our thoughts go out to all the people affected. Since the earthquake, many people have asked about the safety and wellbeing of our colleagues in Tokyo so we asked Asia Area Director Chris, whom’s based in Hong Kong, to give us an update:
In short, the whole team and their families are fine. When the earthquake struck shortly after lunch the Tokyo team was in the office getting ready for the afternoon ahead. Our office is on the 22nd floor of a building in downtown Tokyo and as managing director Yuri told me, “the quake was…

Six months after joining the Meltwater International Management Trainee program as an entry-level Sales Consultant in London, I was offered the opportunity to move to Hong Kong and help set up our first office in Asia.

I was slightly intimidated by working in Asia where I didn’t speak any of the languages. However, it turns out that Hong Kong was the perfect gateway to the continent.

I found it fairly easy to get around living and working in Hong Kong. Ruled by the British for 99 years, street signs remain bilingual, business is conducted primarily in English and the central section of the…