Posted by: ashu November 21, 2007
The Newly Appointed CEO of Himalmedia
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baaf ray baaf!
kasto lamo thread!

Sheetalb, thank you for your wishes. I wonder who you are!
Fabolus, interesting thoughts there!

DWI, thank you. Don't worry, I am not going to get hung up on the title here. My focus will be on results, results and nothing but verifiably true results, and not on clever management-speak. So do wish me luck. That said, yes, there are many stable Nepali private companies that want to hire good people at the top but simply don't know how to lay down processes to start attracting such people.

Nepe, thank you, too. Your observations are interesting. Regrettably, given  the competitive nature of this industry (and that's a good thing), I cannot share what HM is going to do to make itself stand out. But please do follow the publications with a critical eye (and feel free to email me your critical comments, observations and suggestions), and hopefully you will see
positive changes in small but sure steps in times ahead. In other words, there will be no one-stroke mega revolution, but there will be many iterative/experimental evolutionary steps toward betterment

Amazing, thank you.
LK, thank you for your wishes too.

Bibas
, thank you. Yes, in my free time, I do make it a point to visit Sajha from time to time just to see what's up. That's all. Busy or not, I find the line between"strictly work" and "strictly play" blurring all the more with all
these user-friendly technological advances .. .

Prajesh-ji: Many thanks for your kind words. Yes, "gray stuff" indeed. 

Samsara, I understand what you are saying, but let me share this. In commercial banking, people are looking for good top-level managers in KTM. With so mnay new commercial banks that have opened up and are opening up, there is a severe shortage of top-level bank managers
in Nepal. The pay is usually quite good -- Rs. 3 lakh+ a month, if not more,
if the directors value your background. [I know this might come as a shock to many of you who left Nepal 10 years ago, but a lot has changed in Nepal for now.]

Sure, there is no IBanking as such in Nepal, and no private equity/buy-out firms to speak of. The banking work here can be  'plain old vanilla' to those of you who are analysts/associates on Wall Street/London, but I do see a bright future for people like you in Nepal in two to three years when further opportunities open up to do sophisticated financial stuff.

My (unsolicited) suggestion: Start working on strengtehing your Nepal/Asia connections /networks now so that you are 'on the radar' here, and when opportunities open up, you can make appropriate transitions. I'll be happy
to share what I know for your success.

oohi
ashu
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