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Fortune
Ruth Umoh

Is international experience still a must for future CEOs?

(Credit: Radka Janouskovcova)

For decades, the path to the CEO suite often ran through a foreign airport. A rotation in London, a turnaround in São Paulo, a regional post in Singapore. These were the proving grounds where future leaders built global fluency and earned credibility with the board. But in an age of regional supply chains, rising protectionism, and AI-powered everything, the question has resurfaced: Does international experience still matter?

Christine Greybe, president of leadership consulting at DHR Global, thinks it does, though with nuance.

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