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Following a significant election year, the focus shifts to the geopolitical landscape, marked by escalating trade tensions and tighter border controls. Beyond these immediate concerns, a more insidious long-term risk for global organizations is the societal impact of changing demographics. UN data, highlighted in a McKinsey report, reveals a growing "youth scarcity" due to declining birth rates and aging populations in advanced economies.

This demographic shift threatens economic growth and creates a challenge for businesses needing more workers for longer hours to maintain productivity. With birth replacement rates below 2.1 in many developed nations, this problem is exacerbated. Consequently, businesses are moving away from traditional HR structures and building global workforce functions.

Join Sirva Soundbites host, Emma Dodwell-Groves, Senior Manager, Global Advisory Services and Hannah Richardson, Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Services as they discuss the demographic shifts in global workforce functions and its impact on talent relocation in 2025.

Hannah Richardson is currently the Senior Vice President of Sirva's Global Strategic Services. Hannah is responsible for a portfolio of multi-national client engagements, strategic partnership, and business alignment to help drive the client agenda. With over 20 years of experience in talent mobility, Hannah has a deep understanding of the macro trends shaping the industry and understands strategic client requirements.
Emma Dodwell-Groves is a Consultant on the Sirva Global Advisory Services team and has over 15 years of experience supporting clients in talent development, global mobility, and cultural training, with a more recent specialization in consulting on diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) and environmental sustainability.
Sirva Soundbites provides the insights, tools and best practices to help talent mobility and human resources professionals navigate through the evolving global talent mobility landscape more confidently and effectively.
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Catch the World Environment Day special episode where Stephen Park from the International Mobility Centre at Schneider Electric shares about the organization's endeavors to reduce carbon footprint while taking its global talent mobility initiatives forward.
Stephen Park is responsible for the talent mobility program for Schneider Electric in the Asia-Pacific region and previously held similar roles for other multinationals such as Fonterra and Cisco Systems. Schneider Electric has 150,000+ employees worldwide providing energy and automation digital solutions for sustainability and efficiency. The Asia-Pacific region employs 33% of Schneider Electric’s talent and global hub locations include Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bangalore & Singapore.
Emma Dodwell-Groves is a Consultant on the Sirva Global Advisory Services team and has over 15 years of experience supporting clients in talent development, global mobility, and cultural training, with a more recent specialization in consulting on diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) and environmental sustainability.
Sirva Soundbites provides the insights, tools and best practices to help talent mobility and human resources professionals navigate through the evolving global talent mobility landscape more confidently and effectively.

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In celebration of International Women's Day on 8 March, we have invited Shazy Tan, Senior Global Mobility Manager at Visa to share her thoughts and experiences around empowering working women in the industry.
Join Sirva Soundbites host, Emma Dodwell-Groves and Shazy Tan as they discuss about all the challenges and opportunities women face as workplace dynamics shift in an increasingly globalized world.
Shazy Tan holds a passion for global mobility and the art of moving and relocating people across borders. With a career spanning more than a decade in industries such as hospitality, manufacturing, financial services, and professional services, Shazy brings a wealth of knowledge and a varied perspective of best market practices to her stakeholders. As a dedicated professional and mother of an 8-year-old Pokémon Master, Shazy expertly balances the demands of her career and motherhood.
Emma Dodwell-Groves is a Consultant on the Sirva Global Advisory Services team and has over 15 years of experience supporting clients in talent development, global mobility, and cultural training, with a more recent specialisation in consulting on diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) and environmental sustainability.
Sirva Soundbites provides the insights, tools and best practices to help talent mobility and human resources professionals navigate through the evolving global talent mobility landscape more confidently and effectively.
To all the women out there, we celebrate you, not just on International Women's Day but every single day.

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In this episode, join Sirva Soundbites host, Luc Innocent and Global Supply Chain Director, Mark Cooledge as they talk about where ESG is at in the current landscape and how different industries can better realize their ESG goals. Find out how talent mobility can support ESG objectives and how working with accredited suppliers can help you better build your ESG program.

Key Takeaways:

• How to include ESG into your employee relocation program
• Using AI to create better measurement frameworks and more accurately calculate carbon emissions
• How to use results from data to create better policies to measure carbon reduction goals

Mark Cooledge joined Sirva in 2000 and has extensive experience in global operations, intercultural training services, account management and supply chain. He currently leads Sirva’s third party sourcing, contracting, risk & compliance, diversity and environmental initiatives as well as administers Sirva’s supply chain technology platform.

Luc Innocent began his mobility career as a household goods coordinator more than 22 years ago. He joined Sirva in 2011 as Global Account Manager. Luc has since held Director level positions in implementation and global account management, including his most recent promotion to Vice President of Global Account Management.

Sirva Soundbites provides the insights, tools and best practices to help talent mobility and human resources professionals navigate through the evolving global talent mobility landscape more confidently and effectively.

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Join Jon Johnson and Emma Dodwell-Groves in this week's episode on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
DEI is a topic that's near and dear to many of our hearts. It is increasingly recognized as both a business and potentially an ethical imperative. Earlier this year, we developed a white paper detailing a roadmap for those who would like to utilize mobility more strategically to enhance understanding and practice of DEI in their organizations, and a “gold standard” for how relocation can foster diverse, inclusive talent in meaningful ways.
In this podcast, we will be looking at the many different ways where talent mobility is entwined with DEI, the growing importance of DEI in today's globalized world as well as the various challenges organizations encounter in the process of launching an internal DEI program.
Jon Johnson is currently the Vice President in the Sirva Account Management function, Jon currently leads a diverse client portfolio across Europe and Asian headquartered organisations and has more than 20 years of experience in global talent mobility.
Emma Dodwell-Groves is a Consultant on the Sirva Global Advisory Services team and has over 15 years of experience supporting clients in talent development, global mobility, and cultural training, with a more recent specialisation in consulting on diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) and environmental sustainability.
Sirva Soundbites provides the insights, tools and best practices to help talent mobility and human resources professionals navigate through the evolving global talent mobility landscape more confidently and effectively.

Get in touch with us: [email protected]