The Swede became the first foreign manager to take charge of the English national side when he was appointed as Kevin Keegan's successor in 2001.

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Hiddink is the third Dutchman to take charge of a Premier League club after Ruud Gullit (Chelsea, Newcastle) and Martin Jol (Tottenham) and is the seventh foreign manager at Chelsea.

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Mohammed revealed his decision was influenced by the fact that Nigeria struggled to pay the salary of its last foreign manager, Dutchman Jo Bonfrere, who was sacked in 2001 after a string of poor results in qualifying matches for the 2002 World Cup.

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Acquiring a foreign money manager can help bridge that skills gap.

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In fact, with apologies to Felipe Alou, the Venezuela native is the most successful foreign-born manager in baseball history.

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Yet as the recession has bitten deeper into corporate profits, Japanese firms have become keen to shed surplus labour, particularly the sort of middle manager who disappeared from foreign competitors' payrolls some time ago.

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Mr. Hevesi's plea is expected at least in part to involve his alleged acceptance of foreign trips paid for by California money manager Elliott Broidy.

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But the bank, now known as BNY Mellon, told the BBC that, while Mr Secker had been a vice president there, he had actually worked in their IT department in foreign exchange operations, reporting to a senior manager there.

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One Indian manager for a multinational company explains that foreign managers lack the skills needed to operate Indian labour law.

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The first confirmed victim - 46-year-old security expert Paul Thomas Morgan - was named in a statement by the family previously released via the Foreign Office, while 59-year-old planning manager Kenneth Whiteside, from Glenrothes, Fife and systems supervisor Garry Barlow, 49, from Liverpool have been named as victims by relatives.

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Sam Ghosh, manager of Allianz's Indian operation, thinks that foreign-linked insurers will have no more than 15% of the market after five years.

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Current manager Christian Chukwu, who is expected to deputise for the foreign appointee, said training plans for the Nations Cup will not be finalised until the arrival of the new coach.

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