"We looked around Asia and saw that China had the greatest need for management training, " says Rui Shujie, account manager at the Center for Business Skills Development, which began operating in Shanghai two years ago in affiliation with Arizona's Thunderbird school of international management.

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If plan sponsors agree that the goal is to encourage the development of successful minority-owned asset management businesses, then they should look for a manager-of-managers that could not only assist these firms in gathering assets but also in negotiating their way through the treacherous waters of the institutional asset management marketplace.

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Vorhauser-Smith has more than 25 years of experience in corporate and entrepreneurial business environments, including positions as Head of Selection and Development at Westpac Banking Corporation, Human Resources Manager for Citibank Limited, and General Manager of Integrated Talent Management for PageUp People.

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