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Asia & Emerging Market Operations Advisory

On-the-ground expertise in China, Japan, and Russia — markets where standard Western playbooks fail.

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15+ Years
resident executive experience in China, Japan and Russia
100%
China MLPS cybersecurity compliance achieved at Bayer
0
Non-compliant IT audits across Russia, CIS, China
€30M
Budget managed across China and APAC operations

Overview

About this practice

There is a fundamental difference between knowing about a market and having operated in it. Most Western advisors who offer Asia services have the former. Talvoren Advisory offers the latter.

Peter Gent spent over 15 years as a resident executive in China, Japan, and Russia — holding senior leadership roles, managing local teams, navigating regulatory environments, and reporting to boards that needed results, not explanations. Mikhail Konovalov achieved 100% compliance with China's cybersecurity laws (MLPS and PIPL) at Bayer, and led IT governance across Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus with zero non-compliant audit findings across a three-year period.

Together, we advise Western companies on the operational realities of doing business in these markets: how to structure the legal entity, how to design a shared service model that works under local regulatory constraints, how to manage a cross-cultural leadership team, and how to build IT and financial infrastructure that is both globally integrated and locally compliant. We do not advise from European headquarters. We have been there.

Key Benefits

What you get

  1. China market entry: legal entity design, governance model, and shared services localisation strategy

  2. China cybersecurity compliance: MLPS and PIPL assessment, gap remediation, and certification support

  3. Japan operations advisory: finance, shared services, and GBS design for one of the world's most complex markets

  4. Russia and CIS: IT governance, financial controls, and compliance frameworks for existing or legacy operations

  5. Cross-cultural leadership coaching for expat executives taking Asia-based roles

  6. Asia-bound GBS location strategy: Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, India — grounded in lived experience

  7. AHK network access and introductions for Germany-based companies expanding into APAC

Who This Is For

Built for
organizations like yours

This practice area is designed for organizations facing the challenges listed here. If your situation matches, we should talk.

  • European companies entering China or Japan for the first time

  • Multinationals with APAC or CIS operations facing compliance gaps

  • Companies expanding shared services into Asian locations

  • Organisations with MLPS or PIPL compliance obligations in China

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Zero non-compliant audits across five countries. We build governance frameworks that hold under regulatory scrutiny.

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