Interview: DKSH Building Healthcare Services In Changing Asian Markets

Market expansion services provider has its headquarters in Switzerland but a long history and most of its business in Southeast Asia, where the global head of its Business Unit Healthcare tells Scrip it continues to build a broad range of services based around knowledge and penetration of local markets.

Bijay Singh
DKSH's Bijay Singh • Source: DKSH

Diversified market expansion services group DKSH may be based in Switzerland but conducts the bulk of its business in Asia, with a presence across consumer goods, performance materials, and technology, ranging from jeans to semiconductors. 

But healthcare is the other key pillar of its business, where it is focused largely on the Southeast Asia region.

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