From the city with a song and a quest for community

About six years ago the regional director of a multinational German company flew from Singapore to Australia to interview a specialist recruiter. Amid total secrecy, the meeting would be the forerunner to a 220-million euros acquisition to establish Australia’s largest kitchen and laundry care consumer goods company. The director’s target recruiter had established a strong reputation while working on behalf of the German company’s subsidiary, Schwarzkopf, for 20 years.