Headhunters in Operations/Supply Chain/Transport | Amazon bestselling co-Author of "Source To Sold" | Keynote speaker | #LinkedInTopVoices

For over 20 years, I have built and led a global executive search business focused on CEO, Board, and senior P&L leadership across the value chain.

At Alcott Global, executive search is our core business and primary revenue engine. We work with Boards and CEOs on leadership appointments where the outcome is enterprise performance, not just role completion. Our work typically sits at the intersection of value creation, operational complexity, and transformation.

Alongside search, we have deliberately built a broader leadership ecosystem that gives us continuous, real-world access to senior decision-makers. This includes C-level events, closed-door executive roundtables, and the Leaders in Supply Chain podcast, where I regularly speak with CEOs, Board members, and global operators running large, complex organisations.

I am the co-author of From Source to Sold, an Amazon bestselling book on value chain leadership, and have lived and worked across multiple regions, giving me a global perspective shaped by direct exposure to different business environments and leadership models.

Our search work spans CEO and Board appointments, as well as senior P&L and enterprise leadership roles across operations, value chain, and transformation, typically in situations involving growth, change, or heightened performance expectations.

We build leadership teams for businesses where execution, scale, and results matter.

Radu Palamariu

Connector | Headhunter in Supply Chain & Logistics & Operations

ABC – Always Be Connecting. My name, 余笑飞 (I fly with a smile), reflects who I am—I navigate the world with curiosity, optimism, and a passion for connecting people. 

I advise CEOs and boards on leadership, succession and transformation for supply-chain and operations businesses. I help build A-teams through strategic leadership advisory and executive search, combining market judgment with hands-on execution to move boards from challenge to decision.

ABOUT ME
✅ 19 years in Executive Search & Talent Acquisition – trusted partner in building world-class leadership teams
✅ Multi-sector expertise: FMCG, Private Equity, Life Sciences, Industrial, EPC, Retail
✅ Specialist in: COO, CSCO, CFO, CRO, Supply Chain, Procurement, Logistics, Sustainability, Planning, Operational Excellence, Manufacturing, TechOps, Engineering, EHS
✅ Founder of “Chinese Executives in Europe” talent pool – bridging opportunities across continents
✅ Beyond headhunting: Career consultant, podcaster, event moderator
✅ Passions: Solo singer, meditator, active yogi, well-being advocate
✅ Languages: Fluent in Chinese Mandarin, Cantonese, English, and German

Fei Yu 余笑飞

4,000 drones lit up the sky of my home city Shenzhen. Drawing a horse running across the night to welcome the New Year, year of the Fire Horse 马年.

Precision turned into poetry. Technology can be so romantic! Who would have imagined drones could feel this emotional?

Wishing you a bright New Year! 马到成功 (success at full speed)!

#Shenzhen #ChinaTech #Technology #Innovation

Trusted Talent Advisor to CEOs & Boards | Executive Search — Supply Chain & Operations | Helping PE Firms & CEOs Build A-Teams

Where will the next generation of leaders choose to build?

I'd say: where excellence attracts excellence.

For over a decade, #Switzerland has ranked Nr. 1 in the Global Innovation Index. And in the Greater Zurich Area, the signals are strong:

⭐  ETH Zurich is ranked best university outside the US & UK 
⭐ Strong patent output per capita 
⭐ Of the CHF 2B+ raised by Swiss startups in 2024, nearly half went into Greater Zurich
⭐ Global R&D hubs from Google, Disney Research, IBM, Baidu
⭐  Momentum across AI, robotics, life sciences, fintech/blockchain, advanced manufacturing, foodtech

For leaders 
→ Innovation clusters are becoming strategic advantages.
#Ecosystems with stable regulation, capital access, and deep research partnerships will outperform fragmented markets.

For talents 
→ Your career trajectory will increasingly depend on the ecosystem you choose, not just the company you join.

The future will be built where excellence concentrates. Greater Zurich is becoming one of those platforms.

#Leadership #TalentStrategy #Innovation #AI #FutureOfWork

#WeekendPost  "The weather is terrible. I am not motivated." If you live in Switzerland, you hear this all winter. Easy to blame the weather.

But I believe: there is no bad weather, only bad excuses.

For 18 years, I’ve done morning exercise every single day. Non-negotiable.
And it changes everything. I feel stronger, clearer, happier, more positive and motivated...

Naval Ravikant was asked: “What habit would you say most positively impacts your life?" 
His answer: "The daily morning workout. That has been a complete game-changer."

He put morning exercise above everything. 
Because when you move, you sleep better, you think clearer, you respect yourself more.

It’s not about fitness. It’s about identity. 
Every cold morning is a vote: Comfort? or Character?

What’s your one non-negotiable habit?

Start this morning.
Even if it’s dark. Especially if it’s dark.

#Leadership #Discipline #Mindset #Inspiration

If you’re comfortable, you’re not growing.
Step out and take the risk.
Don't ask: “What if it doesn’t work?”
Do ask: “Who do I become if I never try?”

Do it. Future YOU will thank you.

#Leadership #CareerGrowth #GrowthMindset #Courage #RiskTaking

When I was a kid in primary school, we planted trees every weekend, for years. It wasn’t “volunteering.” It was normal life.

If you plant something yourself, you protect it differently.

That memory came back this week when I looked at the latest net forest gains (2015–2025). While the world debates climate targets, some countries are actually adding forest area.

1🇨🇳 China: 1,686,000 (ha), 0.8 (net change)
2🇷🇺 Russia: 942,000 (ha), 0.1% (net change)
3🇮🇳 India: 191,000 (ha), 0.3 (net change)
4🇹🇷 Türkiye: 118,000 (ha), 0.5 (net change)
5🇦🇺 Australia: 105,000 (ha), 0.1 (net change)
6🇫🇷 France: 95,900 (ha), 0.6 (net change)
7🇮🇩 Indonesia: 94,100 (ha), 0.1 (net change)
8🇿🇦 South Africa: 87,600 (ha), 0.4 (net change)
9🇨🇦 Canada: 82,500 (ha), 0.0 (net change)
10🇻🇳 Vietnam: 72,800 (ha), 0.5 (net change)

Together, the top 10 added roughly 3.5 million hectares of net forest since 2015. China alone contributed nearly 50% of that total.

China’s “Great Green Wall” began in the 1970s . Decades of planting to slow desert expansion. It’s not perfect, but it’s persistent.

Sustainability isn’t a slogan. It’s a long-term operating system.
We don’t need more “ambition.” We need more follow-through.

#Sustainability #SupplyChain #Resilience #Leadership #ESG

gentic AI is growing up.
Not the hype. Not the demos.
Real products. Real users. Real work getting done.

Together with Supplify, we updated the Agentic AI Supply Chain Map (v2.0) to reflect what’s actually live across:
Planning | Sourcing |  Manufacturing |  Logistics |  Execution

Built on the SCOR model, this is a living map, and it’s not finished.

If you’ve seen agentic AI deliver impact, add the use case/vendor and help build a resource the industry can trust: https://lnkd.in/g5Bt_2yF

Where are you seeing real value today?

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#AI #Planning #SupplyChain #Manufacturing #Leadership

When an interviewer says, “tell me about yourself.” In 19 years of executive search, I’ve seen very few answer it well. 

An interview is often decided in the first 15 minutes, and most people waste it.

In those first few minutes, you are assessed: 
- Can you think clearly under pressure?
- Can you structure your thoughts?
- Do you understand your own value?
- Do you know why you’re here?

Strong candidates don’t recite their CV. 
They position themselves, and answer 3 things. Concise. Structured. Confident.

1) Who I am professionally (my core strength).
2) What I’ve done that matters for this role.
3) Why this opportunity makes sense, for both of us.

The first 15 minutes set the frame.
After that,  I’m either confirming you’re strong… or looking for gaps.

Before your experience speaks, your clarity speaks.

#Leadership #ExecutiveSearch #CareerAdvice #InterviewTips #PersonalBrand

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