SC Johnson executive Christian Ramik joins SHL in 2027

Christian Ramik will join the SHL team starting in 2027, bringing three decades of international leadership experience to the organization. Most recently, Ramik served as Geschäftsführer ASEAN for SC Johnson, where he held profit and loss responsibility for eleven Asian countries. His career also includes roles at Procter & Gamble, where he worked in Global Customer Marketing in Cincinnati, Ohio, and at Disney. From 2012 to 2015, he was based in China, overseeing the modern retail business nationwide, before moving to Malaysia.

Ramik’s leadership approach is anchored in the German phrase "Ich will, ich kann, ich mache," which translates to "I want, I can, I do." This philosophy emphasizes motivation, capability acquisition, and execution. He advocates for a management style that prioritizes asking questions over providing immediate answers, a tactic he believes builds trust and psychological safety. Ramik argues that this approach is particularly critical in hierarchical Asian cultures, where direct feedback can be perceived as offensive. He contends that effective international leadership requires balancing global strategy with local cultural empathy. Specifically, he notes that delegation in Asia must be more structured and step-by-step compared to European or American models, which often assume a higher degree of autonomy from employees.