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The CEO job is hard enough to land once. HP’s incoming chief has done it twice

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The CEO job is hard enough to land once. HP’s incoming chief has done it twice
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Emma Walmsley is joining an exclusive club. When she takes over HP in January, the former GSK chief will become a two-time CEO of a major multinational, having crossed three industries to get there.



Her trajectory offers a revealing study in how executives build careers that make them attractive to boards across industries.



Walmsley spent 17 years at L’Oréal, holding management positions across four global cities before running its consumer products business in China. She joined GSK in 201

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