{"id":1767,"date":"2026-03-19T02:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2026-03-19T02:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:37:16","slug":"stephen-saad-on-building-aspen-and-leading-through-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=1767","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Saad on building Aspen and leading through pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>In this edition of The Executive Exchange, we sit down with Aspen Pharmacare CEO Stephen Saad, one of South Africa\u2019s most influential and enduring business leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Saad opens up about the leadership mindset required to build a global pharmaceutical powerhouse from an emerging-market base, what long-term value creation really looks like in a short-term world, and how decisive, calm leadership under pressure has shaped Aspen\u2019s evolution.<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>Read:\u00a0The only SA company to make it really big in Australia<\/p>\n<p>From fostering culture and consistency across continents to cultivating resilience through setbacks, and the lessons he believes the next generation of leaders must carry forward, Saad offers a rare, unfiltered look into what it takes to lead at scale \u2013 without losing your centre.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<br \/>Does Aspen\u2019s manufacturing matter?<br \/>Good medicine \u2013 Aspen\u2019s epic value unlock<br \/>Adcock Ingram shareholders overwhelmingly back R4.2bn Natco Pharma deal<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>Aspen share price<\/p>\n<p>* For previous episodes of the Executive Exchange vodcast,\u00a0click here\u00a0or view on MoneywebTV on our\u00a0YouTube channel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        #Stephen #Saad #building #Aspen #leading #pressure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of The Executive Exchange, we sit down with Aspen Pharmacare CEO Stephen&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[4174,1110,4175,1554,4173,4172],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}