{"id":28200,"date":"2026-03-19T02:29:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=28200"},"modified":"2026-03-19T02:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:29:21","slug":"stephen-saad-on-building-aspen-and-leading-through-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=28200","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Saad on building Aspen and leading through pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[WATCH] Stephen Saad on building Aspen and leading through pressure\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oSqnxC44Nlg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/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<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Aspen share price<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>* For previous episodes of the Executive Exchange vodcast,\u00a0click here\u00a0or view on MoneywebTV on our\u00a0YouTube channel.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Stephen #Saad #building #Aspen #leading #pressure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of The Executi&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[6388,3194,882,523,16151,4806],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}