Picked up from an interaction that it's not evident to all, that it is different to lead a group of testers in Finland and a group of testers in India, not only because culture but structure that is invisible.

The ones in Finland work for the same company and are direct colleagues under the same management.

The ones in India appear like they work for the same company, but within the company they are providing a contractually different service.

Assuming the contracts were same is a result of not ever been reviewing (creating) those contracts and aware of their options.