Executive Moves

Michal Spiller has been responsible for the markets, Austria, China and Japan at Lindt & Sprüngli since January. Spiller has been CEO Germany at the Swiss premium chocolate manufacturer since September 2022, a position he will retain in addition to his new responsibilities. Spiller will be based in Aachen. Falk Passarge has been Chief of […]

Lu Shaye has been appointed as the Chinese government’s Special Representative for European Affairs. Lu will help coordinate and handle European affairs and hold consultations and exchanges with European countries and EU institutions as needed, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. Lu had served as China’s ambassador to France until December. He was considered China’s top […]

Han Shenghui has been Head of Greater China at the Sefar Group, a Swiss provider of high-precision screening and filter solutions, since January. Han studied business administration in Berlin, Jinan and Singapore. He works for Sefar from Suzhou in Jiangsu province. Linda Teo has been Partner Greater China at Kienbaum since January. Teo has 18 […]

Forest Liu has been Senior Vice President Asia Pacific at ARRI since January. Liu has been working for the Munich-based film technology manufacturer in China for over four years. In his previous role as Managing Director, he had driven the development of ARRI’s first direct business in China. He will continue to be based in […]

Daniel Backman has been Vehicle Validation Leader at Zeekr Technology Europe since February. Backman has been working for the Chinese EV manufacturer in Europe for more than nine years. He previously worked for Volvo and Qoros Auto in Shanghai, among others. He will continue to be based in Gothenburg, Sweden.Amy Sun has been Senior Manager […]

Oliver Sedlinger is the new China Market Representative of the HR Group, one of the largest multi-brand hotel operating companies in Europe. Since January 1, 2025, he and his agency have been responsible for sales and business development in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Sedlinger previously worked for the German National Tourist Board (GNTB), […]

Yingfei Sun has been Director of Automation BU at WAGO China, a provider of connection and automation technology based in Minden, East Westphalia, since February. Previously, Sun worked for the Stuttgart-based connection technology company Lapp for almost eight years. He will remain based in Shanghai.Gregor Scheu is the new China business correspondent for the Süddeutsche […]

Simona Grano is the new Head of the Research Area China-Taiwan Relations at the University of Zurich. Grano will also remain director of the Taiwan Studies project at the university. Is something changing in your organization? Let us know at heads@table.media!

Simon Davies becomes the new President of SAP Asia Pacific with immediate effect. Davies, who is based in Singapore, will be responsible for the company’s partner and profitability strategy in Australia and New Zealand, Greater China, India, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia. Most recently, he was Senior Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific […]

Christian Wurm is the new General Manager China at the Stiegelmeyer Group. The furniture company from Herford in East Westphalia specializes in hospital furniture and care beds. Wurm previously worked as Regional Marketing Manager for the medical technology company Dräger in Singapore. Mathieu Ngo-Di has been Business Developer in Temu’s European business since January. Ngo-Di […]