Bill Chu is the new head of investment banking at China HSBC Holdings. The former Goldman Sachs veteran is to improve connectivity between China and its international markets from Hong Kong.Wu Wei becomes the new Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Federated States of Micronesia. Yu Jun becomes Ambassador to the Republic […]
Mats Skoeldberg, previously based in Shanghai, will be the new Head of Technology at Volvo Construction Equipment. The manufacturer, headquartered in Eskilstuna, Sweden, produces vehicles for the construction sector, which it markets worldwide. Skoeldberg was previously Head of Technology at Volvo CE in China. He will now replace Thomas Bitter and lead the development and […]
Raymond Wong heads the new HKEx office in London. From there, Wong and his team are to make the Hong Kong location palatable to British investors for the parent company of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the London Metal Exchange. Wong reports to HKEx Co-Head of Sales and Marketing Kevin Rideout.Is something changing in […]
Sabine Stricker-Kellerer has been appointed new German Co-Chair of the German-Chinese Dialogue Forum. Stricker-Kellerer succeeds Annette Schavan as co-chair, who held the post between 2018 and 2022. This was announced by the German Foreign Office. The German-Chinese Dialogue Forum (DCDF) was established in 2005. The forum advises the development of Sino-German cooperation in all fields. […]
The State Council has announced new appointments to a number of positions in the state apparatus:Li Yang is the new vice minister of transportation. Wang Hongzhi was appointed vice chairman of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.Ding Chibiao was named vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, replacing Zhang […]
Richard Tsoi is the new vice director of the non-governmental organization China Labor Bulletin. The NGO campaigns for the rights of workers in the People’s Republic. It is based in Hong Kong and was founded there in 1994 by labor activist Han Dongfang. Tsoi previously worked as a spokesman for the Hong Kong Coalition to […]
Christoph Nedopil Wang is the new director of the Asia Institute at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia. He replaces interim director Ian Hall, who remains professor of international relations at the institute. Nedopil Wang was previously director of the Green Finance and Development Center at Fudan University in Shanghai.Timothy Xu has been appointed chair and […]
Walter Sun replaces Feiyu Xu at software maker SAP as global head of AI. Sun comes from Microsoft, where he reached prominence as head of the corresponding development division. He worked there for 18 years and, for example, was responsible for integrating AI functions into the Bing search engine. Sun holds a PhD in electrical […]
David Zhang will head the China business of Italian confectionery manufacturer Ferrero from September. Previously, he was Regional Business Chief of Wyeth Nutrition China and led cross-border e-commerce at Nestlé Nutrition, among others.Claire Li has been named Hill+Knowlton’s new CEO for Greater China, effective September 1. She most recently led communications for Starbucks China, following […]
Claire Li is the new head of China business at communications agency Hill+Knowlton Strategies, starting in September. Li was previously responsible for Starbucks’ communications in China. Daisuke Tsukagoshi is the new COO at Japanese clothing company Uniqlo from September. As COO, Tsukagoshi oversees procurement, among other things. Uniqlo has also been in the headlines recently […]