Gustav Theile has been China Business Correspondent at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung since July. Based in Stuttgart, he previously wrote about business and the economy in southwestern Germany for the F.A.Z.. Now his office is no longer in Germany, but in Shanghai. Dong Jingwei has been appointed Head of China’s National Security Bureau in Hong […]
Xiao Guo-Deters joined Cosco Shipping Europe this month as Manager of Strategy Development. Previously, she was Head of Marketing DACH Region for the Chinese private equity firm CS Capital, also in Hamburg.Xindao Mao has moved to the post of Manager of Chromatography China at Sartorius Stedim Biotech in Shanghai. Previously, he worked for the same […]
Michael Locher-Tjoa has been appointed COO Region Greater China at SAP in July. Locher-Tjoa has worked for the German software group for more than ten years. For his new post, he is moving from Zurich to Shanghai. Thomas Fauth has taken over the position of Senior Manager eDrive Integration & RTM development at Mercedes-Benz Group […]
Alvin Liu has been named interim president of Boeing China. As US aircraft manufacturers announced on Monday, the current president, Sherry Carbar, plans to retire later this year. Liu has more than two decades of leadership experience in China, including as vice chairman of Ford Greater China.Markus Bluemchen has been Head of Radiology Informatics Implementation […]
Zhou Ji was appointed this week as the new deputy director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office (HKMAO). The 59-year-old has been deputy governor of Henan since 2021 and secretary of the provincial political and legal affairs commission.Peter Hoecht is the new vice president for Germany, Switzerland and China at Carpenter Co, a […]
Hannah Ha has been appointed Asia chair at US law firm Mayer Brown in June. Ha has been with the firm for more than 17 years and has been a partner in the corporate and securities practice since 2006. Ha succeeds Duncan Abate.Arwed Schwarz has been Chief Financial Officer of BMW Group Region China for […]
Chen Jixing, former chief of finance of Guangdong Province, is suspected of corruption. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced in a statement on Sunday that the 68-year-old retired official is suspected of “serious violations of discipline and Communist Party law” – a common euphemism for corruption.Is something changing in your organization? Let us know […]
Ryan Hass will become the new director of the John L. Thornton China Center at US think tank Brookings Institution. Hass succeeds Cheng Li, who will continue his 17-year tenure at Brookings as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow. The China Center was established in 2006 to develop analysis and policy recommendations for US foreign policy regarding […]
Yan Mingfu, once a high-ranking politician, passed away on July 3 at the age of 91. During the Tiananmen Square democracy protests, he led the government’s public relations efforts. As an attempt at mediation, he offered himself as a “hostage” to protesters on hunger strike. After the bloody crackdown, he was relieved of his post, […]
Samuel Kim will be the new chairman of M&A for Deutsche Bank in the Asia-Pacific region. Kim joins from Morgan Stanley, where he was previously also Chairman for M&A in Asia Pacific. Simone Neumeier has been Director of the NEV Operation Center for FAW Audi in Hangzhou since the beginning of June. Neumeier was previously […]