Ingrid d’Hooghe will take over as director of the China Centre of Clingendael Institute in The Hague, Netherlands, on September 1. At the internationally renowned research institute and training center for diplomatic careers, she succeeds Frans-Paul van der Putten, who will remain with the institution as senior associate researcher. D’Hooghe’s mandate runs until the end […]
Pierre Ganninger de Botmiliau has taken over the position of Project Manager Business Development China at Mercedes-Benz Vans. De Botmiliau has been working for Daimler for five years. His current place of employment is Stuttgart. Saad Azza has been Senior Business Development Manager & Team Lead at Porsche Taiwan since July. In Taipei, his responsibilities […]
Marianne Baeumle is Head of Controlling at Augsburg-based robot manufacturer Kuka, which is owned by the Chinese Midea Group. From 2019 to 2020, she was chief financial officer of Kuka Systems China in Shanghai. Her China experience goes back 20 years.Andre Gantenbrink is now Assistant to the Management of Audi’s research subsidiary in Beijing. Previously, […]
Zhang Qingsong is to be appointed Deputy Governor of the Chinese central bank, according to information from the Caixin business platform. He is to fill the position of Liu Guiping, who was appointed Vice Mayor of Tianjin in April. Larry Li is the new President of the China business at Canadian apparel provider Canada Goose […]
Johannes Drescher took over the position of Business Unit Manager Supply Chain & Operations at IMS Gear in Shanghai in July. The company, headquartered in Donaueschingen, Germany, specializes in gear and transmission technology for the automotive industry. Erdal Hocaoglu now works as Senior Manager Transportation Planning at Daimler Greater China. Hocaoglu has many years of […]
Shang Xu has taken over as Director Head of Holistic New Technology at VW China. Xu previously spent three years helping to shape the automaker’s battery strategy in China. In his new position, he is responsible for the supply chain and procurement strategy of high-voltage batteries, semiconductors, raw materials, and the connectivity and infotainment fields.Sebastian […]
Shang Xu has taken over as Director Head of Holistic New Technology at VW China. Xu previously spent three years helping to shape the automaker’s battery strategy in China. In his new position, he is responsible for the supply chain and procurement strategy of high-voltage batteries, semiconductors, raw materials, and the fields of connectivity and […]
Claudia Kosser has taken on the post of Managing Director, Head of Shanghai at consultancy FGS Global. Previously, Kosser spent seven years at communications consultancy Finsbury Glover Hering, which merged with three other communications consultancies last year to form FGS Global. She worked in Beijing, Hong Kong and most recently Shanghai, where her current office […]
Paulius Lukauskas, currently an advisor to Lithuania’s Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, will head the Taiwan Trade Representative Office in Lithuania, which is scheduled to open in September. According to prevailing international practice, however, the office will not have “Taiwan” in its title, but will be called “Lithuania’s Representative Office in Taipei.” Last fall, a “Taiwan […]
Dominik Fischer is the new Market Manager for China and East Asia at Würth Group. Fischer has held the position since July, having previously spent four years in International Direct Sales, also at Würth. Dominik Brugger is the new Head of Engineering for China at Rena Technologies in Furtwangen. Brugger was previously a development engineer […]