Steven Xu will become President for China and Asia Pacific at Munich-based fashion retailer Mytheresa on July 1. He will be in charge of all customer-related activities of the company in China and the region. Xu was already responsible for the Asia-Pacific region at US fashion house Ralph Lauren as Vice President of Digital Marketing […]
Marcus Hafkemeyer, who has been a Senior Strategy Advisor at Huawei Automotive, will become Head of Technology at Volkswagen Group China on August 1, the automaker announced on Friday. On the same day, former VW Brand Chief Ralf Brandstaetter will take over responsibility for the China business on the group’s board of management.Vivian Jiang is […]
Michael Pruss has taken over the position of Head Engineering China at health care service provider Vamed. The Vienna-based company specializes in the design, construction and operation of healthcare facilities such as hospitals. Pruss previously worked as a freelance consultant for international healthcare projects in China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Ji Xu has […]
Former Deputy Foreign Minister Le Yucheng has been appointed deputy director of the National Radio and Television Administration. Le had frequently deputized for Foreign Minister Wang Yi in recent months. With the move from the Foreign Ministry, Le, who speaks Russian, is dropping out of the race to succeed Wang. Catherine So is to become […]
In May,Lennard Schlüter moved from the Bertrandt Group to Edag, a Swiss engineering service provider specializing in product solutions for the automotive industry. The development engineer will be responsible for project management in the China Infotainment division at Edag.
Saskia Wenz took over the position of Head of Supply Chain Planning China at Rena Technologies GmbH at the beginning of May. The mechanical engineering company from Gütenbach in Baden-Württemberg specializes in equipment for the semiconductor, medical, solar and glass industries. Wenz has been working for Rena Technologies since 2020. Her new place of work […]
Xu Lin will become the new Director of China’s National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA). The organization regulates television and radio stations in the country and is thus one of the most important tools of Party propaganda. Xu already worked closely with President Xi Jinping in the 2000s, when the current head of state was […]
Zhang Tao will be the new Head of the Asia-Pacific Office of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Zhang has gained experience in international organizations as a former Deputy Head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The 58-year-old is the first Chinese in senior management at BIS, which is known as the “Bank of Central […]
Samuel Sun is the new Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer of Value Partners Group. He succeeds David Wong, who left at the end of March after a short term. Sun will be based at the Hong Kong headquarters. He was previously Chief Risk Officer (Asia) at Manulife Investment Management. Prior to that, he was […]
Jorge Toledo Albiñana has been officially confirmed as the new EU Ambassador to China. Toledo is currently the Spanish ambassador to Japan.Lukas Metzenroth has been appointed COO China at Amberg-based Herding Filtertechnik. Previously, he was responsible for Strategic Projects of the Management Board. Metzenroth got to know the China business in 2018 during an internship […]