Dr. Wiebke Rabe has been an assistant professor at the Department of China Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou since April. Previously, the researcher worked at the Institute of China Studies at the Free University of Berlin. Rabe’s research includes the digital integration of Chinese megacities.Norbert Duetsch has been appointed Key Account Manager China […]
Tian Huiyu was removed from his position as chief executive officer of China Merchants Bank following rumors about corruption. He is to pursue other activities in the company for the time being. Chief Financial Officer Wang Liang will take over his position in the meantime. Rumors of the 56-year-old Tian’s involvement in shady dealings had […]
Christine Soong will become Group Head Greater China at Swiss banking group Julius Baer in Hong Kong. She has held senior positions at Standard Chartered Private Bank, Core Pacific, KGI Wealth Management and Taishin Holdings Hong Kong. At Julius Baer, she was most recently Deputy Group Head for Greater China.Mirko Jurkovic has been General Manager […]
Dennis Au, until now head of Chinachem Group’s real estate division, will step down from his position effective May 15. Chinachem is a Hong Kong conglomerate. Au cites “personal reasons” for his resignation.John Tsang Chun-wah, Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary from 2007 to 2017, has joined the advisory board of Stashaway, a Singapore-based digital wealth management […]
Wu Xiangdong, co-chairman of struggling construction company China Fortune Land Development, resigns from his position on the board. China Fortune Land Development was unable to repay its loans last year (China.Table reported).Heidi Liu started as Manager for Strategy/ Project Management Office (PMO) for China at Audi at the beginning of the month. Liu was previously […]
Maximilian Laschka takes over the position of Project Lead for the Audi Q8 e-tron China at AUDI AG in Ingolstadt. The Q8 is Audi’s latest electric SUV, which is said to feature a longer range and greater connectivity. Previously, Laschka served as Project Manager Financial Product Strategy for Audi for over three years.Jens Thyssen moves […]
Hans Niemann has moved from Xuhui to Shenzhen at Inhabit, a consulting firm for sustainable construction. He works there as a Sustainability Engineer. Michael Kruppe is involved in the board of AHK Shanghai. Kruppe has been head of the Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) since 2014. Richard Liu has resigned from his position as […]
Dr. Maximilian Laschka takes over the position of Project Lead for the Audi Q8 E-Tron China at AUDI AG in Ingolstadt. The Q8 is Audi’s latest electric SUV, which is said to feature a longer range and greater connectivity. Previously, Laschka served as Project Manager Financial Product Strategy for Audi for over three years.Aidong Chen […]
Jens Thyssen transfers to Volkswagen in Beijing and joins the Mobility Asia department. There, as Head of ADAS/AD Driving Functions, he will work on adapting ADAS and AD functions to local requirements and release them for the local market. Previously, Thyssen was responsible for Group-wide ADAS recording technology at CARIAD in Ingolstadt.
Richard Liu has resigned from his position as CEO of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com. Xu Lei, previously president of JD.com, will take over as CEO with immediate effect and join the company’s board of directors. Liu will remain chairman of the board.Jeremy Page is joining the China team at The Economist weekly magazine after eleven […]