Executive Moves

Kevin Sneader, the former head of management consulting firm McKinsey & Co, will become co-president for Asia Pacific at Goldman Sachs. Sneader, who was head of McKinsey in Asia since 2018, has no banking experience, but being co-president will be more about building a network anyway. Since joining McKinsey in 1989, he has worked for […]

Zeng Yi has been appointed chief executive of China Electronics Corporation (CEC), a state-owned enterprise with close ties to the military. The 56-year-old has many years of experience in China’s defence industry. Amy Shang joins client services at investment firm Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo (GMO) with responsibility for the Chinese market. Shang is relocating from […]

Mathias Reimann joined Bosch this month as the new vice-president of Driver Assistance Systems and chairman of the regional business unit for Bosch in China. Reiman previously served as vice-president of engineering and also held various other positions at Bosch.Benjamin Friedel is the new Head of HR Global Consultation China at Daimler AG. Friedel also […]

Ralf Schmidt is the new Senior Manager of Passive Safety and Restraint System at Daimler Greater China. Schmidt previously held various positions at Daimler AG in China and Germany. Kathrin Mauch took up the position of Senior Manager Revenue Controlling Greater China/NAFTA & Pricing Products at Mercedes-Benz AG earlier this month. She was previously Head […]

Matthias Arleth will become the new CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of automotive supplier Mahle on 1 January 2022. The 53-year-old graduate engineer in automotive engineering is moving from automotive supplier Webasto SE. Arleth succeeds Jörg Stratmann after the latter’s cooperation with Mahle ended in March. Mahle achieved record sales in China last […]

Peter Rosenberger of the China Construction Bank (CCB) moves up to the board of the Association of Foreign Banks in Germany. The CCB is the third-largest bank in China and the world’s second-largest by market capitalization. Rosenberger is managing director of CCB’s Frankfurt branch. QC Liang joins Brunswick Asia-Pacific from American PR agency Hill+Knowlton Strategies, […]

Angela Liu has been appointed head of China at UK-based securities firm Barclays Capital. She joins from Deutsche Bank, where she was head of corporate banking for China and Hong Kong. Prior to that, she worked at Morgan Stanley.Belinda Gan joined US investment firm Capital Group on October 1st to head its European and Asian […]

Matthias Arleth will become the new CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of automotive supplier Mahle on 1 January 2022. The 53-year-old graduate engineer in automotive engineering is moving from automotive supplier Webasto SE. Arleth succeeds Jörg Stratmann after the latter’s cooperation with Mahle ended in March. Mahle achieved record sales in China last […]

Christopher Laskowski is the new Asia investment banking chief at Jefferies Financial Group. Laskowski most recently worked at MSA Capital in Hong Kong after leaving US bank Citigroup earlier this year after more than two decades. His roles at Citi included chief operating officer of its Asia-Pacific business and investment banking division.

Jan Timm is appointed MRP Expert at Daimler Greater China in Zhenjiang since the beginning of the month and is jointly responsible for material requirements planning. Timm previously held various positions at Mercedes Benz AG.