John Hsu has been appointed Chief Technology Officer of Hong Kong exchange operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), effective September 29. He succeeds Richard Leung, who takes over the position of Chief Information Officer. Hsu reports to Leung. Roger Cheng joins law firm Linklaters from the stock market regulator Hong Kong Securities and Futures […]
Cheng Li Qin has been appointed Non-Executive Director of China Nature Energy Technology this month. She was previously CFO of Kang Cheng Seafood Company from 2003 to 2012 and CFO of World Hero International since 2012.Jaromir Cernik has been appointed head of the first CTP’s office in Asia, located in Hong Kong. He joins from […]
She was the most powerful woman in Pedro Sánchez’s cabinet. Now the First Vice-President and current Minister of Economy and Digital Transformation is aiming to return to the European stage. Nadia Calviño wants to become the new President of the European Investment Bank (EIB).In January, there will be a new head of the EU’s house […]
The escape of 35-year-old Kwon Pyong by jet ski from China to South Korea has a long history. The North Chinese man with Korean roots from the Jilin province had spent over a decade advocating for civil rights in his homeland and regularly protested against the political rule of Party leader Xi Jinping. His activism […]
Teodoro Locsin Jr. becomes the Philippines’ special envoy to China. He is to mediate between the two countries in the dispute over islands in the South China Sea. Qin Lu is the new head of Greater China at consulting firm Aon. Qin was previously co-head of China and CEO of Reinsurance Solutions for Greater China […]
John Thornton, US businessman and China expert, has been appointed as an independent non-executive director and a member of the company’s Nomination and Governance Committee at Lenovo Group. Thornton’s previous positions included co-president and director of Goldman Sachs until 2003.Is something changing in your organization? Let us know at heads@table.media!
From think tanker, to policymaker and back again: Abigaël Vasselier has joined the European think tank focusing on China, MERICS, as research director and head of the foreign relations team a few weeks ago. In her new position, the Frenchwoman will focus on China’s foreign policy, with a particular focus on the EU’s policy on […]
“Europe is not delivering what people expect from Europe“, Tobias Winkler analyzes soberly. As a Member of Parliament for the CSU, he sits on the EU Committee of the Bundestag. From Berlin, he wants to do his part to change that.For example, by reforming the institutions, such as reducing the size of the European Commission, […]
Xin Li is the new Üresident and CEO of the EV company Clean Motor Group in Bottrop, Germany. He was previously the company’s Head of Finance, Human Resources and Purchasing. He originally comes from Volkswagen. At the same time, he is a visiting professor at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.Felix Schroeder […]
Raphael Oen has returned to Germany after four years as Head of Law, Patents and Compliance for Bayer in China. Since the beginning of the month, he has been Head of Law Pharma Global Commercial, also at Bayer, in Berlin. Chun Yin Mak will become the new China head of the Japanese advertising agency Dentsu, […]