Yang Xifan, China correspondent for the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit,” has been awarded the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize. The prize honors outstanding reportage. In her story “Confucius’ Envoy,” the journalist describes the sometimes grotesque misunderstandings and disappointments experienced by a young Chinese woman working as a caregiver in a nursing home in Hanover. Young Chinese […]
Thorsten Gehrmann will take over as Chief Executive at supplier Boge Rubber & Plastics on July 1. Previously, Gehrmann had already been a member of the management board of CRRC New Material Technologies GmbH, the globally responsible umbrella company of the Boge Rubber & Plastics Group based in Damme, Germany, since Dec. 1, 2020.Gehrmann’s predecessor […]
David Liao and Surendra Rosha have been elected co-CEOs of HSBC in Asia Pacific, effective immediately. Liao was most recently Head of global banking in Asia Pacific, and before that President and CEO of HSBC China. Rosha most recently held the bank’s top leadership position in India. The duo will be based in Hong Kong […]
David Sommer was promoted to head of the Schlaich Bergermann engineering office in Shanghai in June. Sommer joined the company in 2011 and has been working in China since 2015. Schlaich Bergermann does structural engineering for high-rise buildings, sports arenas, trade fair buildings, glass roofs, free-form structures and membrane construction.
Stephan Mayer will be the new Managing Director for Machine Tools at machine tool supplier Trumpf. Mayer has been with Trumpf since 2012 and served as Managing Director of Production and Purchasing for Trumpf Machine Tools at its headquarters in Ditzingen, near Stuttgart, from the end of 2017. Since 2019, Mayer has been Trumpf President […]
Markus Bangen is to become the new Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG. He will be responsible for managing the inland port from Dec. 1, 2021. Bangen succeeds Erich Staake, who is retiring. Bangen (born 1972) studied law and has been head of the legal department at the Port of Duisburg since 2000 and […]
Manuel Schrapers has been gradually assuming the duties of CEO of Metroplan Eastern Europe Group since May. He succeeds Ulrich Dantzer, who will retire at the end of the year after 36 years with the company. Schrapers previously worked for automotive supplier Leoni and established logistics sites in Africa, America, Europe and China. Schrapers is […]
Liu He, China’s Vice Premier since March 2018, will be responsible for the development of the so-called third-generation semiconductors, Bloomberg reports. Liu has already headed the task force to implement the country’s technology reform since 2018, overseeing economic and financial responsibilities. Liu, 69, was appointed as China’s chief negotiator during negotiations with the previous US […]