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Who’s Who
Those you need to know in Multinational Companies in China
China remains the growth engine for the world’s MNCs. It The executives managing MNCs’ China business are armed with
powers 70% of Qualcomm’s revenue. Starbucks opens a new store western MBAs, local market knowledge and language skills. Over
in China every 15 hours. Even Google and Facebook, which are a third hold an MBA or a Ph.D. and half were born in Greater
censored in China, make significant ad revenue here. And despite China. Nearly a quarter are women. And companies are betting on
headwinds from U.S.-China tensions and competition from local trusted insiders, with more than half of those on the list working
firms, few companies are planning to leave. for the firm for more than 15 years.
Isabel Ge Mahe 葛越 Sherry Carbary
Managing Director Greater China, Apple President, China, Boeing
Ge Mahe was recruited by Apple’s late CEO Steve Jobs in 2008 as VP, Carbary joined Boeing in 1989 as a senior financial analyst. She has since
wireless technologies, before assuming her current role in 2017. She is a served as director of Boeing investor relations, VP of strategy for the com-
Starbucks board member and a former advisor to the Silicon Valley China mercial airplane business, president of flight services for commercial avia-
Wireless Association. She holds numerous patents in wireless technology tion services, and program manager for the 2nd Century Human Resources
and before Apple, she was VP, wireless software engineering at Palm. Born Initiative. She assumed her current role in 2019 and serves on the board
in Shenyang, China, Ge Mahe moved to Vancouver as a teenager. She holds of governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. Carbary
degrees in engineering from Simon Fraser University and an MBA from holds bachelor’s degrees in finance and economics from Eastern Washing-
the University of California, Berkeley. ton University and an MBA from Seattle University.
Chen Qihua 陈其华 Vamsi Mohan Thati 闻笛
Chairman, China, Caterpillar President, Greater China and Mongolia,
The Coca-Cola Company
Chen joined Caterpillar in 1994 as the GM of Caterpillar’s first Chinese Thati has worked for Coca-Cola for over 22 years, starting in India in 1998.
manufacturing facility in Xuzhou. He worked in Illinois at Caterpillar’s Before he was appointed to his current role in September 2020, he was pres-
technology center from 1999-2003, led Caterpillar’s acquisition of state- ident of the South Pacific region. He has also served as the region director
owned Shandong Engineering Machinery, and was appointed head of the for Coca-Cola’s bottling business in India and South Asia, as well as South-
China business in 2012. He serves on the board of Siwei, which Caterpillar east Asia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communications
acquired in 2012, and is an executive VP of two Chinese machinery indus- engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad
try associations. He is from Jiangsu province and has an MBA from the and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in India.
China Europe International Business School.
Chen Jialiang 陈嘉良 Xiang Weiming 向伟明
President, FedEx China President and CEO, General Electric China
Chen joined FedEx in Hong Kong in 1985 after graduating with a history Xiang joined GE in 1992, after seven years at AVIC, the state-owned Chi-
degree from the University of Hong Kong. He was promoted from local nese aerospace conglomerate. He spent six years at GE Aviation’s HQ in
account director all the way through to the managing director of operations Cincinnati, led cooperation between GE and state-owned aerospace man-
for Taiwan. He was appointed GM, China operations in 1998 and became ufacturer COMAC, and held roles as GE’s GM for aviation and for trans-
President in 2003. He holds a joint MBA from Hong Kong University of portation in China. He has been president of GE Aviation in China since
Science and Technology and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Manage- 2010 and was promoted to an additional role as president in 2020. He grad-
ment and was born in Hong Kong. uated from Northwestern Polytechnical University in China with a degree
in aircraft engine design.
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Julian Blissett 柏历 Alain C. Bénichou
President, China, General Motors CEO, IBM Greater China Group
Blissett was appointed president of GM China in 2020. He previously Bénichou was appointed as CEO, IBM Greater China Group in April
served as senior VP for international operations and as an executive VP of 2019. Prior to his current role, he was GM of IBM enterprise and commer-
GM’s joint venture with state-owned SAIC Motor. Prior to joining GM cial, Global VP for IBM’s strategic transformation projects, and the presi-
in 1996, Blissett worked in the U.K. and Japan for Nissan Motor Manu- dent of IBM France. He holds the rank of knight of the Légion d’Honneur
facturing U.K. for eight years in manufacturing engineering and production from the French government and is a former president of the American
leadership. Blissett, who is from the U.K., holds a bachelor’s degree in engi- Chamber of Commerce in France. He graduated from the French engi-
neering and business studies from Sheffield Hallam University. neering university, Centrale Supélec.
Anna Pawlak-Kuliga Ian Yang 杨旭
CEO & President, Ikea China President, China, Intel
Pawlak-Kuliga has been CEO and chief sustainability officer of Ikea Chi- Yang joined Intel in 1986 as a co-op student while studying electrical engi-
na since 2018. She joined the company in 2008 as a business navigation neering at Kettering University in Flint, Michigan. Upon returning to Chi-
manager in the U.K. and became the CEO of Ikea Poland in 2016. She na, he developed Intel’s PC OEM business in China and was promoted to
serves on the UN Global Compact Programme Council and previously was co-GM of Intel APAC and VP, sales and marketing, Intel APAC in 2005.
a member of Facebook’s client advisory board (Poland). Prior to joining He has served as president of Intel China since 2009.
Ikea, she worked as the UK operations manager at Regus and the head of
legal affairs at Pro-Market LTD in Poland. She holds a Master of Laws
from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland.
Rashid Qureshi 罗士德 Phyllis Cheung 张家茵
Chairman and CEO, Greater China, Nestlé CEO, McDonalds China
Qureshi has worked for Nestlé for over 30 years. He joined Nestlé in his Cheung became the CEO of McDonald’s China in 2015. After joining the
native Pakistan and held positions in Egypt, Australia, and Malaysia until company in 2000, she served as chief marketing officer and managed Mc-
he was appointed head of Nestlé in Vietnam and then Indonesia. He has Donald’s 2008 Olympics campaign. She was later promoted to managing
held the chairman and CEO role since 2016. Qureshi received a bachelor’s director roles in Singapore, Malaysia, and Mainland China. Prior to join-
degree from Government College University and an MBA from the Uni- ing McDonald’s, she worked in international advertising. Cheung is also a
versity of the Punjab in Pakistan. council member of the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation. She earned
her EMBA degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a B.A.
from the University of Hong Kong.
Hou Yang 侯阳 Angela Dong 董炜
Chairman and CEO, Microsoft China Greater China GM, Nike
Hou will replace outgoing Microsoft China Chairman and CEO Alain Dong has served as Global Vice President and GM, Greater China for
Crozier in July this year. Hou worked for eight years with Qualcomm in Nike since 2015. She is also a member of the board of Barry Callebaut, a
China, most recently as their senior vice president for sales and business de- global chocolate manufacturer. She joined Nike China in 2005 as a finance
velopment. After graduating with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the controller and was promoted to various management roles in the finance
University of Michigan, he spent five years working with McKinsey & Co division. Before joining Nike, Dong worked in several management posi-
in the U.S. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Peking University tions at Coca-Cola, British American Tobacco and Procter & Gamble. She
and is from Northeast China. received a bachelor’s degree in China and an MBA from Northwestern’s
Kellogg School of Management.
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Wern-Yuen Tan Dr. Andreas Penk
CEO, APAC, PepsiCo President, China, Pfizer
Tan joined PepsiCo in 2020 after serving as president and CEO of Wal- Penk is a longtime Pfizer executive, having joined the company in 1994.
mart China and managing director of McDonald’s Taiwan. Prior to this, he Previously, he has served as president of oncology for international devel-
was a principal at Boston Consulting Group and started his career in the oped markets, president of oncology for Europe, Africa and the Middle
Singapore police force. He serves on the Singapore Economic Develop- East, and country manager in Austria and Germany. He was appointed to
ment Board and is Vice Chairman of the China Chain Store and Franchise his current role in 2019. Penk is a trained physician and received a medical
Association. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics and management degree from Leipzig University.
from Oxford and a master’s in finance from the University of Cambridge.
Matthew Price 马睿思 Frank Meng 孟樸
President, China, Procter & Gamble Chairman, Qualcomm China
Price has served as president since January 2015. He joined P&G in the Meng was appointed chairman in 2015 after serving as the president of
U.K. in 1987 as a brand manager and has since held various marketing 21Vianet, a Chinese data center service provider. Prior to this, he was the
and general management roles in Greece, Germany, Romania, Russia, and president of Motorola’s mobile device business in Greater China and pres-
Switzerland. Prior to his current position, Price was VP for baby care for ident, Qualcomm China from 2008-2010. He has spent over 30 years in
Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India. He was born in the U.K., holds a the telecommunications industry, including eight at Qualcomm. He holds
bachelor’s degree in economics from York University, and is currently based a bachelor’s degree in microwave and fiber optic communications from Bei-
in Guangzhou. jing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and a master’s degree in
electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University of New York.
Belinda Wong 王静瑛 Dr Stephan Wöllenstein
CEO and Chairman, Starbucks China CEO, China, Volkswagen
Wong has served as CEO since 2016 and as chairman since 2019. She is Wöllenstein has worked for Volkswagen since 1995. He was formerly the
an independent non-executive director of Hysan, a Hong Kong real estate executive director of sales & marketing and the deputy managing director
company, and Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), a Hong Kong broad- for Volkswagen’s China joint venture with SAIC. He then worked as exec-
casting company. Previously, she was president of Starbucks China, GM utive director of business development and product management in Ger-
for Starbucks in Hong Kong, and managing director in Singapore. Before many, before returning to China to head another Volkswagen joint venture
joining Starbucks in 2000, Wong was a marketing manager at McDonald’s with FAW Group. Prior to assuming his current role in 2019, he was CEO
China. She grew up in Hong Kong and the U.S. and holds a finance degree of Volkswagen passenger cars brand for China. He has a Ph.D. in business
from The University of British Columbia. administration from The University of Münster.
Christina Zhu 朱晓静 Luke Kang 姜熡可
President and CEO, Walmart China President, Asia Pacific,
Walt Disney International
Zhu joined Walmart in 2020 and is a board member at Dada Group, a Chi- Kang was promoted to president, Disney Asia Pacific in December 2020.
nese retail delivery company that listed on the Nasdaq in 2020. Previously, Most recently, he served as executive VP and managing director for Disney
Zhu was the president of Fonterra Greater China, a New Zealand-based in Greater China, Japan, and Korea. He first joined Disney in 2011 as man-
dairy group, and held various leadership roles with Honeywell and McK- aging director for South Korea. Prior to Disney, he worked with Viacom/
insey & Co. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.A. MTV Networks in Asia Pacific, Monitor Group, the Korean government,
in western studies from Beijing Foreign Studies University. and startups in Silicon Valley and Asia. Kang holds an M.S. degree in man-
agement from Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a B.A.
from the University of Michigan.
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Fred Freire 福瑞德 Sammy Karam Jason Thomas
百威英博 雅培 阿迪达斯
President, China, AB InBev Acting Head of China, Abbott Laboratories General Manager, Greater China, Adidas
abimedia@cn.ab-inbev.com jinmei.lu@abbott.com corporate.press@adidas-group.com
Lisa Sun Peng Tao 彭韬 Chen Liang 陈良
美亚保险 爱彼迎 中德安联人寿保险
CEO, AIG China President, Greater China, Airbnb CEO, Allianz China Life Insurance Co
Carol-Y.Cao@aig.com press-china@airbnb.com wong.pi.ken@allianz.com.sg
Elaine Chang 张文翊 Frances Yu 余放 Yu Dinglu 余定陆
亚马逊 安利 应用材料
Greater China President, Amazon President, Amway China President, Applied Materials China
amazon-pr@amazon.com susan.nemes@amway.com Media_Relations@amat.com
Sanjay Samaddar 桑杰·夏玛 Zhang Wenjie 张文杰 Jörg Wuttke 伍德克
安赛乐米塔尔 美国银行 巴斯夫
CEO, China, ArcelorMittal President, China, Bank of America Chief China Representative, BASF
press@arcelormittal.com tiffany.chen@bofa.com joseph.jones@basf.com
Jiang Wei 江维 Jochen Goller Yang Shixu 杨士旭
拜耳 宝马 英国石油
President, Bayer Group Greater China President and CEO, BMW China President, BP (China)
anthia.zhang@bayer.com ralph.huber@bmw.de bpchinapress@bp.com
Henry Zhu Jerry Liu 刘军 Walter B. Perez
博通 嘉吉 雪佛龙
Country Manager, China Enterprise, Broadcom President,China, Cargill President, Chevron China
press.relations@broadcom.com media@cargill.com cameron.vanast@chevron.com
David von Gunten Huang Zhiming 黄志明 Christine Lam 林钰华
克里斯汀·迪奥 思科 花旗集团
Regional Managing Director, APAC, Christian Dior CEO, Greater China, Cisco President and CEO, China, Citigroup
lxu@christiandior.com sopzhang@cisco.com marine.mao@citi.com
Kelly Tung Winnie Wong Li Fang 李放
高乐氏 高露-洁棕榄 康宁
GM, Asia, Clorox GM, Greater China, Colgate-Palmolive President and GM, Greater China, Corning Inc
aileen.zerrudo@clorox.com Colgate_Palmolive_Media_Inquiry@colpal.com china_communications@corning.com
Huang Tianqiang 黄田强 Richard Chang 張嗣漢 Nathan Stoner
科迪华 开市客 康明斯
Greater China GM, Corteva SVP, Asia, Costco VP, China, Cummins
gregg.m.schmidt@corteva.com investor@costco.com jon.mills@cummins.com
Hubertus Troska 唐仕凯 Bruno Chevot Huang Chenhong 黄陈宏
戴姆勒 达能 戴尔
Greater China GM, Daimler President, Greater China and Oceania, Danone President, Dell Greater China
willem.spelten@daimler.com Hugo.WEBER@danone.com Media.Relations@Dell.com
Zou Yin 邹胤 Lim Yoke Loon 林育麟 Zhang Yi 张毅
DHL 陶氏化学 杜邦
CEO, Greater China, DHL President, Greater China, Dow Chemical President, China, DuPont
apeemeamediarelations@dhl.com rachelwu@dow.com media@dupont.com
Fernando Vallina 万立帆 Fei-Yu 余怡慧 Chen Anning
埃克森美孚 脸书 福特
Chairman, ExxonMobil (China) Head of Taiwan and Hong Kong, Facebook President and CEO, Ford China
casey.norton@exxonmobil.com press@fb.com media@ford.com
Stanley Chen 陈俊廷 Cecilia Qi 齐欣 Katsushi Inoue
谷歌 葛兰素史克 本田
President, Greater China, Google GM, China, GSK Head of Honda China
press@google.com GSK.China-Communications@gsk.com marcos_frommer@hna.honda.com
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Scott Zhang 张宇峰 Michael Zhu Eva Serrano 思伊文
霍尼韦尔 惠普 Inditex
President, China, Honeywell Managing Director,China, HP President, China, Inditex
julia.zhu@honeywell.com pr@hp.com comunicacion@inditex.com
Yoichi Ikezoe 洋一池添 Will Song 宋为群 Sun Baolin 孙宝林
伊藤忠 强生 约翰迪尔
Chairman, Itochu China Chairman, J&J China President, China, John Deere
watanabe-hit@itochu.co.jp media-relations@its.jnj.com WangNina@JohnDeere.com
Mark Leung Mike Zhang Fabrice Megarbane
摩根大通 金佰利 欧莱雅
CEO, China, JPMorgan Chase Managing Director, Kimberley Clark China GM, L’Oréal China
michael.f.fusco@jpmchase.com media.relations@kcc.com polina.huard@loreal.com
Lu Jian 陆坚 Andrew Y. Wu 吴越 Larry Feng
领英 LVMH 玛氏
President, China, LinkedIn Group President for Greater China, LVMH President, Mars China
press@linkedin.com jc.trehan@lvmh.fr tracy.zhang@effem.com
Wang Junfeng 王峻枫 Allan Gabor Stella Zhu 朱文菊
美泰 默克 美光
GM, Greater China, Mattel President, Merck China VP and GM of Micron Xi’An, Micron
press@mattel.com mediarelations@merck.com mediarelations@micron.com
Joost Vlaanderen 范睿思 Hideki Kimata Shirley Xue 薛薇
亿滋国际 日产 拜尔斯道夫
President, Mondelez International President, Nissan China GM, Beiersdorf China
mediaenquiries@mdlz.com kalle@nissan.co.th cc@beiersdorf.com
Mike Wang 王建亚 Ingrid Zhang Roger Li 李翰璋
诺基亚 诺华 甲骨文
President, Greater China, Nokia President, China, Novartis Managing Director, Asia, Oracle
yi.a.ling@nokia-sbell.com media.relations@novartis.com peiling.chang@oracle.com
Ren Binyan 任滨彦 Cui Shengzhi 崔胜植 Xu Yunji 徐赟姬
力拓 三星 壳牌
President, China, Rio Tinto President, Greater China, Samsung Head of Region, China and Queensland LNG, Shell
media.enquiries@riotinto.com us.newsroom@sea.samsung.com media-desk@shell.com
Lothar Herrmann 赫尔曼 Toshimoto Mitomo 三友俊基 Zhu Xiaotong 朱晓彤
西门子 索尼 特斯拉
President and CEO, Siemens Greater China Chief China Representative, Sony President, Tesla China
Yue.hu@siemens.com SCA.Communications@am.sony.com China-Press@tesla.com
Sandy Hu Martina Merz William Zhao 赵伟良
德州仪器 蒂森克虏伯 道达尔
China President, Texas Instruments Head of Greater China and CEO, ThyssenKrupp Chairman, Greater China, Total SE
n-bernard@ti.com ye.zheng@thyssenkrupp.com presse@total.com
Kazuhiro Kobayashi Rohit Jawa 龙嘉华 Pan Ning 潘宁
丰田 联和利华 优衣库
CEO and GM, Greater China Region, Toyota Chairman, Unilever China CEO, Greater China, UNIQLO
carley.hummel@toyota.com Press-Office.London@Unilever.com wecare@uniqlo.ca
Michelle Ho 何嘉美 Steven Craig Ian M. Coughlan
UPS 西部数据 永利度假村
President, Greater China, UPS GM, China, Western Digital President, Wynn Macau, Wynn Resorts
pr@ups.com Cathy.Ding@wdc.com michael.weaver@wynnresorts.com
Joey Wat 屈翠容 Shinji Uchida 内田慎治 Wei Moline
百胜中国 7/11 3M
CEO, Yum China Chairman, China, 7/11 Managing Director, 3M China
IR@YumChina.com media@7-11.com 3Mnews@mmm.com
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