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Arvind Krishna
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at IBMArvind Krishna is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM. As a business leader and technologist, he has led the building and expansion of new markets for IBM in artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing, and blockchain. He has also played a significant role in the development of innovative IBM products and solutions based on these emerging technologies.
Over his 30-year career at IBM, Arvind led a series of bold transformations and delivered proven business results. He most recently drove the successful $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat – the largest software acquisition – that has defined the hybrid cloud market. Together, IBM and Red Hat give clients the unique ability to build mission-critical applications once and run them anywhere.
Arvind previously was senior vice president of Cloud and Cognitive Software, where he pioneered the company’s hybrid cloud business, transformed IBM’s entire software and services portfolio and offerings for cloud, and grew the business. He also headed IBM Research, where he drove innovation in core and emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, blockchain, cloud platform services, data-driven solutions, and nanotechnology. In 2016, Wired Magazine selected Arvind as “one of 25 geniuses who are creating the future of business” for his foundational work on blockchain.
As general manager of IBM Systems and Technology Group’s development and manufacturing organization, Arvind led the strategy for data-centric systems and the widespread industry adoption of open and collaborative technology standards. He also grew the IBM Information Management business by 50 percent.
At IBM, Arvind has been an outspoken advocate for learning at every stage of one’s career. He has made scientific contributions in a number of technical fields, including wireless networking, security, systems, and databases. In addition, he founded IBM’s security software business and helped create the world’s first commercial wireless system.
Arvind has an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the recipient of distinguished alumni awards from both institutions.
John Chen
President at Swiss Re ChinaJohn Chen is appointed as Member of the Asia Management Team,
President of Swiss Re China, effective 1 June 2016. He also takes up the
position of General Manager of Beijing Branch.
John has about 20 years of experience primarily working in the
insurance industry in both China and overseas. Prior to joining Swiss Re,
John was the Chief Actuarial Officer & Member of the Executive
Committee of PICC P&C from 2007 to March 2016. He took the
responsibility for product development, pricing strategy and significant
involvement in the company's strategic decision-making processes.
Before that, he was General Manager of Product Development for PICC
P&C and has worked for PICC P&C for about 11 years in total. John also
served on the Solvency Standard Board and other working committees
of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, including involvement in
the development of C-ROSS standards in China.
Before PICC P&C, John worked with Deloitte/Finity Consulting as Senior
Consultant based in Sydney for about two years, responsible for
consulting assignments in innovative pricing methods, customer insights
analysis, predictive modelling, risk margin evaluation and capital
modelling. He also spent some years with CGU Insurance (part of IAG)
based in Melbourne and with Airbus Industries based in
Beijing/Toulouse.
John holds a PhD in Econometrics from Monash University, Australia and
a BSc in Applied Maths from Tsinghua University, China.
Toshiyasu IIYAMA
Executive Managing Director, Chief Health Officer of Nomura Holdings, Inc.Toshiyasu IIYAMA was appointed Executive Managing Director, Nomura Holdings Inc., in April 2021. He is responsible for Public Policy and Regulatory Engagement, which covers communications with regulators and various external entities as well as other related activities. He is also in charge of the Group’s China business as Head of the China Committee. Under his leadership, Nomura Orient International Securities in Shanghai was set up in 2019 as the first newly established securities joint venture company in China with
foreign-majority ownership. In June 2019, Mr. Iiyama also took on the role of President & CEO of Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research.
Prior to his current roles, Mr. Iiyama was Head/Chairman of Asia ex-Japan from April 2015 to March 2019. During his career spanning over 30 years with Nomura, he has spent most of the time in the firm’s capital markets businesses as Head of Asia Investment Banking, Head of Fixed Income for the Asia Pacific, and Head of Syndicate before becoming a Senior Managing Director in charge of Investment Banking Division in 2012.
Mr. Iiyama holds an MBA degree from the Kenan-Flagler Business School of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the U.S.A., and a B.A. in Commerce from Waseda University in Tokyo. He is also a CFA® charterholder.
Holly Lei
President at Covestro ChinaHolly Lei has taken over as President of Covestro China based in Shanghai, effective July 1, 2019. With more than 20 years of experience in cross-cultural management around the world, Lei is the first local female leader for this position.
With a strong technical background in chemical engineering and material science, Lei started her career at Bayer MaterialScience (the predecessor company of Covestro) in 1999 as a technical representative, and has since held various management positions of increasing responsibilities focusing on sales, technical service and R&D in Greater China and the APAC region. As a seasoned leader strong at managing dispersed teams, she devoted her cross-industry insights and customer centric mindset to develop focus industries for Covestro’s Business Unit Polycarbonates in Greater China and the APAC region.
In her role as Global Head of Electrical, Electronics & Appliances (EE&A), BU Polycarbonates, Lei helped Covestro strengthen its industrial leadership by enhancing the global CMF (color, materials, finish) capabilities, transforming Covestro from a material supplier to an innovation partner.
Apart from her business success, Lei is also an affectionate people leader and excels at fostering an environment that allows people to flourish and develop to their fullest potential. As an avid ambassador of diversity and inclusion (D&I) at Covestro, she is actively involved in promoting D&I and equality in the workplace.
Lei holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Dalian University of Technology in China and a master’s degree in material science from Université de Sherbrooke in Canada. She has also received executive training at INSEAD Business School in France. Lei is married with a grown-up son.
Lei is also a supervisory board member of GEA Group AG, a board member of the Shanghai Chapter of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, and Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park International Experts’ Consultancy Forum.
Will Li
Head at Linde Greater ChinaMr. Will Li, Head of Linde Greater China, is responsible for Linde’s overall business management and development in Greater China.
Mr. Li joined the legacy Praxair in 1994 and worked for Shanghai Praxair-Baosteel Inc., then a joint venture. Over the past decades, he held various senior management positions in Praxair China and Asia, from which he has derived extensive expertise as Director of Applied Technology and Director of Marketing and Product Management at Praxair China, and later Director of Product Management at Praxair Asia. He was appointed Vice President of Praxair East China in October 2010 and President of Praxair Greater China in June 2015.
In 2019, Praxair Inc. merged with Linde AG to form the New Linde Company. In December of the same year, Mr. Li was appointed Head of Linde Greater China.
Mr. Li received his bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Beijing Jiaotong University and master’s degree in Business Administration from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
Bo Lu
Vice President at LenovoLu Bo is VP of Lenovo Corporate Strategy, leading the Strategy organization. She has extensive experience in Internet, technology, and strategy consulting across retail and manufacturing industries.
Before joining Lenovo, Lu was the leader of Google’s North Asia go-to-market team, in charge of strategy, sales operations and product go-to-market. She had a strong track record of building high-performance global teams in her time at Google.
Before Google, Lu worked in strategy consulting for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), leading strategy projects for both multinational and local Chinese companies across multiple industries. Earlier in her career, she was an entrepreneur and worked in the technology industry.
Lu holds an MBA degree from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Judy Marks
President and CEO of Otis ElevatorIn her 37 years in industry, Judy Marks has witnessed technological advances while applying emerging and mature technologies in a way that benefits society. As President and CEO, Judy is leading Otis through a digital and cultural transformation that will drive its long-term success as an independent, publicly traded company. Otis is the world’s leading company for elevator and escalator manufacturing, installation and service.
Today, Otis is taking its deep knowledge of the hoistway and using it to create digital solutions that serve customers’ needs in an era of intelligent buildings. This includes IoT-based service solutions with proactive data analytics for predictive maintenance; advanced video analytics and dispatching systems to manage varying traffic patterns; and a new generation of elevators that are connected, data rich, safer, healthier, and more intelligent, efficient and comfortable than ever.
“We are living in revolutionary times as the world is digitally transforming,” she says. “Our 69,000 colleagues are on a journey together into the future. We’re continuing to innovate, to find new business models, to serve customers with excellence and to disrupt ourselves to become an end-to-end enabler of passenger mobility in a taller, faster, smarter world.”
Judy has held senior leadership roles at three global icons – IBM, Lockheed Martin and Siemens AG. She was serving as CEO of both Siemens USA and Dresser-Rand, a Siemens business, when appointed President of Otis in 2017. In April 2020, Judy led the successful spin of Otis to an independent publicly traded company on the NYSE.
She built her career on a host of challenging assignments, creating solutions for both global customers and government entities. A self-described technology zealot, Judy applies digital technologies and actively uses social media to amplify the reach of her messages. For Judy, leadership is about creating a sense of mission among colleagues.
“People make a decision every day about what kind of work they’re going to do,” she says. “That’s what I love about Otis colleagues – we know that what we do matters. Across 200 countries and territories, we service over 2 million units and touch 2 billion people every day to keep the world moving.”
Judy serves on the Board of Directors of Otis Worldwide Corporation and earned a degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University.
Jun Ma
Chairman at Green Finance CommitteeDr. Ma Jun is currently the Chairman of the Green Finance Committee, China Society for Finance and Banking, President of Institute of Finance and Sustainability, Co-Chairman of the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group, and the former member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China. As a leader in the field of green and sustainable finance, Dr. Ma Jun also serves as the sustainable finance special adviser of the United Nations Environment Programme, Chairman of the regulatory working group of NGFS, the Director of Beijing Green Finance Association, the Director of Hong Kong Green Finance Association, and many other public welfare duties.
From 2017 to 2020, Dr. Ma Jun served as the Director of the Research Center of Finance and Development, Tsinghua University National Institute of Financial Research, the Director of the Research Center of Green Finance Development, Tsinghua University National Institute of Financial Research. During his tenure as Chief Economist of the Research Bureau of the People's Bank of China from 2014 to 2017, Dr. Ma Jun led the drafting of the Guidance of Green Finance in China and promoted the formation of a global green finance consensus under the G20 platform. From 2000 to 2013, he served as Chief Economist, Head of China and Hong Kong Strategy, and Managing Director of Greater China at Deutsche Bank. From 1992 to 2000, he served as a senior economist at the World Bank and an economist at the International Monetary Fund. From 1988 to 1990, he worked as a research fellow at the Development Research Center of the State Council of China. Dr. Ma Jun has published more than a dozen books and hundreds of articles on macroeconomic, monetary policy, environmental economics and green finance.
Dr. Ma Jun received his Master’s degree in Management from Fudan University in 1988, and he received his PhD. in Economics from Georgetown University in 1994.
Alan Murray
Chief Executive Officer at FORTUNEAlan Murray is CEO of Fortune. He oversees the business and editorial operations of the media company, and is known for expanding its digital and conference franchises. Murray also writes a closely-read daily newsletter, the Fortune CEO Daily, that often addresses issues of corporate governance. Previously, Murray led the rapid expansion of the Pew Research Center’s digital footprint as president of that organization. He also was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal for more than two decades and wrote Revolt in the Boardroom and three other books.
Clay Chandler
Executive Editor, Asia at FORTUNEClay Chandler is Fortune’s Asia editor. He leads Fortune’s Asia-based conferences and is chair of Global Tech Forum in China and Brainstorm Design in Singapore. Based in Hong Kong, Clay oversees Fortune’s editorial operations throughout the region, and contributes feature articles, commentary, and news analysis to the magazine and Fortune.com. Clay writes two weekly newsletters: Eastworld, an analysis of developments in Asian business, finance, and technology; and Business x Design, which explores the transformative power of design in business.
Clay returned to Fortune after a six-year stint at McKinsey & Company. He worked previously for Fortune as Asia Editor in Beijing, and before that covered business, economics, and technology in the U.S. and Asia as senior staff writer for the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post. Clay has lived in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo, and reported from every major Asian capital. He speaks Japanese, is a graduate of Harvard University and a former fellow of Harvard’s John King Fairbank program on Chinese studies.
Xiang Wang
Partner, President at Xiaomi CorporationWang Xiang, as a Partner and the President of Xiaomi Corporation, assists the CEO with Group operations. Wang Xiang joined the Group in July 2015 served as Senior Vice President of the Group, President for International Business, responsible for global expansion, IP strategy, and strategic partnership management. He became the President in November 2019.
Xiang has more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor and communications fields, with great vision and comprehensive understanding of the next-generation wireless communication. With the excellent leadership and senior management background, the intellectual property inter management and compliance reviews have been incessantly enhanced, he also clear the barriers of intellectual property rights for Xiaomi’s internationalization through continue to refine Xiaomi’s intellectual property Strategy. Xiang played an integral role in shaping Xiaomi’s international business. In 2016, he put together an international team comprising of sales and marketing to expand into more markets outside of China. Within just 3 years, he led the team into over 90 markets and as of Q3 2019, Xiaomi’s international revenue accounts for 48.7% of Xiaomi’s total revenue. Today, Xiaomi is ranked top 5 smartphone brand in over 40 markets.
Xiang previously served as Senior Vice President of Qualcomm and President of Qualcomm Greater China, leading Qualcomms business and operations in Greater China. Prior to that role, Xiang was Vice President of Qualcomm CDMA Technology, responsible for Qualcomm chipset business and customer services in China. Under the leadership of Xiang, Qualcomm successfully extended and strengthened partnership with rapidly increasing number of Chinese manufacturing customers.
Before joining Qualcomm, he held key positions in sales and marketing of world leading companies, including Motorola and Lucent/Agere.
Xiang earned his BSEE from Beijing University of Technology.
Yvonne Xie
New Media Executive Editor at FORTUNE ChinaYvonne Xie is the new media executive editor of Fortune China. She previously served as the managing editor of the business department for China Daily’s website and as senior manager of global communications for the Dalian Wanda Group. Ms. Xie is the co-winner of the 20th China News Awards for Best Interview. She graduated from Nankai University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Derek Zhang
Executive Editor at FORTUNE ChinaZhang joined FORTUNE China in 2009, and was promoted to Executive Editor in 2013. Zhang currently have more than 2.9 million followers on LinkedIn. Before joining FORTUNE China, Zhang was Managing Editor of InformationWeek China. In 2004, he was admitted by Cambridge, Oxford and Carnegie Mellon University and chose to pursue MSc of Computer Science in Oxford. In 2005, he graduated with straight “A”s from Oxford University, gave up an early offer from a sub company of News Corporation in West London and came back home to continue his career in China’s media business.
Zhang has a BA in English & American Studies from Beijing Foreign Studies University and joined China Daily to work as a reporter and editor. In his earlier days, Zhang won the “best story award” from China Daily twice and played a key role in creating the ELT weeklies for the group. Zhang also got the Certificates of "Building a Business" course from Said Business School, Oxford University, and Finance Media EMBA Fellowship Program from PBC School of Finance, Tsinghua University.
Daqing Zheng
Senior Vice President at BASFZheng Daqing is the Senior Vice President of BASF responsible for Business & Market Development Greater China. Before joining BASF in 1996, he worked for a few years at China University of Petroleum. He has served in BASF for 24 years in different positions for project management and general management in the JV companies. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the Technical University Berlin.