On January 21, some media reported that a new round of adjustments had occurred in Tencent's "General Office", and SY Lau, senior executive vice president of Tencent Group and chairman of the group's marketing and global brand, was replaced as a senior management consultant. Nandu reporter learned from Tencent insiders that the news is true. At present, the "Management Team" page of Tencent's official website no longer has Liu Shengyi's name.
SY Lau was reappointed as Senior Management Consultant
According to public information, Liu Shengyi joined Tencent in 2006, and when he attended the public event in 2020, his titel was the senior executive vice president of Tencent Group, the chairman of Tencent Advertising, and the chairman of the group's market and global brand. Prior to joining Tencent, Mr. Liu served as Managing Partner of Publicis China, CEO of BBDO China, and executive positions at Dentsu Young & Rubicam in Shanghai and McCann-Erickson in Beijing and Hong Kong.
At present, there are 15 people on the executive team page of tencent group's official website, which is commonly known as the "Tencent General Office" team in the industry. Among them, Lin Jinghua, senior vice president of Tencent, joined the "General Office" in October 2020, mainly responsible for the development and development of Tencent's advertising and smart retail business, and responsible for strategic development to promote the group's strategic upgrading and business synergy; Ma Xiaoyi, head of Tencent's game publishing business, rose to "General Office" at the end of 2018, and Zhang Xiaolong, the father of WeChat, announced the establishment of a WeChat business group on May 7, 2014. WXG) was promoted to Senior Executive Vice President and joined the General Office.
At present, Tencent's "General Office" team has no name for Liu Shengyi.
Liu Shengyi's "disappearance" is a rare withdrawal of Tencent's "General Office" team in recent years, after the "personnel withdrawal" of Tencent's "General Office" occurred in 2013 and 2014, when Tencent's main founder and chief administrative officer Chen Yidan and Tencent's main founder and chief technology officer Zhang Zhidong formally resigned from Tencent in the past two years and served as a lifelong honorary consultant.
It is worth noting that in addition to Tencent Group, Internet companies such as Alibaba, Baidu, JD.com, Pinduoduo, Meituan, and ByteDance have all experienced changes in core executives in the past year, and the number of transferred executives has reached dozens.
【Alibaba】
Jiang Fan quit Ali's partner, and Gu Mai was rumored to have been taken away by the police for investigation
On April 27, 2020, Alibaba Group announced the results of its investigation and handling of Jiang Fan, president of Taobao Tmall: Jiang Fan's status as a partner of Alibaba was cancelled, his rank was demoted from senior vice president of the group (M7) to vice president of the group (M6), all rewards for the previous fiscal year were canceled, and punishment was given.
Since then, on December 11, 2020, Alibaba has ushered in a major adjustment of its organizational structure after "Double 11". Hu Weixiong, former vice president of Alibaba and head of Tmall's FMCG and apparel business unit (flower name "Gumai"), disappeared from the adjustment list. Earlier, there was news that Gumai was taken away by the police for investigation, and Ali did not respond to the matter.
According to public information, Hu Weixiong (Gu Mai) joined Alibaba in 2016 and served as the general manager of Tmall's beauty business department from January to December 2017; since December 2017, Hu Weixiong has served as the general manager of Tmall's FMCG business; since 2018, Hu Weixiong has taken over as the new president of Tmall's FMCG business, reporting directly to Jiang Fan.
After the new round of adjustment, the Tmall Apparel and Fashion Division and the Tmall FMCG Division, which were originally led by Hu Weixiong, will report to Yang Guang (Chuixue), while the luxury products operation center and Charm Hui under the Tmall Apparel and Fashion Division will enter the Tmall Import and Export Business Group to report to Liu Peng (Owen).
【Baidu】
Vice President Wei Fang was suspected of corruption, and veteran Shi Youcai was taken away by the police
In September 2020, Shi Youcai, an early employee of Baidu and now a special consultant of Baidu's mobile ecological business group, was taken away by the police, perhaps because of illegal online advertising, especially gambling.
According to reports, Under the level of Shi Youcai, Li Zhongjun, who was promoted to vice president of Baidu in January this year and is responsible for THE sales of KA (major customers), and several of his subordinates have been taken away by the police before him. However, Baidu said in response to Nandu reporters, "We do not know the specific situation, please wait for official information." Baidu's attitude towards all violations of laws and regulations is to resolutely crack down on and have zero tolerance. ”
On April 21, 2020, the Baidu Professional Ethics Committee reported a case of employees suspected of serious violations of discipline and laws, and Wei Fang, former vice president of Baidu Group, was found to be suspected of corruption through Baidu's investigation and has now been transferred to the public security organs for handling according to law. Baidu said that behind the iron fist anti-corruption, not only to safeguard the interests of the company, but more importantly, to defend the company's values and ensure the healthier and long-term development of the enterprise.
【JD.com】
The former CEO of Jingdong Digital Technology was transferred, and Jingdong Logistics was replaced
JD Group CFO Huang Xuande (English name: Sidney) retired on September 16, 2020, and Xu Ran, former audit partner of PwC, currently senior vice president of JD Group and chief financial officer of JD Retail, will take over as CFO, reporting to Liu Qiangdong, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of JD Group.
JD Group said that Huang Xuande has reached retirement age at the age of 55, and in 2019, he proposed a plan to retire after one year to the group, although the company was very reluctant, but still chose to respect his own wishes. It is understood that Huang Xuande has served as the chief financial officer of JD Group in the past six and a half years.
On December 21, 2020, JD.com issued a change of coaching announcement, appointing JD Digital Technology CEO Chen Shengqiang as vice chairman of JD Digital Technology and chief of staff of JD Group, directly reporting to JD Group CEO Liu Qiangdong, and former CHIEF Compliance Officer of JD Group Li Yayun as CEO of JD Digital.
It is reported that three days before the change of coach, Jingdong Finance and Jingdong Group have issued an apology statement, saying that lending advertising is not only a matter of management review, but also a problem with the orientation, culture and values of the operation team.
On the evening of December 30, 2020, Jingdong Group issued an announcement that Wang Zhenhui, the former CEO of JD Logistics, resigned as the CEO of JD Logistics and appointed Yu Rui, former chief human resources officer of JD Logistics, as the CEO of JD Logistics.
According to the data, Yu Rui joined JD in 2008 as a management trainee, was promoted to vice president of JD Group in 2014, and became CEO of Yihaodian in 2016. In 2018, he served as the head of THE "Customer Excellence Experience Department" within JD.com to promote the customer experience project at the JD Group level. In March 2019, Yu Rui was appointed as the CHO (Chief Human Resources Officer) of JD Group, and in February 2020, Yu Rui was appointed as the chairman of JD Digital Technology Holdings Co., Ltd.
【Pinduoduo】
Huang Zheng stepped down as CEO of the company, and CTO Chen Lei took over
On July 1, 2020, Pinduoduo announced the upgrade of the organizational structure, and founder Huang Zheng issued a letter of all employees announcing a series of major personnel changes, including Huang Zheng stepping down as CEO of the company, which was taken over by chen Lei, co-founder and CTO of the company, and appointed senior vice president Zhu Jian as the company's chief legal officer and Ma Jing as the company's vice president of finance.
The latest disclosure of SEC documents shows that the proportion of Shares of Pinduoduo controlled by Huang Zheng has dropped from 43.3% in April 2020 to 29.4% in the latest, and the voting rights it has also dropped from 88.4% to 80.7%.
【ByteDance】
Zhang Lidong served as the chairman of the China region, and Zhang Nan, president of Douyin, became the CEO
ByteDance's high-rise structure has also changed significantly in 2020. 2020 was originally regarded by Byte as the year of global expansion, on March 12, ByteDance (China) announced the organizational upgrade, the former ByteDance senior vice president Zhang Lidong as the chairman, Douyin president Zhang Nan (female) as the CEO, respectively, to assume the role of China regional functions and business leader, as the general head of China business, the two reported to Zhang Yiming.
Zhang Yiming, global CEO of ByteDance, will do more strategic thinking and organizational leadership in new business directions such as global enterprise management research and education.
Zhang Lidong was a journalist for 8 years, then vice president of the Jinghua Times Newspaper Committee, and was the youngest advertising general manager of The City Dabao in China. In 2013, he joined the startup today's headlines, participated in the entrepreneurship of the mobile Internet, and was fully responsible for the commercialization of today's headlines. Zhang Nan was the founder and CEO of Tuba. After Zhang Nan's "Tu Bar" was acquired, she entered ByteDance and began to be responsible for the connotation of duanzi. Zhang Nan is the head of the IES department (interactive entertainment department), in charge of Douyin, Volcano Small Video, Faceu Jimeng and other products, and she is also the president of Douyin.
【Kuaishou】
Three senior executives were parachuted in and two managers left
2020 is the year when Kuaishou's organizational culture has changed the most. This year, Kuaishou parachuted three senior executives, including Qiu Guangyu, who is responsible for internationalization, Chen Guocheng, head of e-commerce research and development, and Fan Li, head of e-commerce products, who are from Didi, Haro Chuxing and Alibaba. Two other managers left, namely Xia Chen'an, senior vice president and head of the strategy department of Kuaishou, and Wang Chen, general manager of the strategic investment and mergers and acquisitions department. Both joined in mid-2019.
In December 2020, Kuaishou established a new economic management committee, and Yan Qiang, Ma Hongbin, Liu Feng, Qiu Guangyu, Zhong Yiqi, Yu Yue and others all joined Kuaishou after 2016. Most of these airborne executives come from Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan, Didi and other large and small giants. Senior vice president Yan Qiang was born in Alibaba; Shao Kai, former general manager of Didi's carpooling business unit, and Lu Ning, former senior technical director of Didi, also joined Kuaishou in 2019; Ma Hongbin, senior vice president who joined in 2017, was previously in Meituan; Liu Feng, head of manpower, and Wang Jianwei, head of products, were from Tencent.
【Meituan】
Co-founder Wang Huiwen retired, and the handover work was completed half a year ago
In 2020, the biggest change in Meituan is that Wang Huiwen, co-founder and senior vice president of Meituan, retired. Wang Huiwen joined Meituan in 2010, the first year of Meituan's establishment.
Half a year before Wang Huiwen retired, the Meituan platform business in his hands has been handed over to Li Shubin. After Wang Huiwen officially retired, the related business of the former transportation division was replaced by Xia Huaxia, the review division was replaced by Yu Jianlin, and the basic research and development platform was taken care of by Zhang Jinmao. Li Shubin, Xia Huaxia, Yu Jianlin, and Zhang Jinmao all turned to Wang Xing to report.
Among these people, in addition to Li Shubin, who was a new person in December 2019, Xia Huaxia, Yu Jianlin and Zhang Jinmao are all elderly people who have worked in Meituan for more than six or seven years.
【Xiaomi】
Promoted to 4 partners, recruited 5 vice presidents
The past year has been the biggest change in Xiaomi's executive lineup since its launch — four new partners and six vice presidents, one of whom has stepped down.
The four executives who were promoted to partners all joined after 2015, making "battle achievements" in Xiaomi's development neutrality. Including Wang Xiang, who was in charge of Xiaomi's international business and is now the president of Xiaomi Group; Zhou Shouzi, who was the chief financial officer and now president of Xiaomi's international department; Zhang Feng, who was in charge of the supply chain for Xiaomi and is now the chief of staff of Xiaomi Group and the chairman of the procurement committee; Lu Weibing, general manager of the Redmi brand and president of Xiaomi China.
The six new vice presidents are Chang Cheng, vice president in charge of mobile phone product planning, Gao Ziguang, who is responsible for new retail business in China, Yang Zhe, vice president in charge of marketing in China, Zeng Xuezhong, who is responsible for the development and production of mobile phone products, Peng Zhibin, chief talent officer, and Lin Shiwei, chief financial officer. One obvious change is that Xiaomi is recruiting talent from the outside to supplement the executive team. Among the six new vice presidents, five are from outside, namely Chang cheng, who has worked at Lenovo; Yang Zhe, who has worked at Huawei, Samsung and Meizu; Zeng Xuezhong, who has worked in ZTE and Tsinghua Unigroup; Peng Zhibin, who has worked in Country Garden; and Lin Shiwei, who has worked in Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse Asia Pacific.
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