China business leaders join 3i’s advisory board
3i Group has appointed two Chinese business leaders and one academic to its newly formed advisory board for the country. The new recruits are Frank Ning, chairman of food conglomerate COFCO, Dr Bing Xiang, founding dean of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, and Michael Wu, CEO of Tradelink Electronic Commerce and a former deputy chairman of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The advisory board members will work closely with 3i to help identify investment opportunities across the consumer, business services and industrials sectors in China. Their brief is to provide strategic...
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