Renee Wang is the ZF Group Executive Vice President, President ZF China and Operation Asia-Pacific at ZF Friedrichshafen AG.

Renee joined the former TRW Automotive in 2008 with the responsibilities for the overall finance management of the business in Asia Pacific. In early 2014, she was assigned the additional role as the Managing Director for ASEAN, Japan and Korea, in charge of the general management of the business in these areas. Along with the merging of ZF with TRW, in May 2016 she was appointed as Senior VP & CFO Asia Pacific for ZF Group. She later became President of China and Senior Vice President of AP Operations in 2019, a role she held until 2023 before assuming her current position. ZF Group is one of the worldwide leading companies for automotive components, covering 7 business divisions including Chassis Solutions, Electrified Powertrain Technologies , Passive Safety Systems, Electronics and ADAS, Commercial Vehicle Solutions and Industrial Technologies and Aftermarket. ZF’s Asia Pacific headquarter locates in Shanghai. In China it has 50 plants and five R&D centers.

Before joined ZF, Renee was the Asia Pacific Finance Director for the Climate Control Technologies in Ingersoll Rand covering China, India, South East Asia, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. Her former roles also covered as a residential CFO for the portfolios of Warburgpincus (Private Equity Firm), where she managed the IPO process for Kasen Holding Ltd onto Hongkong Stock Exchange and as well turned around a Korean de-listed company with global footprints as an acting CEO. Before Warburgpincus, Renee served in General Motors as a Controller for Jinbei GM (a 50/50 JV between GM and Brilliance), and a supervisor of financial/business analysis in GM Holden Australia and GM New Zealand. Renee started her career dealing in international trading for chemicals and petrol.

Renee holds an MBA degree from Victoria University of Wellington and a bachelor’s degree of science from East China Normal University. She is an Australia CPA and a Member of CIMA.

Mr. Pillar Zeng(Zeng Dongliang) joined Huawei’s Digital Finance BU(Business Unit) in August 2023 as the Financial Solutions Director, supporting Huawei’s global business expansion in the financial industry.

Before joining Digital Finance BU, Mr. Zeng had extensive experience working in Huawei’s overseas markets.

From 2017 to 2023, Mr. Zeng worked at Huawei France for six years, serving as CTO of Huawei’s Orange Middle East and Africa Division. During this time, he deepened cooperation between Huawei and Orange in connecting the unconnected and promoting financial inclusion (Bank the Unbanked) in the Middle East and Africa.

From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Zeng worked in Huawei Middle East Region for three years as a digital transformation consultant, supporting Etisalat Group, a leading Telco operator, in accelerating digital transformation across more than ten countries in the Middle East and Africa.

Mr. Zeng also worked for Huawei Latin American region for eight years (2005-2013) as a sales and solutions manager in the software and value-added services sectors, with long-term assignments in Brazil and Colombia.

Mr. Zeng holds both bachelor and master degree in Electronic Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and joined Huawei in 2004.

Anke Schrader is the China director of the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network. Utilizing over two decades of living and working in China, Anke works closely with network members to help inform their business strategies through political, economic, and operational insight and to connect them with their senior leadership peers.

Anke is also a recognized sustainability expert. She is the author of numerous publications on ESG, citizenship, and sustainable development issues in China and served six years as Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in China’s Business Sustainability Committee.

Before joining The Economist Group, Anke was the Asia Research Director at The Conference Board, where she led strategic planning and execution of thought leadership research for China and the Asia region, leading a team of economists and researchers covering macroeconomics, human capital, and sustainability research. She also previously worked as a strategy consultant at PwC in Beijing advising multinational clients on macroeconomic, policy, market entry strategy, and operational issues.
Anke has led multi-year China research partnerships with Cornell University and Indiana University (funded by the Henry Luce Foundation and the Ford Foundation), was a guest lecturer at Cornell’s Employment and Disability Institute, and a mentor for the Schwarzman Scholars Program at Tsinghua University.

Anke received scholarships for Chinese language studies at the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in Beijing and Shanghai Jiaotong University’s international MBA program. She holds an M.A. in politics and management from University of Konstanz.

Weisi Xie is the Shanghai Director at the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network (EICN), and is responsible for engaging with top executives in the region on key economic and political issues as well as industry-specific analysis to support their businesses in the dynamic Chinese market.

Mr. Xie served as an Assistant Professor of Economics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University before joining EICN. As a trained trade economist, his teaching and research mainly focused on the fields of international trade, industrial economics and economic development, with a particular emphasis on China’s economy in a global perspective. He also possesses extensive expertise in the non-profit sector through work experience with think tanks and international organizations, including the Shanghai Institute for National Economy and the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland, where he contributed to multiple government counseling projects and policy studies. His work has appeared in leading academic journals as well as major economic policy publications.

Mr. Xie has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a B.A. in International Business from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics.