At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top China based CFO’ operating in the Media and Entertainment space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jiong Gu
CFO of CMC Capital Group
Jiong GU,was appointed as an independent non-executive Director on April 27, 2018. Mr. Gu is primarily responsible for supervising and providing independent judgement to our Board. Mr. Gu is also the chairman of the audit committee of our Board. Since September 2013 and October 2015, Mr. Gu has served as the chief financial officer of CMC Capital Partners (华人文化产业投资基金), an investment fund specializing in media and entertainment investment in the PRC and globally, and CMC Holdings Limited (华人文化有限责任公司), an investment platform focusing on media and entertainment investments, respectively. From January 2010 to August 2013, Mr. Gu served as the chief financial officer in BesTV New Media Co., Ltd., a PRC company principally engaged in the provision of technical services, content services and marketing services for television terminals, computer terminals and mobile terminals through a media source platforms, whose shares are listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 600637). From April 2004 to December 2009, Mr. Gu successively worked at UTStarcom Telecom Co., Ltd. (UT斯达康通讯有限公司) and its holding company, UTStarcom Inc. a global telecom infrastructure provider specialized in the provision of packet optical transport and broadband access products to network operators, whose shares are listed on Nasdaq (ticker symbol: UTSI), where he was responsible for accounting and financial matters.From July 1995 to April 2004, Mr. Gu had worked for Ernst & Young’s Shanghai office and was the senior manager of the audit department when he left the firm. Mr. Gu currently serves as an independent non-executive director of Xinming China Holdings Limited (新明中国控股有限公司) (stock code: HK.2699) and Chen Xing Development Holdings Limited (辰兴发展控股有限公司) (stock code: HK.2286).Mr. Gu was a non-executive director and has been an alternate director of Shaw Brothers Holdings Limited (邵氏兄弟控股有限公司) (stock code: HK.0953) from January 2016 to October 2016 and since October 2016, respectively. Mr. Gu has been a non-practicing member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants since April 2004. Mr. Gu received his bachelor ’s degree in finance management from Fudan University (复旦大学) in the PRC in July 1995.
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About CMC Capital Group: CMC Capital Group is a media sector focused alternative investment management company.
Kit Leong Low
Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer of Focus Media
Kit Leong Low was an executive director of a Greater China entertainment conglomerate, eSun Holdings, prior to joining Focus Media. Prior to that, he was an executive director at the Goldman Sachs Asia-Pacific Research Media and Internet team whose coverage includes media and internet companies in Greater China. Before joining Goldman Sachs, he worked as a Program Manager for Johnson Controls Inc., managing Toyota vehicles interior development in the United States. He subsequently joined Sybase Inc., an enterprise software company in the United States, as a Program Manager in its Global Products Group. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Motion Picture Production from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his MBA from Columbia Business School in the United States.
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About Focus Media: Focus Media is a provider of product lines covering several media networks that aims at characteristic audiences.
KONG Weiwei
CFO, Board Secretary and Vice President of Focus Media
KONG Weiwei is currently the CFO, Board Secretary and Vice President at Focus Media. She received her BA in Management from Renmin University and MA in Economics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Before joining Focus, she was a Product Manager in the Corporate Banking Division of China Merchants Bank, a Research Analyst at Bank of China Investment Management, Senior Analyst at China Merchants Securities and Senior Analyst at ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management.
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About Focus Media: Focus Media is a provider of product lines covering several media networks that aims at characteristic audiences.
Haichen (Sum) Huang
Co-Founder and CFO of XG Entertainment
Sum Huang, Co-Founder and CFO, XG Entertainment.
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About Endeavor, XG Entertainment: A Shanghai-based TV and online drama production house.
Yuan Xu
Chief Financial Officer of Tiexue.net
Xu Yuan currently works as the Chief Financial Officer and Board Secretary for Tiexue.net. From May 2002 to May 2007, he was the audit manager of Zhongzhou Guanghua Certified Public Accountants; from May 2007 to October 2011, he was the manager of the financial operation department of China Tuhu Xuelian Co., Ltd.; from October 2011 to August 2013 Served as senior financial manager in Beijing Shangpin Commercial Development Co., Ltd. from August 2013; worked as financial manager in Beijing Zunsheng from August 2013 to April 2014.
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About Tiexue.net, Tiexue.net: Tiexue.net is a military news media platform.
Kangping Shi
Chief Financial Officer of Maoyan
Shi Kangping has over 20 years of accounting and financial experience. From July 1998 to September 2000, he worked in the audit department of Andersen Huaqiang Certified Public Accountants. From January 2002 to July 2005, he worked in the Transaction Service Department of PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. Beijing Branch. From July 2007 to September 2011, he worked for Microsoft. From September 2011 to December 2016, he served as Director of Baidu’s Internal Audit Department and Director of Budget and Financial Analysis. From December 2016 to December 2017, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ping An Health Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
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About Maoyan: Maoyan provides online movie ticketing services.
Guo Sheng
Secretary and CFO of SNH48
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About SNH48: SNH48 is a Chinese idol girl group based in Shanghai, China.
Fangcang Ye
CFO of NP Entertainment
Fangcang Ye is the CFO of NP Entertainment.
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About NP Entertainment: NP Entertainment engages in the film and television culture industry from the perspective of finance and the internet.
Grace Liu
CFO of Autotiming
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About Autotiming: We are a provider of automatic speech and caption synchronization services, in both English and Chinese.