25 January 2021/ HONG KONG – Finsbury Glover Hering, the newly formed and leading global strategic communications advisory firm, today announced that it has hired China veteran Mei Zhang as a Managing Director in Hong Kong, strengthening its senior team at a time of exciting growth in Asia.
Finsbury Glover Hering has been expanding its operations in Asia and the company has made Greater China a priority market. This appointment comes after Finsbury Glover Hering earlier expanded its capabilities and teams in Beijing and Shanghai, with a view to further strengthening areas including corporate reputation management, government relations and public affairs capabilities.
Mei Zhang, Managing Director, Hong Kong Mei Zhang joins the firm after a distinguished 25-year career providing professional counsel to international companies operating and investing in the region. Mei worked for eleven years at Goldman Sachs in Asia, as an Executive Director in Government Affairs, Corporate Communications and the China Liaison Group. Prior to that she was Vice President of Corporate Communications at Salomon Smith Barney, Citigroup. Mei Zhang started her career as a video journalist at CNN in Atlanta and recently was a columnist at Week in China.
Other recent hires include Kevin Ma, Director, and Helen Tang, Associate Director, who are both based in Beijing. Kevin Ma brings with him deep experience of advising multinational organisations and Chinese companies on public policy communications and public affairs strategies in China, as well as financial communications across Mainland China and Hong Kong markets. Helen Tang is a former China Daily reporter and features writer who has an extensive media network across China.
Alexander Geiser, Global CEO, said, “Asia continues to be a region of incredible importance for companies around the world. The appointments of Mei, Kevin and Helen add significant weight to our public policy and media relations capabilities across Greater China and will put Finsbury Glover Hering in an even stronger position to capitalize on growth opportunities in Asia as a whole.”
Paul Yang, Partner and Head of China, added, “We are delighted to welcome Mei, Kevin and Helen. Our clients in Asia and around the world will benefit greatly from their deep experience, relationship network and senior counsel, as they navigate the complex and fast-changing environment across Greater China.”
Finsbury Glover Hering has also made a number of key appointments in other Asian markets over the past twelvemonths, including Tokyo-based Partners and office leads Deborah Hayden and Minako Hattori; Daniel Bogler, the former Financial Times managing editor, who is now a Senior Advisor in Tokyo; Paul Yang, Partner in Hong Kong and Head of China; Richard Barton, Partner and Asia capital markets lead; and Ginny Wilmerding, Partner and lead for the TMT sector and the firm's growing ESG practice.