Autohome Inc. Announces Management Change
September 28 2017 - 6:00AM
Autohome Inc. (“Autohome” or the “Company”) (NYSE:ATHM), a leading
online destination for automobile consumers in China, today
announced that Mr. Jun Zou has been appointed to serve as the chief
financial officer of the Company (the “Chief Financial Officer”),
and that Mr. Yan Kang and Mr. Julian Jiun-lang Wang have resigned
as president and Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
respectively. Mr. Kang and Mr. Wang also resigned from the board of
directors of the Company (the “Board”). The appointment and
resignations all took effect as of September 28, 2017. The
resignations of Mr. Kang and Mr. Wang were not due to any
disagreement with the Company regarding its business, finance,
accounting and/or any other affairs. Following their resignations,
the Board is now comprised of seven members.
The new Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
Mr. Zou, has over 23 years of experience in financial management
and capital markets in the U.S., Europe and China. He most recently
served as iDreamSky’s chief financial officer, during which time he
led the company’s initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market and the company’s subsequent privatization. Prior to
joining iDreamSky, Mr. Zou served as the chief financial officer
for several U.S.-listed Chinese companies, including E-Commerce
China Dangdang Inc. (NYSE:DANG, now privatized), a leading
business-to-consumer e-commerce company in China from 2012 to 2014,
and Xunlei Ltd. (NASDAQ:XNET), a leading cloud-based acceleration
technology company in China from 2010 to 2012. He has also worked
as the chief financial officer for the global technical services
business unit and the head of the global customer financing and
treasury at Huawei Technologies, a Fortune 500 technology company
in China from 2006 to 2008. Before returning to China, Mr. Zou
served in progressive managerial roles in treasury, customer
finance, strategic planning and eventually as global controller for
the managed services business unit at Ericsson in the U.S. and
Sweden. Mr. Zou received a Master’s degree in business
administration from the University of Texas in the U.S. and a
Bachelor’s degree in international business and economics from
Shanghai International Studies University in China.
Mr. Min Lu, the chairman of the Board and the
chief executive officer of the Company, stated: “We are very
delighted to have Mr. Zou serve as our new Chief Financial Officer.
We also wish to express our sincere gratitude to each of Mr. Kang
and Mr. Wang for their services to Autohome as our board members
and officers and wish them continued success in their future
endeavors.”
About Autohome Inc.
Autohome Inc. (NYSE:ATHM) is the leading online
destination for automobile consumers in China. Its mission is
to enhance the car-buying and ownership experience for auto
consumers in China. Autohome provides professionally produced and
user-generated content, a comprehensive automobile library, and
extensive automobile listing information to automobile consumers,
covering the entire car purchase and ownership cycle. The
ability to reach a large and engaged user base of automobile
consumers has made Autohome a preferred platform for automakers and
dealers to conduct their advertising campaigns. Further, the
Company’s dealer subscription and advertising services allow
dealers to market their inventory and services through Autohome’s
platform, extending the reach of their physical showrooms to
potentially millions of internet users in China and generating
sales leads for them. The Company offers sales leads, data
analysis, and marketing services to assist automakers and dealers
with improving their efficiency and facilitating
transactions. As a transaction-centric company, Autohome
operates its “Autohome Mall,” a full-service online transaction
platform, to facilitate transactions for automakers and
dealers. Further, through its website and mobile
applications, it also provides other value-added services,
including auto financing, auto insurance, used car transactions,
and aftermarket services. For further information, please visit
www.autohome.com.cn.
For investor and media inquiries, please
contact:
Vivian XuInvestor RelationsAutohome Inc.Tel:
+86-10-5985-7017Email: ir@autohome.com.cn
Christian ArnellChristensenTel:
+86-10-5900-1548Email: carnell@christensenir.com
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