GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vipshop
Holdings Limited (NYSE: VIPS) ("Vipshop" or the "Company"),
China's leading online discount
retailer for brands, today announced the promotion of five senior
management members, effective November
19. The Company has promoted the following individuals to
new officer positions within the Company:
Ms. Maggie Mei Chuan Hung as
Senior Vice President for Merchandising; Mr. Alex Jing Jiang as Senior Vice President for
Business Intelligence and Customer Relationship Management (CRM);
Mr. Yizhi Tang as Senior Vice
President for Logistics; Mr. Xianfeng
Cai as Vice President and General Manager of Shanghai Branch; and Mr. Xiaohui Ma as Vice President for Marketing.
"Through these promotions, we are pleased to recognize the hard
work of these individuals and their contributions to our Company,"
commented Mr. Eric Ya Shen, Chairman
and CEO of Vipshop. "They have been instrumental in the development
and implementation of our business strategies which have helped our
Company achieve tremendous growth over the past several years. As
our business continues to scale rapidly, we believe they will
continue to make significant contributions to the Company in their
expanded roles focusing on further enhancing our operational
efficiencies. I congratulate these executives on their
well-deserved promotions."
Ms. Maggie Mei Chuan Hung,
currently Vice President for Merchandising, has over 20 years of
experience in merchandise retail. Previously, Ms. Hung served as a
Vice President of Grand Pacific Mall and General Manager of Grand
Ocean Department Store in Nanjing,
China. Ms. Hung received her
bachelor's degree from Ling Tung University in Taiwan.
Mr. Alex Jing Jiang, currently
Vice President for Business Intelligence and CRM, has over 20 years
of experience in China's retail
sector. Before joining Vipshop, Mr. Jiang founded and served as a
director of E-elephant Consulting Company Limited, a company
focusing on consulting services in e-commerce and chain retail
sectors in China. Earlier in his
career, Alex served as a Vice President of E-commerce China
Dangdang Inc. Mr. Jiang received his bachelor's degree in
accounting from Chongqing Business School in China.
Mr. Yizhi Tang, currently Vice
President for Logistics, has over 10 years of experience in the
logistics industry in China.
Before joining Vipshop, Mr. Tang served as an operating director of
Best Logistics Technology Co., Ltd. He was the head of logistics
department of Tesco, a world leading grocery and general
merchandise retailer, responsible for the logistics in the northern
China area. Earlier, Mr. Tang
served as the senior director of the logistics department of
E-commerce China Dangdang, Inc. Mr. Tang received a master's degree
from Sun Yat-Sen University and a bachelor's degree from
Nanjing University of Aeronautics
and Astronautics in China.
Mr. Xianfeng Cai, currently the
General Manager of Vipshop's Shanghai branch, served for over 18 years in
various roles at IGA Distribution Pty. Ltd., a licensed grocery
supermarkets chain in Melbourne,
Australia. Previously, he was the general manager
responsible for IGA Distribution Pty. Ltd.'s daily business
operations. Mr. Cai received a bachelor's degree in commerce from
University of Melbourne.
Mr. Xiaohui Ma has been working
at Vipshop since August 2011. Prior
to joining Vipshop, he was Vice President for Marketing at Xiu.com,
a fashion shopping business-to-consumer (B2C) website in
China. Previously, he worked at
several prominent media and news agencies in China, including China Central Television
(CCTV), China's state television
broadcaster, and SINA Corporation, a Chinese leading online media
company. Mr. Ma graduated from Communication University of
China.
About Vipshop Holdings Limited
Vipshop Holdings Limited ("Vipshop" or the "Company") is
China's leading online discount
retailer for brands. Vipshop offers high quality and popular
branded products to consumers throughout China at a significant discount to retail
prices. Since it was founded in August
2008, the Company has rapidly built a sizeable and growing
base of customers and brand partners. For more information, please
visit www.vipshop.com
SOURCE Vipshop Holdings Limited