Mei-wei Cheng

Biography

Mr. Cheng served as the Non-Executive Chairman of Pactera Technology International Ltd., a Blackstone portfolio company, from February 2015 to February 2017. Mr. Cheng served as CEO of Siemens North East Asia and President and CEO of Siemens Ltd., China from July 2010 until April 2014. Prior to joining Siemens in May 2010, he was Chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company (China) Ltd. from 1998 to 2008, as well as a Corporate Vice President of Ford Motor Company, and served as Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company (China), as well as Group Vice President of Ford Motor Company from 2009 to 2010. Previously, Mr. Cheng held executive positions at General Electric Corporation (GE), including Corporate Vice President, Regional Executive and President of GE Appliance — Asia, and Chairman and CEO of GE (China) Ltd. He began his career at AT&T, where he last served as President of AT&T China. Mr. Cheng has served on the China Advisory Boards of CRH plc and Magna International since 2014, and as a member of the Technology Advisory Council of Magna International since 2017. Within the past five years, Mr. Cheng has served on the board of directors of Diebold, Inc.

Research Interest

Engineering