Today (May 14th), CHAILEEDO learned from the official WeChat public account of Shanghai Jahwa that Shanghai Jahwa held a board meeting to review and approve proposals such as “Nomination of Candidates for the Eighth Board of Directors” and “Appointment of Chief Executive Officer and General Manager”. The board of directors decided to appoint Lin Xiaohai as the Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Shanghai Jahwa, and this appointment will take effect from June 1st, 2024.
The announcement shows that Lin Xiaohai graduated from South China University of Technology, is currently 52 years old, and has accumulated 30 years of rich offline and online marketing and management experience in the Chinese fast-moving consumer goods industry.
From 1995 to 2016, Lin Xiaohai served at Procter & Gamble, responsible for areas such as oral care and maternal and child care categories, large customer teams, channel management, e-commerce teams, and market planning. From 2014 to 2016, Lin Xiaohai served as Chief Marketing Officer of Procter & Gamble Greater China. From 2016 to 2020, Lin Xiaohai served as Vice President of Alibaba Group and General Manager of Retail Tmall, building a fast-moving consumer goods B2B distribution platform from scratch. From 2020 to March 2024, Lin Xiaohai served as Executive Director and CEO of Gaoxin Retail, leading the team in the digital transformation of large-scale stores, building a fresh supply chain, developing proprietary brands, and expanding new formats for member stores.
Shanghai Jahwa stated that Lin Xiaohai has many years of management experience in multinational consumer goods companies and the Chinese fast-moving consumer goods industry, is skilled in driving transformation and change, and has strong strategic leadership and execution capabilities. Under Lin Xiaohai’s leadership, Shanghai Jahwa will actively embrace the new changes in retail consumption trends and accelerate the pace of transformation and change.
Furthermore, today, Shanghai Jahwa also issued an announcement regarding the resignation of the chairman of the board and the election of an acting chairman of the board.
The announcement shows that Pan Qiusheng resigned from positions such as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the company due to personal reasons. At the same time, Shanghai Jahwa expressed gratitude for Pan Qiusheng’s contributions during his tenure in promoting organizational structure reform, brand building, and ESG sustainable development.
Looking to the future, Shanghai Jahwa stated that the company has clear corporate governance, a solid business and financial foundation, and influential product brands. With the upgrading of the consumer market and the innovation of marketing insights, the company will continuously keep pace with the times, vigorously develop new productive forces, and continuously drive the company to achieve high-quality development. Shanghai Jahwa, spanning a century, always remembers its original aspiration, is committed to bringing more high-quality products and services to consumers, constantly realizing the people’s longing for a better life, and representing Chinese culture and aesthetics on a broader world stage.