Tencent Appoints Ex-M&A Head as Fintech Arm Chief
Tang Shihua
DATE:  Jun 20 2019
/ SOURCE:  yicai
Tencent Appoints Ex-M&A Head as Fintech Arm Chief Tencent Appoints Ex-M&A Head as Fintech Arm Chief

(Yicai Global) June 19 -- Tencent Holdings has reshuffled the top management of its fintech business. 

Lin Haifeng, the former general manager of mergers and acquisitions department, will be promoted to vice president and he will also lead Tencent's fintech business, The Paper reported. Lin joined the Shenzhen-based tech giant in 2010, serving as executive director and leading investment initiatives in e-commerce, internet finance, and media.

VP Lai Zhiming, who used to lead the fintech unit, will become the chairman of Infinium, a Tencent-backed virtual lender. Lai successfully led the firm to obtain a virtual bank license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in May.

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