EHang announced this week, it has appointed Zhao Wang as its Co-Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective from today (April 9th), reports a press release.
On the back of recent groundbreaking achievements by the company including the world’s first type certificate, production and standard airworthiness certificate for passenger-carrying autonomous eVTOL aircraft, issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), attracting experienced new management personnel becomes imperative.
Wang will be in charge of EHang’s business operations, with a focus on business development, product sales, marketing and commercial operations for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) services.
The release says, “With a distinguished career spanning over two decades, Wang has extensive experience and expertise in information technology and operations management, and a proven track record for success in integrating these technologies into cultural tourism projects and related management for large corporations, business operations and strategic leadership.”
Wang had worked for Antaeus, a large Chinese business consortium with cross-industry services in resort, film and art. He was CEO of Mangrove Tree Technology from June 2020 to March 2024 and played an important role “in driving digital transformation initiatives and planning business operations for several large-scale resorts in China, including the deployment of intelligent operational and management system platforms and introducing self-driving vehicles in air as well as on the ground and water to resorts,” continues the release.
Previously, Wang was CEO of Mangrove Tree Technology, involved in several large-scale Chinese resorts (Tianya District, Sanya, Hainan)
Before that Wang was CEO at an IT consulting firm called Beijing Ganlan Technology Development from August 2017 to June 2020 and prior to this, he served in several executive positions at Antaeus Investment Group, in charge of platform development, operation and management for cultural tourism projects and digital film industries (October 2008 to August 2017). Wang holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Technology from Tsinghua University.
Huazhi Hu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of EHang, commented, “Under the booming development of the low-altitude economy industry, in order to meet the growing market demand and commercial applications, we have introduced a Co-COO to further strengthen our operations management and empower our rapid development in the stage of commercial operations after all the three certificates secured.”
He continued, “Wang’s wealth of experience and expertise are invaluable to us, and fits well with EHang’s mission to bring our cutting-edge pilotless eVTOL technology into UAM uses including low-altitude tourism.”
Wang added, “I will bring my extensive experience in business operations and management within the technology, cultural and tourism fields, to accelerate EHang’s sales growth and business expansion.”
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