Our Leadership
Meet Ping An's international management team.
Mr. MA Mingzhe
Work experience
Since the establishment of the Company, Mr. Ma had been fully involved in the operations and management of the Company until June 2020 when he ceased to act as the CEO. He now plays a core leadership role, in charge of decision-making on the Company’s strategies, human resources, culture and major issues. Mr. Ma successively served as the President, a Director, and the Chairman and CEO of the Company.
Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Ma was the Deputy Manager of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Social Insurance Company.
Educational background and qualifications
Ph.D. in Money and Banking from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (previously known as Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics)
Mr. Sun Jianyi
Past offices
After joining the Company in July 1990, Mr. Sun served as the General Manager of the Management Department, Senior Vice President, Executive Vice President, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Company, and the Chairman of the board of directors of Ping An Bank successively.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sun was the Head of the Wuhan Branch of the People’s Bank of China, a Deputy General Manager of the Wuhan Branch of the People’s Insurance Company of China, and the General Manager of Wuhan Securities Company.
Mr. Sun was also a Non-executive Director of China Vanke Co., Ltd., a Non-executive Director of China Insurance Security Fund Co., Ltd., and an Independent Non-executive Director of Haichang Ocean Park Holdings Ltd.
Educational background and qualifications
Diploma in Finance from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (previously known as Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics)
Mr. Xie Yonglin
Other positions held within the Group
Mr. Xie is the Chairman of Ping An Bank, and a Non-executive Director of Ping An Asset Management and Lufax Holding.
Other major offices
Mr. Xie is a Non-executive Director of Lufax Holding.
Past offices
Mr. Xie was the Deputy Director of the Company’s Strategic Development & Reform Center from June 2005 to March 2006. He held positions of the Operations Director, the Human Resources Director, and a Vice President of Ping An Bank from March 2006 to November 2013, and served as the Special Assistant to the Chairman, the President and the CEO, and the Chairman of Ping An Securities from November 2013 to November 2016 successively. He was a Senior Vice President of the Company from September 2016 to December 2019. Previously, Mr. Xie served as a Deputy General Manager of Ping An P&C’s sub-branches, a Deputy General Manager and then the General Manager of Ping An Life’s branches, and the General Manager of Ping An Life’s Marketing Department.
Educational background and qualifications
Master of Science degree from Nanjing University
Ph.D. in Corporate Management from Nanjing University
Mr. Hu Jianfeng
Past offices
Since joining the Company in July 2000, Mr. Hu has served successively as the Assistant to General Manager of the Shanghai Division of the Company’s Audit and Supervision Department, the Deputy General Manager and then the General Manager of the Shanghai Division of the Audit and Supervision Project Center of Ping An Processing & Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., the deputy General Manager and then the General Manager of the Company’s Audit and Supervision Department, and the Company's Person-in-charge of Auditing.
Educational background and qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in International Finance from Fudan University
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
Certified Financial Risk Manager (CFRM)
Mr. Michael Guo
Michael Guo is the Group Executive Director, Co-CEO and Senior Vice President of Ping An Group.
Other positions held within the Group
Mr. Guo is a Non-executive Director of a number of controlled subsidiaries
of the Company including Ping An Life, Ping An P&C, Ping An Bank and Ping An Health.
Other major offices
Mr. Guo is a Non-executive Director of OneConnect.
Past offices
He became Group Co-CEO in September 2023. Previously, he served as the Group Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President of Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company.
Before joining Ping An in 2019, Michael was Managing Director & Partner at The Boston Consulting Group, and Global Co-CEO of Capital Markets at Wills Towers Watson.
Educational background and qualifications
MBA degree from University of New South Wales
Ms. FU Xin
Other positions held within the Group
Ms. Fu is a Non-executive Director of a number of controlled subsidiaries of the Company including Ping An Life, Ping An Bank, Ping An Asset Management, Lufax Holding and Ping An Health.
Other major offices
Ms. Fu is a Non-executive Director of OneConnect.
Past offices
Ms. Fu served as the General Manager of the Group’s Planning Department from October 2017 to January 2023, the Company’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer from March 2020 to March 2022, and the Company’s Chief Operating Officer from March 2022 to September 2023.
Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Fu served as a Financial Services Partner at Roland Berger International Management Consulting and an Executive Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Educational background and qualifications
MBA degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ms. Cai Fangfang
Other positions held within the Group
Ms. Cai is a Non-executive Director of a number of controlled subsidiaries of the Company including Ping An Life, Ping An P&C and Ping An Bank.
Other major offices
Ms. Cai is a Non-executive Director of Ping An Health.
Past offices
Ms. Cai successively held the positions of a Vice General Manager and the General Manager of the Remuneration Planning and Management Department of the Human Resources Center of the Company from October 2009 to February 2012, served as the Vice Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of the Planning Department of the Company from February 2012 to September 2013, the Vice Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company from September 2013 to March 2015, and the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company from March 2015 to April 2023.
Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Cai served as the consulting director of Watson Wyatt Consultancy (Shanghai) Ltd. and the audit director on the financial industry of British Standards Institution Management Systems Certification Co., Ltd.
Educational background and qualifications
Master’s degree in Accounting from the University of New South Wales, Australia
Mr. HUANG Baoxin
Other positions held within the Group
Mr. Huang is the General Manager of the Group’s Beijing Head Office.
Past offices
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Huang served as a Deputy Division Director of the Industrial Transportation Department of the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, a Deputy Director General of the Second Secretary Bureau of the General Office of the State Council of the PRC, a Deputy Director General and then Director General of the Supervisory Bureau of the General Office of the State Council of the PRC, and a deputy head of the discipline inspection team at the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the CPC accredited by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC.
Educational background and qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (previously known as Zhongnan University of Economics)
Master’s degree in Political Economics from Renmin University of China
Doctorate degree in Public Finance from the Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences (previously known as Research Institute for Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance of the PRC)
Mr. SHENG Ruisheng
Other positions held within the Group
Mr. Sheng serves as the Brand Director and spokesperson of the Company.
Past offices
Mr. Sheng served as the Assistant to the General Manager, a Deputy General Manager, and the General Manager of the Company’s Branding Department from August 2002 to January 2014.
Educational background and qualifications
Bachelor of Arts degree from Nanjing University
MBA degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mr. SUN Jianping
Other positions held within the Group
Mr. Sun is a Non-executive Director of a number of controlled subsidiaries of the Company including Ping An Securities, Ping An Technology and Ping An Finserve.
Past offices
After joining the Company in 1988, Mr. Sun served as a Senior Vice President, an Executive Vice President, the President, and the Chairman and CEOof Ping An P&C successively.
Educational background and qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (previously known as Huazhong Institute of Technology)
Master’s degree in Economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
Senior Economist
Mr. Guo Shibang
Other positions held within the Group
Mr. Guo is a Non-executive Director of Ping An Financial Leasing, Ping An Overseas Holdings, and Lufax Holding.
Past offices
Mr. Guo served as a Senior Vice President, the Chief Risk Officer and the Compliance Director of Ping An Securities from September 2014 to October 2016, and a Special Assistant to the Chairman, an Assistant President, an Executive Director and a Vice President of Ping An Bank from October 2016 to December 2023. Before then, Mr. Guo served as a Director and the President of Ping An Bank’s Small and Micro Finance Business Unit.
Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Guo served as a chief officer and a Deputy Director-level Consultant (presiding) at the Treasury Planning Department of the Head Office of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and the Manager of Beijing Shangdi Subbranch, a Party Committee Member and a Deputy General Manager of Beijing Management Department, the Party Committee Secretary and the General Manager of Dalian Branch, and the Vice Chairman of the Head Office Retail Management Committee and the General Manager of the Retail Banking Department of China Minsheng Bank.
Educational background and qualifications
Ph.D. in Economics from Peking University
Master’s degree in Economics from Peking University
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Senior Economist
Ms. ZHANG Zhichun
Other positions held within the Group
Ms. Zhang is a Non-executive Director of a number of controlled subsidiaries of the Company including Ping An P&C, Ping An Securities and Ping An Annuity.
Past offices
Ms. Zhang successively served as the Assistant President, Chief Investment Officer, Financial Director and Board Secretary of Ping An P&C from December 2017 to December 2022. Before then, she served as aDeputy General Manager of Ping An P&C’s Planning Department and a Deputy General Manager and then the General Manager of the Company’s Planning Department.
Educational background and qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Associate of China Association of Actuaries