The former COO Eric Jing will replace Lucy Peng (both 43yrs old), as CEO of Ant Financial Services, the financial affiliate of Alibaba as it gears up for a $60B IPO.
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Alibaba Affiliate Ant Financial Appoints New CEO
Mr. Jing, also 43, joined Ant in 2009 as chief financial officer before working his way up to chief operations officer and then president in 2015. He played a crucial part of Ant’s large financing rounds and in forging alliances with Thailand’s Ascend Money, of which Ant now has a 20% stake, according to Ant. Last month, he helped lead Ant’s acquisition of EyeVerify, a U.S. mobile identity verification company that is used by dozens of banks for security purposes.
