Mr. Huang has over 15 years of experience in the technology and internet industry. He is currently a senior advisor of JD.com, Inc. (a company listed on the Nasdaq, symbol: JD, and secondary listed on the Stock Exchange, stock code: 9618) and was its chief financial officer from September 2013 until his retirement in September 2020, including the last three months as an executive coach to his successor. He has been an independent non-executive director of Kuaishou Technology (a company listed on the Stock Exchange, stock code: 1024) since February 2021 and an independent director of Yatsen Holding Limited (a company listed on the NYSE, symbol: YSG) since November 2020. Mr. Huang was a director of Bitauto Holdings Limited (a company which was listed on the NYSE and privatized in November 2020) from November 2010 to August 2020.
Prior to joining JD.com, Inc. in September 2013, Mr. Huang had served multiple top management roles for VanceInfo Technologies Inc., including its co-president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer as well as the chief financial officer of its successor company, Pactera Technology International Ltd., after the merger. He was an investment banker at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in New York from August 2002 to July 2004. He held various positions including audit manager at KPMG LLP from January 1997 to August 2000 and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York in October 1999.
Mr. Huang has been an Academic Visitor at St Anthony’s College of the University of Oxford since October 2021. He received an MBA degree from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in the United States in June 2002 and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bernard M. Baruch College of The City University of New York in the United States in February 1997.