Jian YANG
Mr. Jian Yang currently serves as Board Member of Geely Holding Group. Since joining Geely Holding Group in 1996, Mr. Yang has held several key positions, including Head of Geely Automobile Research Institute, Executive Vice President, President, and Executive Vice Chairman of Geely Holding Group. Under Mr. Yang’s leadership between 2004 and 2012, the team actively responded to market changes, drafted the sales blueprint and achieved fast growth. In 2007, Mr. Yang led the company’s strategic transition based on the “Ningbo Declaration” from an “internationalization strategy” to a “globalization strategy,” laying a solid foundation for Geely Group to continue developing quickly and effectively in the future. He served as Vice Chairman of Geely Holding Group from 2012 to January 2026. During his tenure, Geely Holding Group formalized its core management systems and has continued to improve its compensation and incentive management, performance evaluation, strategic investment, operational management, and ESG. In addition, thanks to an increasingly balanced new energy business and the application and adoption of new technologies and materials, Geely’s product quality and brand image have continued to rise.
Mr. Yang has played a leading role in Geely’s acquisitions of Drivetrain Systems International Pty Ltd. (DSI), London Electronic Vehicle Company (LEVC) and Volvo Cars. He also established a modern corporate governance structure with a board of directors and a management committee that is held accountable for the group’s operations.
Mr. Yang graduated from Zhejiang Broadcasting and TV University with a major in engineering management and is a certified senior economist and senior engineer.