David
C. Wang
David C. Wang is Chairman & CEO of GE (China) Co.
Ltd. He was appointed to this position in January 1997.
He is responsible for leading GE's business development,
initiatives and government relations activities in China
and is based in Beijing.
Wang has been in GE for 20 years. He joined General
Electric at GE Motors, Fort Wayne, IN as Manager of
Product Engineering in 1980, and since then has served
various Engineering, Project and Manufacturing roles
until moving to Juarez, Mexico as Plant Manager in 1988.
In 1990 he joined GE Medical Systems and moved to Beijing
to negotiate and start up the GE Hangwei joint venture
(first for GE in China). In 1993 he returned to GEMS
headquarters at Milwaukee and served on the China Growth
Team while negotiating 2 additional jv's. In 1995 David
was appointed National Executive for Malaysia, Singapore
and Brunei located in Kuala Lumpur.
In 1999, Wang won a "Friendship and Great Wall
Award" by the Beijing Municipal Government for
his effort to lead GE to contribute to the social and
economic development of the Chinese Capital.
Wang graduated from St. Louis University with a B.S.
degree in Electrical Engineering in 1967. He also received
the Masters degree in Electrical Engineering from University
of Missouri at Rolla.
Wang is married to Darlene and has a son who is a first
year college student at Washington University in St.
Louis.
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