Mature business professional

Ben ZONG Profile

- MA in Translation and Interpretation, BFSU; MBA in Finance, CUHK
- Sixteen years of experience
- Former Ford, Siemens and Unocal employee

Interpretation for

1. Ford Motor joint venture negotiations with Chongqing Chang’an Motor, focusing on product development, finances and human resources
2. Ford Motor due diligence studies of Daewoo subsidiaries in Shandong
3. Ford Motor executive visits to Transit van factory in Jiangxi province
4. One-month on-site support to Ford WRC team from Britain
5. Osram due diligence studies of tungsten factory in Hebei province
6. Unocal business development and contract negotiations with CNOOC and Sinopec
7. Two visits to the US to select video compression technology partner
8. License negotiations with On2 Technologies in NYC
9. Meetings with VC firms to finance cell phone video streaming project
10. Meetings with law and auditing firms for SEC 10-K and 10-Q Forms
11. Channel 1 Network TV production crew filming in China for two weeks
12. The following training workshops each lasting five days: 1) leadership and management; 2) budget and financial management; 3) human resources management; 4) management of managers; 5) project cycle management (LogFrame)
13. Tuberculosis and diabetes bi-directional screening meeting
14. Couture tailor during discussions of sketches, fabrics, fitting and modifications
15. Tobacco control and other public health topics, including press conferences, presentations, interviews, meetings, grant negotiations and audit, seminars, and training workshops for
1) World Health Organization
2) Bloomberg Philanthropies
3) Campaign for Tobacco-free Kids
4) International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)
5) World Lung Foundation
6) Emory University / China Medical Board
7) China CDC
8) ThinkTank Research Center for Health Development