On December 8th, Ant Group Chairman and CEO Jing Xiandong announced through a staff letter that Ant Group President Han Xinyi will officially take over as Ant Group CEO from March 1st, 2025, fully responsible for Ant Group's various businesses and daily management work, and report to Jing Xiandong and the board of directors. In the future, Jing Xiandong will focus on serving as the chairman and fully support Han Xinyi and the management team.
According to public information compiled by reporters, Han Xinyi joined Ant Group in May 2014 and has served as Vice President of Strategic Investment, CFO, and Group President. Han Xinyi has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ant Group since April 2020, Executive Director of Ant Group since January 2023, and President of Ant Group in March of this year.
Before joining Ant Group, Han Xinyi joined Alibaba Group in September 2011 as the Senior Director of Enterprise Financing Department. Prior to this, Han Xinyi worked in the Investment Banking Department of China International Capital Corporation Limited from July 2001 to September 2011. Han Xinyi obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Master's degree in Economics from Tsinghua University in July 1999 and June 2001, respectively.
Jing Xiandong commented in the whole staff letter that since taking office as the president of Ant Group in March this year, he has led the team to continuously promote Alipay to make a series of innovative changes with outstanding leadership. Not only that, his humble, upright, impartial qualities and open and inclusive approach have also been unanimously recognized by the team.