PEOPLE MOVES: Tianqi Lithium appoints Xia Juncheng as CEO

Xia Juncheng has become the chief executive officer of Chinese lithium producer Tianqi with effect from Saturday January 16, according to a filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

January 20, 2021

By Carrie Shi

Prior to joining Tianqi Lithium, Xia had 28 years of management experience and worked in Italian Olip SpA, Tyrolit (of Swarovski Austria) group and Steyr Motors GmbH (Steyr Austria) and other companies.

According to the statement, Xia joined Steyr in November 2011 and served as CEO and managing director of Steyr Austria from November 2018 to August 2019 before becoming head of Asia Pacific region of Steyr Austria from August 2019 to December 2020.

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