Alvarez & Marsal appoints Wei Zhu as North Asia co-head

International consultancy Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has introduced the appointment of Wei Zhu as managing director and co-head of North Asia.

Hong Kong-based Zhu (pictured), who began in June, is working alongside managing director and co-head James Dubow to guide A&M’s operations in North Asia. Zhu will assist with restructuring & turnaround, efficiency enchancment, disputes and investigations, international transaction advisory, tax, and digital in Larger China, based on an organization media launch.

Earlier than becoming a member of A&M, Zhu beforehand served because the Larger China chairman and market unit lead at Accenture. He has additionally held management roles at AT Kearney, Roland Berger, Goldman Sachs, CVC Capital, and Commonplace Chartered Personal Fairness.

During the last 4 years, A&M North Asia has tripled the variety of practitioners within the area. The agency has 340 professionals throughout places of work in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Seoul. This workforce growth comes after A&M’s North Asia revenues greater than doubled from 2020 to 2023.

Bryan Marsal, co-founder, and co-CEO of A&M, stated within the launch, “We’re enterprise a world growth with a collection of senior appointments throughout the US, Europe, the Center East, and Asia. Wei’s becoming a member of underscores our dedication to increasing our North Asia footprint.”

Zhu has labored in administration consulting, funding banking, and personal fairness, for over three many years. He has been concerned in sectors together with automotive, manufacturing, client items, telecommunications, coordination, high-tech and monetary companies. Zhu has expertise in income progress methods, growing digital enterprise fashions, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A), the media launch stated. 

Zhu stated: “The North Asia area is present process an accelerated transition from conventional progress fashions to a extra high quality and sustainability-based economic system.” 

Earlier this 12 months in Could, A&M unveiled a forensic Technology software, ChatView, with AI options.

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