Sweden’s fastest moving automotive developer gets new Senior Vice President Human Resources

Jo Zhou is an experienced HR professional who comes from the fast moving electronics company Huawei, where she for the last 5 years have been based in Stockholm, responsible for the establishment of the HR structure in Sweden, Finland and Ireland. Prior to the roles based in Sweden Jo Zhou has been based in Huawei Shanghai and in Huawei’s Vodafone operations in Germany. Jo Zhou is now joining the CEVT management team, reporting to Mats Fägerhag, CEO.

“Geely’s, and CEVT’s, strategy includes benchmarking against the most successful Chinese companies who are right now winning new ground all over the world. Jo Zhou’s experience from both Huawei and understanding of the European way of doing things is an important skillset for us at CEVT.” Mats Fägerhag,CEO of CEVT, says. “CEVT is a company with extremely fast changes, more like an Internet startup than a traditional car company. This means our HR need to work faster and with shorter leadtimes than most other companies. I have full confidence that Jo will contribute greatly on our continued journey towards developing cars, and people, for a different tomorrow.”

“For me this is an opportunity to join one of Sweden’s most exciting companies, belonging to one of China’s most successful private companies. I believe I can deepen the understanding in Geely about how the European employees think and act, and become a true bridge between the different cultures we are made up of. I also think it is very interesting to see the vast differences in culture between Chinese companies like Huawei and Geely, where there are many things to be learnt from each other.” Jo Zhou says.

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