New CFO for JD.com
JD.com, Inc. has announced that Sidney Huang, Chief Financial Officer of JD.com, will retire in September 2020.
Sandy Xu, currently Senior Vice President of JD.com and CFO of JD Retail, will succeed Mr. Huang as the Chief Financial Officer of JD.com and report to Richard Liu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Huang will begin the process of handing the CFO role over to Ms. Xu beginning in June, leaving ample time for a seamless transition until Sidney’s retirement in September. Mr. Huang will also serve as a senior consultant to the company following his retirement.
“Sidney has served as our CFO over the past six and a half years as JD.com grew revenue over 7 times from RMB 69 billion in 2013 to RMB 577 billion in 2019, and achieved important milestones including our successful IPO in the US and the remarkable expansion of our business scope,” said Richard Liu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JD.com.
“As CFO, Sidney has enhanced the value of JD.com by continuously improving our financial management system, providing deep insights and effective support for our business development, and establishing confidence in JD among the investor community. His leadership, integrity, fairness and professional expertise have made tremendous contributions to JD.com, earning respect and commendation throughout the company. I am deeply grateful that JD has had Sidney to help overcome the many challenges we have faced. We have offered a retirement plan for Sidney and his family, and we wish him all the best in his well-deserved retirement.”
“Sidney has designed a detailed succession plan to transition his responsibilities to Sandy. As CFO of JD Retail, Sandy has contributed significantly to both the business and finance functions, demonstrating a clear understanding of our business and strong leadership,” Mr. Liu continued. “With her impressive professional experience and broad international perspective, I am confident that she will be a great CFO for JD.com going forward.”
“It’s truly been a privilege for me to have served JD.com through some of its most exciting and rewarding years, and I now look forward to spending more time with my family and on other personal interests,” said Mr. Huang. “I have much gratitude for Richard for his trust and support during the years we’ve worked together, and I feel fortunate to have worked with so many highly talented JD colleagues. I am also delighted to have known and worked closely with Sandy since she joined JD. With her deep professional experience and understanding of the company, Sandy is clearly the ideal person to take over the CFO role.”
Sandy Xu currently serves as Senior Vice President of JD.com. She oversees group finance, accounting and tax functions in addition to serving as the CFO of JD Retail where she has played a critical role in improving JD Retail’s financial and operational performance in 2019. Prior to joining JD.com in July 2018, Sandy was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and had nearly 20 years’ experience at PricewaterhouseCoopers in its Beijing and San Jose offices, focusing on the TMT industry and U.S. capital markets.
