BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$15.8B
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Bank of China knows all about old money. Founded in 1912 and headquartered in Beijing, China, the Bank of China is the oldest bank in the country with a presence in all major continents. Corporate and retail banking are a few of its dealings, though its primary focus is on commercial banking. Credit card operations, insurance and investment banking services are also provided. The company has annual revenue of about $18 billion and employs approximately 182,000 people. Bank of China has been listed in the Fortune Global 500 for 15 consecutive years.
Chairman & President
Xiao GangNumber of Employees 181,894
Contact Information
Beijing
(86) 1066596688
Peer Companies
NAICS Code International Trade Financing: 522293
Recent Events
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HK shares ease, ending 4-day gain; China up 1.6 pct
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FACTBOX-Action heats up between China, Taiwan banks
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Bank of China earnings up 19pc on increased lending
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BOCHK sued over minibonds
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UPDATE 1-Taiwan, China set to sign financial MOU in Oct -paper
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Citi and Bank of China Sign RMB Remittances Agreement
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Bank of China profit climbs
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CORRECTED - CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Int'l Ferro gets 500 mln rand bank facility,
News & Analysis
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BOC LAUNCHES STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PLAN WITH 4 FOREIGN PARTNERS
AsiaInfo Services 10-19-2005 BOC Launches Strategic Investment Plan with 4 Foreign Partners CHINA, Oct 19, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Bank of China BOC formally launched strategic investment arrangements with four foreign partners, revealed the bank's spokesman Wang Zhaowen on October...
UBS to acquire $500 million stake in Bank of China
ZURICH AFP — Swiss banking giant UBS announced a deeper advance into the Chinese market, saying it was acquiring a 500-million-dollar (416.4-million-euro) stake in Bank of China. The deal between the biggest bank in Switzerland and BoC, China's second-biggest bank, cements an existing partnership, UBS noted Tuesday. UBS...
UBS TO BUY INTO BOC
AsiaInfo Services 06-27-2005 UBS to Buy into BOC CHINA, Jun 27, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- UBS AG UBS, one of the world's leading wealth management businesses, is in talks with Bank of China BOC to take a stake in the...
UBS, RBS TO BUY INTO BOC
AsiaInfo Services 06-24-2005 UBS, RBS to Buy into BOC BEIJING, Jun 24, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Union Bank of Switzerland UBS and Royal Bank of Scotland Group RBS both expect to buy into Bank of China BOC, rampant talks say.Sources...
UBS confirms talks on partnership with Bank of China
ZURICH AFP — UBS, the biggest Swiss bank, said that it was in talks with Bank of China about a possible 500-million-dollar (412-million-euro) partnership in investment banking. "It is envisaged that such a partnership would include commercial co-operation in certain areas of investment banking yet to be agreed, and...
ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND ALSO IN TALKS WITH BOC
AsiaInfo Services 04-14-2005 Royal Bank of Scotland also in Talks with BOC CHINA, Apr 14, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Bank of China BOC, a largest state commercial bank in China, would invite three or four strategic investors in the end,...
BOC CHOOSING FOREIGN STRATEGIC INVESTORS; RSB, UBS LIKELY WIN
AsiaInfo Services 04-12-2005 BOC Choosing Foreign Strategic Investors; RSB, UBS Likely Win BEIJING, Apr 12, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The Bank of China, one of the largest state-owned commercial banks in the country, is pickingup its foreign strategic investors from...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Raymond Lee Wing Hung | COO |
| Hua Qingshan | Managing Director & Executive Vice President |
| Li Zaohang | Managing Director & Executive Vice President |
| Zhang Yanling | Managing Director & Executive Vice President |
| Zhou Zaiqun | Managing Director & Executive Vice President |
| Stanley Wong Yuen-Fai | Deputy General Manager, Indus & Commercial |
| Leiming Chen | |
| Peter Wong | |
| Savio Tung | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Xiao Gang | Chairman & President |
| Anthony Neoh | Board of Directors |
| Chen Muhua | Board of Directors |
| Fred Goodwin | Board of Directors |
| He Guangbei | Board of Directors |
| Liu Jinbao | Vice Chairman |
| Sun Changji | Vice Chairman & Executive Vice President |
| Wang Deyan | Board of Directors |
| Zhuang Shiping | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China-Jilin City | President | Current |
| Bank of China | Chairman & President | Current |
| Boc Hong Kong Holdings Limited | Chairman | Current |
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
| Renmin University of China | master's degree in Law | Former |
| Bank of China Yanji | President | Former |
| Bank of China-Jinzhou | President | Former |
| Bank of China-Kashi | President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | COO | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Managing Director & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Managing Director & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Managing Director & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Managing Director & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Deputy General Manager, Indus & Commercial | Current |
Mr. Chen is a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in the firm's Hong Kong Office, where he has advised primarily on capital markets matters. Mr. Chen has worked on a variety of equity and debt offerings, including in the context of privatizations. Transactions in which he has been involved include SEC-registered offerings, Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings and listings in the United States and Hong Kong for companies in the telecom, banking, insurance, oil and gas, technology, retail, real estate, manufacturing and other sectors. Mr. Chen regularly advises public companies on corporate governance and regulatory compliance matters, including issues arising under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Mr. Chen's geographic focus is China and he has played a key role in executing some of the most significant privatizations and securities offerings by leading companies in China, including PetroChina, China Mobile, Bank of China (Hong Kong), Bank of China, China Telecom and China Ping An Insurance. Mr. Chen has also been involved in a number of important cross-border M&A transactions for Chinese companies, including China Mobile and PetroChina. Mr. Chen also regularly advises on M&A and investments transactions in China involving private equity funds. Mr. Chen has been recognized as one of the leading capital markets lawyers in China/Hong Kong in a number of recent surveys, including The Asia Pacific Legal 500, Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers for Business and Legal Who's Who (Hong Kong). Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Mr. Chen was a partner in the Hong Kong office of Shearman & Sterling LLP. Mr. Chen received his LL.B. in 1994 from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto, Canada) and his B.A. in 1981 from Hangzhou Teachers College (Hangzhou, China). He is fluent in Mandarin and Shanghaiese Chinese.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Simpson Thacher | Partner | Current |
| China Telecom Corporation Limited | Current | |
| Bank of China | Current | |
| PetroChina Company Limited | Current | |
| Shearman & Sterling Llp | Partner | Former |
| Osgoode Hall Law School | Bachelor of Laws | Former |
Peter Wong has over 20 years experience in the IT Industry. Mr Wong is a co-founder of the Asian Electronics Inc. group, one of the largest PC and Network Solutions Providers in Hong Kong and China. He has lead numerous project management, design and implementation projects with large multinational corporations such as Citibank, Dow Chemical and Bank of China.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| The Dow Chemical Company | Current | |
| Bank of China | Current | |
| Agh Global | Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Uki Partnerships | Group Chief Executive | Current |
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
| Warsaw Transatlantic Forum | Board of Directors | Current |
| Uki Partnerships | Board of Directors | Current |
| Yorkshire Bank PLC | Chief Executive | Former |
| Clydesdale Bank PLC | Chief Executive | Former |
| Touche Ross & Co. | Partner | Former |
| Yorkshire Bank PLC | Director | Former |
| Clydesdale Bank PLC | Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong International Airport | Current | |
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
| Bank of China | Chief Executive | Former |
| Bank of China | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Bank of China | Vice Chairman | Current |
Savio Tung takes on this non-executive role as a complement to his existing executive role as Managing Director and Head of the Technology Investment Group at the global investment firm Investcorp, which remains unchanged. Mr. Tung has served on the boards of many of Investcorp portfolio companies, including Club Car, Circle K, Saks Fifth Avenue, Simmons Mattresses, Star Market, Stratus Computer, CSK Auto and Utimaco. He is currently a board member of Vaultus, Wireless Telecom Group and Viewlocity. He is also a board member and treasurer of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, an affiliate of Rockefeller University, and a member of the Committee of 100. Mr. Tung was born in Hong Kong. He attended secondary school in Hong Kong until he was 16 years of age, when he moved to, and studied in, the United States. He holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University of New York. He is a trustee of Columbia University. He is also on the board of the Columbia Investment Management Company, chairs the Finance Committee of Columbia University and is a member of the Columbia University Medical Center ("Health Science") Committee.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Investcorp, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Investcorp | Managing Director | Current |
| Investcorp, Inc. | Head of Technology Investment | Current |
| Columbia University | Trustee | Current |
| Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. | Head of Technology Investment, Investcorp | Current |
| Vaultus | Chairman | Current |
| Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Stratus Computer, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Dialogic Corporation | Board Director | Current |
| Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. | Board Director | Current |
| Bank of China | Director | Current |
| CSK Auto Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises | Board Member | Current |
| Viewlocity Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Circle K | Board Member | Current |
| Wireless Telecom Group, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Club Car, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Vaultus | Board Director | Current |
| Investcorp | Head of the Technology Investment Group | Former |
| Chase Manhattan | Senior Banker | Former |
| Columbia University | BS In Chemical Engineering | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Vice Chairman & Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bank of China | Board of Directors | Current |
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