Roehl Niño Bautista · · 1 min readByteDance names ex-Xiaomi, Meituan legal rep as new CFO
ByteDance has named Julie Gao, a partner at global law firm Skadden, as its new CFO, according to a Pandaily report citing an internal announcement from Tiktok’s parent firm.
Gao has 20 years of legal experience, with over a decade spent with Skadden. She previously advised ByteDance on its acquisition of Musical.ly and Moonton, and has assisted in the listing and financing of more than 100 firms including Meituan, JD.com, Pinduoduo, and Xiaomi.
The new CFO will be reporting in Singapore and Hong Kong. She replaces Shou Zi Chew, who left the post in November 2021 to focus on his CEO duties at TikTok. It has remained vacant ever since.
“Julie Gao has extensive experience and thinking on corporate governance and development, and has provided consultation to many companies at different stages,” ByteDance CEO Liang Rubo said in the company memo.
Editing by Miguel Cordon and Eileen C. Ang
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