GRACE TANG
Director of Pirelli since 31st July 2023
Born in 1959.
She is an instructor of the Master of Business Administration and Master of Professional Accounting and Auditing degree programs at the Peking University and an interviewer for the MBA program.
She is a US certified public accountant, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from University of Utah and her Master of Business Administration from Utah State University. Currently, she is involved in instructing the SEC continue education programs for Chinese and overseas companies.
She is frequently quoted in leading media on woman’s leadership and her experiences as a breast cancer survivor. She is a frequent public speaker, a sponsor of cancer related charities, and is a leading proponent of cancer prevention awareness.
Grace Tang served as an audit partner since 2001 and has been based in Beijing since 1998, she retired as of June 30, 2020, after 32 years with PwC.
She began her career with PwC in Silicon Valley and she was asked to second to Hong Kong in 1994.
She served on the Board of Partners of the PwC China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore firms. She led the Industrial Products sector for China and Hong Kong and was the leader of the multinational client practice and the Entertainment and Media business.
She assisted companies with assurance, accounting, risk management, mergers and acquisitions. She participated in many successful listings in Hong Kong and the United States. She also served as the quality review partner of several U.S. listed companies. Among her major customers there are companies of the automotive and auto components, entertainment, communication, information and technologies sectors.
She has been invited to join the audit and operations committees of a NYSE listed leading shipping container leasing company, an Olso Exchange listed leading chemical company and as the audit committee chair of a Hong Kong listed biotech company.
In July 2022, she was invited to be the audit and compensation committees chair of NetEase, Inc. and as of December 2022, she took public of ECARX Holdings Inc. and is the chair of the audit committee.