Hutchison Whampoa Building, Li Jianhui, Gao Fuqiu, HSBC Vice President and Hutchison Whampoa Director Ke Luo, HSBC Investment Department Deputy General Manager and Hutchison Whampoa Director Jiang Zhenyu, Hutchison Whampoa Chairman and CEO Wei Li, Hutchison Whampoa Director
Raziel, Chairman of the General Union of Directors, and Randolph, Non-Executive Director of Hutchison Whampoa, gathered in the Hutchison Whampoa Conference Room 201.
Except for Li Jianhui and Gao Fuqiu who were in good moods, other directors and even Wei Li were quite unhappy.
It's a pity that shopping malls have shopping mall rules. Even if Li Jianhui only has Gao Fuqiu on the board of directors to support him this time, he can still control the situation.
First of all, he got the chairman of the board of directors, and Gao Fuqiu also became the vice chairman of the board of directors with the support of Li Jianhui.
As for the two non-executive directors, Li Jianhui announced their dismissal as chairman of the board of directors, and also proposed to invite Li Guobao and Feng Jingxi to serve as non-executive directors of Hutchison Whampoa.
At this time, it all depends on voting rights. Li Jianhui and Gao Fuqiu are enough to control the initiative of Hutchison Whampoa's board of directors.
He has no intention of making major adjustments within Hutchison Whampoa for the time being. At present, he does not know the specific internal situation of Hutchison Whampoa, so it is better to maintain the status quo.
At the subsequent high-level meeting of the group, Li Jianhui himself became the chief executive of the group, and Wei Li became the executive vice president of the group. In terms of financial director, Li Jianhui transferred the financial manager of Xinjian Investment Company to supervise the Hutchison Whampoa Group for him.
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At the same time, Clay Johnson, executive vice president of Wheelock Group, was transferred as vice president to assist him in managing Hutchison Whampoa's affairs.
For this reason, Li Jianhui personally worked for Johnson and made many promises before he came here willingly.
Li Jianhui also has some calculations in his heart. There is no doubt about the ability of Wei Li and Clay Johnson, especially Wei Li. Hutchison Whampoa has gradually emerged from the quagmire in the past year or so. This is inseparable from Wei Li's personal ability.
It's just that Wei Li already has considerable influence in Hutchison Whampoa. In order to better control Hutchison Whampoa, Li Jianhui cannot continue to serve as president of Hutchison Whampoa while Wei Li.
If Wei Li cooperates with him to control Hutchison Whampoa and is willing to stay and work for him, Li Jianhui plans to let Wei Li be in charge of Wheelock Group.
As for Hutchison Whampoa, Clay Johnson will be in charge for the time being. Li Jianhui will make some adjustments only after he has talents who can control a comprehensive group.
After the high-level meeting, Li Jianhui retained Wei Li and had frank discussions with him.
As a senior professional manager in Xiangjiang, Weili does not serve HSBC. He will serve whoever can give him a sufficient platform.
From the moment Li Jianhui took over Hutchison Whampoa, he knew that his career at Hutchison Whampoa would not be too far away.
He knew that Li Jianhui was a man with a strong desire to control, and it was impossible for him to continue to manage Hutchison Whampoa.
The Wheelock Group is no less powerful than Hutchison Whampoa. Both are comprehensive groups with real estate, retail, shipping, warehousing and other industries under their umbrella, so he would not be unfamiliar with it.
Now that he has the opportunity to manage Wheelock Group, Wei Li has no intention of resigning for the time being. There are not many platforms for him to perform in Xiangjiang.
Jardine Matheson has Newbikin, Swire has always been managed by the Swire family, HSBC and Standard Chartered are financial, China Power, China Gas, Heung Kong Electric, etc. are also personally managed by the controlling family, and Wharf is also controlled by the son-in-law of the chartering king.
Looking around Hong Kong, Li Jianhui is the only one who can provide him with a platform.
Because his rise was so short and he was born in an ordinary family, Li Jianhui lacked a large number of outstanding management talents, especially those who were trustworthy.
It takes years or even decades to cultivate this aspect by yourself. In such a period of time, Li Jianhui can only retain the company's capable management as much as possible.
On the other hand, it also gives opportunities to these managers. Li Jianhui is only one person and does not know how to do magic. It is impossible for him to manage all his many industries personally.
For example, the executive vice presidents of Xinjian Investment Company, Huihong Group, and Jiayi Group are actually in charge.
Although Li Jianhui is still the general manager or chief executive officer of these companies, the affairs within the company are mainly managed by these executive vice presidents.
Weili smiled and said: "Thank you Li Sheng for taking a fancy to me. I am also very happy to join your company. In the next year, I will fully assist you in controlling and developing Hutchison Whampoa."
Li Jianhui was very happy after listening to Wei Li's words. Wei Li's abilities were no worse than those of the working emperors in his previous life, and he would be able to take charge of a comprehensive group with ease.
With Wei Li joining him, at least he won't have to worry about Wheelock Group.
In fact, deep down in his heart, Li Jianhui prefers to hire Chinese people. Unfortunately, there are not many well-known Chinese executives at present. Some capable people currently have good positions and are not willing to come to Xiangjiang.
And currently, most capable Chinese choose to start their own businesses, and not many become professional managers like Weili Xiang.
As for the working emperors in his previous life, Li Jianhui only remembers Huo Jianning and Yuan Tianfan, but he doesn't know where these two are currently.
Moreover, he did not dare to let these two people take charge of a large group before they had rich experience.
Although Chen Yulian, Zhou Jiayi, Guan Jiahui and others seem to be in high positions, they are mainly responsible for some administrative affairs and are just handymen. They are not the ones leading the company's development.
When it comes to hiring people at key positions, Li Jianhui still tends to be conservative. Jiayi Group puts the experienced Shi Shaoming in charge, and the Wheelock Group is also managed by Clay Johnson.
After Clay Johnson was transferred over, Vice President Josh was also in charge there, and he was not in a hurry to push Su Hongtao out.
Although Su Hongtao also has the ability, there are still many gaps in experience in various aspects, especially since Wheelock is still a comprehensive group, but the experience in the real estate industry is not enough to manage the entire Wheelock.
After the discussion, Li Jianhui, accompanied by Weili, visited various departments of Hutchison Whampoa Building, focusing on the real estate company and Watsons Company, to understand the development of Hutchison Whampoa Real Estate and Watsons, and at the same time to stabilize the company's people.
After seeing that Li Jianhui and Wei Li were getting along well, the managers and employees were relieved. Since Wei Li would not be fired, they, the managers and employees, should not suddenly lose their jobs.
At noon, he had lunch with the company's senior management and communicated with everyone at the dinner table. In the afternoon, Li Jianhui returned to Wheelock Building.
Not long after Wheelock's new acquisition, Li Jianhui was not completely reassured. He planned to spend this period at Hutchison Whampoa in the morning and Wheelock in the afternoon.
Fortunately, the distance between Wheelock Building and Hutchison Whampoa Building is only a few minutes' drive, so he won't waste much time traveling between them.