Leadership Changes Afoot at China Investment Corporation (CIC)

by Patrick J. Schena, Jonathan Brookfield

The executive leadership of the China Investment Corporation (CIC) is in flux. Its inaugural Chairman, Lou Jiwei, has just stepped away from the CIC to lead the Ministry of Finance and was recently appointed to be Deputy Party Secretary of Shandong Province.

While it is not really the intent of the commentary to try to forecast Chinese leadership appointments, given that a new Chairman may be appointed imminently, it aims to suggest a view on some challenges the new Chairman is likely to face and the qualifications that is believed to be required to navigate them successfully.

Leadership Changes Afoot at China Investment Corporation