Executive Bio
Mr. Adam Zhu serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Greater China and Special Advisor of Chief Executive Officer at Bacardi Limited. Mr. Zhu most recently served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IMG Greater China and Vice Chairman of IMG Asia Pacific from 2011 to 2015. In this capacity, he led IMG joint venture activities with China Central Television, the national television network in China, as well as managed IMG's businesses in the country. Prior to IMG, Mr. Zhu served as Managing Director of China Investment Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and as Chief Representative of Merrill Lynch's Beijing Representative Office from 2007 to 2011. His investment banking experience also includes leadership roles at Citigroup and The Geneva Companies, a mergers and acquisitions firm later acquired by Citigroup. He serves as Executive Board Member of China Football Association Professional League Council. He is also the Executive Producer of 'Closer to China,' a prominent weekly primetime show on CCTV News. Mr. Zhu obtained a BA in English Literature from Xiangtan University; an MA in Applied Linguistics from Harbin Institute of Technology in China; and an MBA in Finance from Temple University in Philadelphia.