Zhang Dongning: Bank of Beijing President

There are many paths to success, for Zhang Dongning, he started out as a teacher in middle school and eventually found his path to lead a multibillion dollar bank. 

Zhang Dongning earned a bachelor’s degree from Capital Normal University in 1983. He obtained a master’s degree in management from Xiamen University in 2005. Zhang was a teacher at Beijing Xihongmen Middle School from 1983 to December 1987. He served as Director of the Office of Youth League Committee of Daxing County from January 1988 to November 1988. Zhang worked in the Education Division in the Beijing Branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China from December 1988 to December 1995. 

Zhang then served as the General Manager of the Training Department of Bank of Beijing Co., Ltd. from January 1996 to March 2005. He then served as General Manager of the HR Department from March 2005 to December 2008. 

He continued his rise through the corporate ladder and by December 2009 he was appointed Vice President of Bank of Beijing, holding the position until August 2013 whereupon he was named President of the bank. 

Zhang who is an economist, leads a bank with around 9,193 employees and generates sales in excess of $12 billion. Bank of Beijing is headquartered in Beijing, China and engages in the provision of banking and financial services. It operates through the following segments: Corporate Banking Business, Retail Banking Business, Treasury Business, and Other Business. 

The Corporate Banking Business provides banking services for corporate customers such as deposit taking, loan lending, trade finance, agency service, entrusting services and credit assurance. The retail Banking Business provides banking services for individual customers such as saving, investment saving, entrusting, bank cards, credit and individual assets management, settlement, agency and credit assurance. The Treasury Business includes trading of derivatives from interest rates and foreign exchanges, money market trading, securities investment, as well as assets and liabilities management. The Other Business segment includes covers other services not handled by other segments. The bank was founded on December 8, 1995.