In February 2013 the Oxford Department of International Development and the Technology and Management for Development (TMD) Centre will host the QEH and TMD Centre Distinguished Guest Lecture to be delivered by Mr Victor Zhang, CEO of Huawei UK.

Biography

Mr Zhang was appointed General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Huawei UK in April 2010 and was confirmed as Huawei UK Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) in 2011. He joined Huawei Europe in June 2004 and has worked in a number of roles.  As Head of Solution and Strategy for Huawei UK & Ireland, he worked closely on the BT Account, including the 21CN Transmission & Access Agreement and the Next Generation Access Network (“NGA”) Project. Before joining Huawei Europe, he worked in the Research & Development Department at the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen. Mr Zhang joined Huawei Technologies in April 1998 after attaining an MBA from Northwestern Poly Technical University, Shaanxi Province, China.