Yuan Gao, formerly head of strategic investments, has ascended to head of corporate strategy and investments, almost five years after joining the parent company.
JD Digits, China-based e-commerce firm JD.com’s financial services subsidiary, appointed Yuan Gao head of corporate strategy and investments last month.
Gao joined JD Digits in 2015 as managing director of strategic investments, before ascending to head of strategic investments four years later to focus on China-based deals.
Formed in 2013 as JD Finance, JD Digits was rebranded in late 2018 to focus on financial technology, artificial intelligence, data, the internet of things and blockchain. It launched an early-stage venture capital…