Former Mars Petcare CIO appointed.
Global investment manager and business builder in logistics, real estate, infrastructure, finance and related technologies, GLP has appointed Miao Song as its global chief information officer CIO, effective immediately.
In her role, Song will be responsible for all aspects of technology across GLP and overseeing the company’s global data and digital strategy.
Prior to GLP, Song was the global CIO of Mars Petcare and board member of Mars Belgium where she led the digital transformation of the company to elevate technology, digital and data capabilities. Prior to Mars, she worked at Johnson & Johnson, Royal Dutch Shell and Nestle.
Ming Mei, co-founder and CEO of GLP said technology and the management of information is continuing to reshape industries globally and is becoming increasingly complex.
“Miao’s diverse set of experiences across industries and disciplines, in both a global and regional capacity, will be invaluable to GLP as we continue to innovate and evolve our business and IT systems,” said Ming.
Song also has extensive technology management experience, having headed IT disciplines globally and locally including strategy and planning, program management, project delivery, delivery management (application and infrastructure support and operations), business systems management, business engagement, IT supplier management, and digital transformation.
Throughout her career Song has been recognised by the industry, most recently being named CIO of the Year Europe 2020 by GDS Group, a global events, research and technology services company. She has lived and worked in China, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Singapore and Belgium, and in her role at GLP she will be based in Singapore.
She is an advocate of diversity and inclusiveness and led the Netherlands D&I council and the IT Women Leadership Institution in Johnson & Johnson and Mars.
GLP operates out of Brazil, China, Europe, India, Japan, the U.S. and Vietnam and have over US$100 billion in assets under management in real estate and private equity.
