Richard Zhang

Senior Advisor，Pulcra Greater China

Dr. Richard Zhang is currently serving as the Senior Advisor of Pulcra Chemicals Greater China as from 1st October 2022. Prior to this date, he has been the Managing Director for Greater China at Pulcra Chemicals from August 2018 till September 2022. Since 1995, Dr. Zhang has been working in China in senior executive positions at several German Chemical companies.
Born in Shanghai, Dr. Zhang was one of the 1st dispatched oversea students by Chinese government in 1980. He had spent almost 11 years in Germany, where he completed his entire Chemistry study with a Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) degree at the Technical University Darmstadt late 1990. Then he worked first in Singapore at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and later in Melbourne at Merck Australia. 
Returning to Shanghai in 1995, Dr. Zhang built up Merck China business and organization from start-up. 
He had spent altogether 18 years at Merck, of which 15 years in China. 
During his time ((2011-2012) at Sued Chemie, Dr. Zhang led the integration of the entire Sued Chemie business and organization in Greater China into the Clariant Group. During his tenure at Heraeus Dr. Zhang set up the Regional HQ for Greater China. Furthermore, to the introduction of several new investment projects to China, he set up, expanded the scope and improved professionalism of the corporate functions at the Regional HQ. 
During his assignment as Managing Director of Pulcra Greater China (2018~2022) he successfully set up and led the new production site project which is enlisted 1 of the 10 foreign investment projects in Shanghai municipal level in 2019 and it is the 1st greenfield project in Pulcra Group. 
Dr. Zhang also contributed as senior position in various industry associations, such as AnalyticaChina, Association of the International Chemical Manufacturers and the European Chamber of Commerce in 
China and etc. He is also an author and co-editor to two recent books on the topics of Governance, Risk and Compliance Management in China, published in Germany.
In 2016 Dr. Zhang has received "Magnolia Award" from the Shanghai Municipal Government.