Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 22, 2016

Interview with the CFO: Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (NYSE:XIN)

Liu, George
George Liu has served as Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.’s Chief Financial Officer since April 2015. Prior to joining the company, he was Chief Financial Officer at Savills Asia Pacific since 2011. Savills Asia Pacific is part of Savills (LON:SVS), a global real estate service provider and one of the FTSE 250. From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Liu served as the Regional Finance Controller for the Asia region for Stena Envac, a European multinational company focused on construction and engineering. Earlier, Mr. Liu worked for several large conglomerates, including China Everbright International and Hutchison Whampoa, as well as the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Mr. Liu got his bachelor's degree in economics from Shenzhen University and an MBA from Cornell University. He holds designations as a certified public accountant — HKICPA and Chartered Accountant — ICAEW designations, and also serves on the Mainland Development Strategies Advisory Panel of HKICPA. Profile
TWST: Please start by giving us a general overview of trends in the Chinese real estate market right now.

Mr. Liu: Right now, overall, the real estate market in