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Gu Qiang is a Senior Managing Director with Teneo. Qiang leads the firm’s Beijing office and Government Affairs practice in the Chinese market.

Qiang has over 20 years of experience in government affairs, corporate affairs, policy advocacy and corporate reputation management. He will play a critical role in advising the firm’s global multinational clients on their business, government affairs and corporate reputation strategy in the Chinese market.

Qiang joins Teneo from Microsoft, where he was most recently Head of Government Affairs for China. During his time at Microsoft, Qiang was responsible for government affairs strategy, strategic government partnership, business driven government engagement, policy advocacy and issues management. Prior to his role at Microsoft, Qiang held a similar role at Qualcomm.

Qiang holds a Master’s degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Bachelors degree from Peking University.