Inter, Suning: who is Yang Yang, Steven Zhang’s right arm

The 45-year-old executive has been on the Nerazzurri board for seven years and is leading the young president

Among the many questions surrounding Inter at this very delicate moment at the corporate level, there is also the one related to those who are consulting Steven Zhang to define and close the loan that will have to give the club breath, at least for a few months.

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When it comes to finance and especially China, confidentiality and gray areas are on the agenda. The same top Inter executives are in constant contact with Steven, but the closure of the loan is solely the responsibility of Suning.

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Jindong and Yang

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Here is that even a good and prepared young man of 29 necessarily needs a consultant. It is difficult to establish how much father Jindong, founder of an empire of which Inter remains the periphery, is personally involved. The man with whom Zhang jr. Yang Yang will have to decide – at Inter they hope quickly, given the situation – with which fund to sign the mega loan. The 45-year-old executive – who stopped in Milan for some time only on the sidelines of the change of ownership, but lives in Nanjing – is the head of Suning’s acquisitions and therefore informed about everything. He joined the board of Inter Milan in 2016, when he was already deputy general manager of the group, Yang graduated from the University of Nanjing, with a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Shanghai. After a long stint in the banking investment industry at CITIC (China International Trust and Investment Company, China’s largest public investment firm) Securities and CITIC Securities International, where he chaired the listing of numerous companies, he was responsible for consumer goods and industrial activities always at CITIC, before arriving at Suning.

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When in 2016 Yang became one of the five new members of the Nerazzurri board with the same Steven, Mi Xin, Liu Jun and Ren Jun, he spoke about the plans of the new owner: “Inter are part of Suning’s internationalization strategy, to promote the we need football to globalize ourselves and make ourselves better known at world level. Inter is a great team, at the top, with many fans and a long and glorious history which means an enormous intrinsic value that we will exploit to relaunch the club also at the level We have expectations and we are confident, we think we can do well in the league and in the Cups. Our presence at Inter is in a long-term perspective, we are interested in continuing to invest in improving the team, we must follow the rules financial fairplay but this is a very important sector for Suning, a commitment that we have taken seriously. Inter to a history and a brand that must be respected and valued. zati “.

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