Zhongyao (Charls) Zhao is a Senior Executive of TCL Group, a leading, global provider of consumer-electronics. Over past 15 years at TCL, Mr. Zhao has held a variety of positions including: Sale Manager, Regional Sales Director, President of TCL Sales Company, President of TCL Multimedia SBU. In 2004 Mr. Zhao was named CEO of TTE (TCL-Thomson Electronics).

One of the highlights under Mr. Zhao’s direction at TCL Sales Company is the restructure of sale Network and turnaround of sale organization. He took the sales company into new directions through innovation marketing and culture revitalization. During his tenure as TTE’s CEO, Mr. Zhao led the post-acquisition integration of TCL and Thomson Electronics and successfully built the largest TV operation in the world with more than $4.8 Billion revenue.

Prior to joining TCL Group, Mr. Zhao was a lecturer of Northwest Polytechnic University, a leading technology university in China.

Zhao holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management’s Sloan Fellows Program in Innovation and Global Leadership, and both M.S. and B.S. degrees in Electronic Technology from Northwest Polytechnic University in China. He and his wife, Lingling Zhang, have a 15-years-old son.

Outside of business, Mr. Zhao enjoys playing golf, I-Go, cooking, reading and wine tasting.