[Company News] The 23rd China MBA Development Forum was held in Shanxi on October 19, 2025. Su Ertian, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global New Material International Holdings Limited (06616.HK), won the award as Top Ten Elite MBA Figures of China 2025 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to promoting the internationalization and sustainable development of the new materials industry.
With a core strategy of “New materials + Innovation + all-scenario applications”, Su Ertian led Global New Material International in its transformation from “manufacturing” to “creation”. In recent years, Su has completed two landmark international mergers and acquisitions:
– The acquisition of South Korean listed company CQV in 2023 to strengthen the layout of high-end cosmetic materials;
– The acquisition of German Merck’s surface solutions business (SUSONITY GmbH) in 2025 will fully enhance China’s discourse right in the global surface performance materials industry chain.
While developing the business strength, Su Ertian has always practiced the ESG concept and promoted green manufacturing and social win-win. Global New Material International has successively won the “ESG Excellence Award” and “Best Practice of Technological Innovation”, becoming a benchmark for sustainable development in China’s new materials field.
“From county-level private enterprises to multinational groups, we always place technological innovation as anchor and the global market as the sail,” he said. In the future, we will continue to push the leap from ‘Made in China’ to ‘Created globally’ and contribute Chinese strength to the high-quality development of the new materials industry.”