Sentury CEO and ‘number two’ running Spain factory project

Following the departure of Sentury’s Spain factory project’s general manager, Warren Rudman, Sentury’s senior executives have taken up the reins of Sentury Tire (Spain), according to local business publication Economia Digital Galicia.

According to an article published on 18 February, Sentury Tire (Spain) has gone from having a single manager to being led by a board of directors, made up of the two largest shareholders of the group and one of the vice presidents of the company.

Specifically, Qin Long, who is the founder and largest shareholder of Sentury with a more than 40 per cent stake, is one of two CEOs of the Spanish operation. The other is reportedly Qin Jingbo, global vice president of Sentury, according to Bloomberg data. Another relevant appointment is that of Lin Wenlong, vice president and director of Sentury Tire (Spain). When it comes to the global business, Lin Wenlong is general director of the company and the second largest shareholder. At the end of the third quarter of 2022 he controlled 5.7 per cent of Sentury shares, according to Shenzhen stock market information. Sentury Tire (Spain) has as its sole shareholder another subsidiary of the global group, Sentury (Hongkong) Trading Co. Limited.