Ms Freda Zhang

Director of Circular Economy

Sustainable Technology Centre (Singapore) Ltd

Freda Zhang is a Director of Circular Economy in Sustainable Technology Centre(Singapore) Limited (STC), a non-profit focusing on IP transfer and technology development across countries and jurisdictions in the area of sustainability.  She has 20 years of senior management experience in multinational brands, including previously served as the CEO of the IKEA global product supply chain at East Asia and the Commercial President of IKEA Retail China. She remains as one of the pioneering leaders trained by IKEA in China. 

Freda has led and participated in multiple global business strategic changes and organizational capability transformations of IKEA.  During the global product supply chain transformation and upgrading period, she has deeply led the ESG and green industry capability transformation of IKEA East Asia supply chain enterprises, as well as the international industrial layout of supply chain enterprises. She has participated in and empowered the growth, listing, and global expansion processes of multiple industry chain enterprises.

During the period at IKEA Retail, she has led the transformation and market expansion of omni-channel retail in China, and the future strategy upgrade of the IKEA in the Chinese market. 

She once served as a management partner in the development and operation headquarters of Vanke and participated in the construction of a lean product supply chain system in the headquarters of Vanke including provided expert consultants for sustainable materials technology investment projects of well-known private equity funds in America and Europe.  She is currently part of STC working committee to advance a common ESG standard for China businesses in consultation with multi-level stakeholders.