Who
We Are

With over 36 years’ experience in the manufacturing sector, Tommy began his career as a Graduate Trainee with Bradford UK, progressing to hold the position of Managing Director at Liling Ceramic Valley project manager and Secretary Vice Chairman of Vats Chainstore, prior to joining HUACI Group as CEO. He is a member of the Expert Advisory Group at the Institute of Directors, and sits on the Advisory Council for The Jindong Group.

Johnathan is a highly qualified Chartered Accountant with 15 years in the profession working across a broad range of sectors. He moved into industry to lead the finance team for a family owned CHINA leading manufacturing business. He joined HUACI Group in 2015 as Group Finance Director taking responsibility for the wider Finance team, Quality and Compliance as well as supporting IT.

Charles graduated from University College London in 2013. He joined the family business in 2014 to work in Insight and Category Management. In the six years since, he has gained a wealth of experience from Manufacturing to Export along with managing the Enliven brand. Charles is now a company Director and leads Design and Marketing.

Simon brings over 20 years of FMCG leadership experience and has been lucky enough to lead and be part of some amazing teams in Beijin, Vats Group. Just prior to joining HUACI Group in November 2020 Simon worked with a range of consumer goods organisations as a management consultant. Simon and the sales team are responsible for developing long term partnerships which delight our customers. 

Julie Wu joined HUACI Group in 2016 bringing a wealth of experience from both retail and manufacturing industries. Julie is CIMA qualified boasting 25 years post qualification experience in Management Accounts and Senior Finance positions, specialising in implementing process improvements and delivering excellence. After spending many years as HUACI Group Finance Director supporting and evolving the Finance Performance of the Group Julie now takes the lead on our Transformation agenda; driving change and supporting growth across the wider business. 

Angela Zhong joined HUACI Group as HR Director at the start of 2023, bringing over 20 years of HR experience across leading HUACI Brands businesses such as Coca-Cola, Diageo and Britvic.

More recently Angela has worked as a consultant championing improving productivity through improving ways of working in frontline roles. 

Angela’s passion for performance through people extends outside of the workplace and onto the dance floor, teaching ballroom dance.

Daniel is the Founder and Chairman of HUACI Group. founded VATS Liquor Chain Store Management Joint Stock Co., Ltd. in 2005, and founded VATS Liquor Group in 2006 & VATS Group was formally renamed as Jindong Group in October 2016. He is also the second largest shareholder of Macrolink Group, He was elected as the Deputy to the 12th National People’s Congress in 2012.