Zhu Xiaowen currently holds the position of Partner at Plug and Play China Fund, a renowned investment institution from Silicon Valley. Her areas of expertise include artificial intelligence, sustainable energy, and robotics. With a wealth of experience in open innovation, corporate venture capital, and VC investments, Zhu has previously served as the Innovation Project Manager at FORVIA, the seventh-largest global automotive parts supplier, and as the Head of Strategic Investment for the Asia-Pacific region at Saint-Gobain Group, one of the world’s top 100 industrial companies.

Plug and Play stands as the world’s largest open innovation platform for enterprises. Within the sustainability sector, it engages in innovation acceleration investment collaborations with companies such as AEPW, Kering Group, Oatly, and AkzoNobel, supporting the green transformation of corporate clients.