CMC's Li to helm HK icon Shaw

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Li Ruigang, chairman of China Media Capital, has been appointed chairman and non-executive director of Shaw Brothers, Hong Kong's iconic producer and distributor of films.

Two other CMC group executives join Li at Shaw. Jiang Wei, managing director of Gravity Pictures, a unit of CMC that distributes film in the Chinese mainland, has been appointed executive director of Shaw. Thomas Hui, president, executive director and chief strategy officer of CMC Holdings, CMC's strategic investment arm, will join Shaw as non-executive director.