Pressure piling on new Proton CEO

Back on track: Geely’s transformation plans for Proton will revive the national auto enterprise, said Najib, seen here at the launch of the National Automotive Cluster Proton City in Tanjung Malim earlier this month. Also present was his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor and Ong (fifth from right).

AT the welcome reception organised by the Federation of Chinese Guilds in Malaysia (Huazhong) for China’s new ambassador Bai Tian late last year, a man unexpectedly stole some of the limelight from the star of the night.

That person was none other than Proton Holdings’ new chief executive officer Dr Li Chunrong, who had come early to get to know the leaders of the Chinese community here.