Zhou Xinian / 周希年

Zhou Xinian / 周希年 appears in Vol.269 小历史 | “不要怕，是技术性调整” as [[DairyFarmInternational|牛奶公司]]’s board chair during the [[HongkongLandDairyFarmTakeover|置地饮牛奶]] fight. The source says he and Phil Oram were alerted shortly before [[HongkongLand|香港置地]] announced its offer.

The episode uses Zhou’s position to show Dairy Farm’s governance weakness. Even with a chair and prominent board network, Dairy Farm had dispersed shareholders and no obvious controlling block that could stop paper-shareholders from accepting Hongkong Land’s exchange offer.

Connections

• Dairy Farm International / 牛奶公司 / DFI, Phil Oram, and Hongkong Land-Dairy Farm Takeover / 置地饮牛奶 - source-specific role.
• Retail Shareholder Tender Mobilization / 散户要约动员 and Conglomerate Control in Colonial Hong Kong / 殖民期香港财团控制 - governance and shareholder-structure mechanisms.
• Henry Keswick / 亨利·凯瑟克 and Hongkong Land / 香港置地 - opposing side of the takeover.