新浪美股讯 北京时间8月22日凌晨，Uber周二宣布，在进行首次公开募股之前，任命Nelson Chai为首席财务官。自2015年以来，Uber就没有首席财务官。
Uber准备明年上市，一直在努力收紧财务。公司发布的最新数据显示，Uber的估值约为600亿美元。
此前，Chai曾在保险集团Warranty，Merrill Lynch和纽约泛欧交易所担任高管。
Uber首席执行官Dara Khosrowshahi在一份声明中说：“我非常高兴能够吸引像Nelson这样有经验和深思熟虑的人。随着我们成为一家上市公司，他将成为我和整个管理团队的重要合作伙伴。”
以下是Uber关于这一任命的完整声明：
Uber today welcomed Nelson J． Chai as Chief Financial Officer．
欢迎Nelson J． Chai担任Uber公司首席财务官一职。
Nelson brings more than a decade of experience in senior positions at some of the world‘s leading publicly traded financial services and insurance companies． He joins Uber from the Chicago-based Warranty Group， an insurance and warranty provider， where he was CEO．
Nelson在一些世界领先的上市金融服务和保险公司担任高级职位，拥有超过十年的经验。他从总部位于芝加哥的Warranty Group加入优步。他曾在这家保险和保修提供商担任首席执行官。
Previously， he spent more than five years at CIT Group， where he most recently served as President． Before that， he was Chief Financial Officer of Merrill Lynch & Co．； NYSE Euronext， the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange； and Archipelago Holdings， the first fully electronic stock exchange in the United States．
此前，他在CIT集团工作了五年多，其时担任总裁一职。在那之前，他曾担任过多家公司的CFO，包括美林公司、纽约证券交易所的母公司纽约泛欧交易所集团以及美国第一家全电子证券交易所Archipelago Holdings。
“I‘m incredibly excited to bring on someone as experienced and thoughtful as Nelson，” said Dara Khosrowshahi， Uber CEO． “He will be a great partner for me and the entire management team as we move towards becoming a public company．”
Uber首席执行官Dara Khosrowshahi说，“我非常高兴能够吸引像Nelson那样经验丰富和深思熟虑的人。随着我们成为一家上市公司，他将成为我和整个管理团队的重要合作伙伴。”
“Uber is one of the world‘s most iconic and exciting technology companies， and I’m honored to join as CFO，” said Chai． “I look forward to working closely with Dara and team as we build on the company‘s strong growth and forward momentum．”
Chai说，“优步是世界上最具标志性和最令人兴奋的科技公司之一，我很荣幸能够成为首席财务官，我期待与Dara和团队密切合作，因为我们将在公司的强劲增长和前进动力的基础上继续发展。”
Nelson serves on the boards of Thermo Fisher Scientific， the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences， and the U.S． Fund for UNICEF． He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School．
Nelson在Thermo Fisher科学公司、宾夕法尼亚大学艺术与科学学院和美国儿童基金会的基金中任职。他在宾夕法尼亚大学获得了经济学学士学位，并获得了哈佛商学院的工商管理硕士学位。
