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Yongchen Lu is a seasoned consumer-brand executive and private equity professional who currently serves as an Independent Director of Cartesian Growth Corporation IV (NASDAQ: CGCFU), a special-purpose acquisition company that completed its $275 million IPO in mid-2026. He was appointed to the CGCF board effective June 24, 2026, alongside fellow independent directors Monica Roma Wilson and Eduardo Agustin Ojea Quintana, joining Chairman and CEO Peter Yu and CFO Nam Trinh. In parallel with his SPAC board role, Lu serves as Chairman of the Board of TH International Limited, the operator of Tim Hortons China, a position he assumed in June 2026 when he transitioned out of the chief executive role he had held since the company's founding. His career has spanned private equity, corporate finance, and multi-unit restaurant operations across the Asia-Pacific region, making him a distinctive bridge between investment platforms and operating businesses in China.
Lu's most defining operating achievement was building Tim Hortons China from the ground up. He became Chief Executive Officer of Tim Hortons (China) Holdings Co., Ltd. in May 2018 and led the brand's go-to-market strategy in China from scratch, opening the first Tims store in Shanghai's People's Square in February 2019 and scaling the network rapidly to over 1,000 stores. In June 2026, as part of a broader turnaround and capital-raising effort, Lu stepped down as CEO and was elevated to Group Chairman, with Nestlé veteran Zhang Guoha taking the helm as chief executive. The leadership transition was accompanied by a $55 million convertible bond financing designed to provide runway amid the company's store-expansion losses. Prior to Tims China, Lu served as Chief Financial Officer of Burger King China from November 2012 to April 2018, where he gained deep experience in the quick-service restaurant sector's financial and operational dynamics in the Chinese market.
Before his restaurant operating roles, Lu was affiliated with Cartesian Capital Group, a global private equity firm, serving as China Representative from January 2008 to January 2016. This overlapping tenure with his early years at Burger King China reflects the firm's involvement in the QSR platform. Earlier in his career, Lu spent over six years at General Electric, where he managed an indoor fixture product line for the Asia-Pacific region with responsibility spanning sourcing, R&D, supply chain, sales, and marketing. He graduated from GE's Financial Management Program and earned certification as a Six Sigma Black Belt, underscoring a foundation in disciplined operational and financial management. Lu holds a bachelor's degree in international finance from Shanghai Jiaotong University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He is fluent in Mandarin and Shanghainese. A Companies House filing in the United Kingdom also records a directorship at Shenghua Trading UK Ltd, appointed in May 2014, though that entity has since been dissolved. Lu's combination of private equity pedigree, multi-unit consumer-brand scaling experience, and deep China market expertise positions him as a valuable independent voice on the Cartesian Growth IV board as it seeks a business combination target.
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