Meet the Team

Your team in China.

Shield Works is a people-driven company. Meet the leadership and facility team upholding our standards every day in Zhuhai.

A people-driven company

Our team is the true key to our success.

Shield Works recruits and develops skilled people across every part of the operation, and hires for diversity of background and thinking because it produces better engineering and more reliable delivery for clients.

We aim to provide a modern, comfortable and friendly working environment, so our team can approach challenges with an entrepreneurial spirit and be properly recognised and rewarded for their performance.

The team at Shield Works · Zhuhai

The Shield Works team in front of the Zhuhai facility, waving and holding a SHIELD WORKS 2026 banner

Group Directors

British leadership, on the ground in Asia.

Shield Works is built on Western standards of service, communication, and quality.

Our three British founding Directors have been based in Asia for over 20 years, supported by a diverse management team that forms the backbone of our business.

Portrait of Nick Cunningham, President & Founder

Nick Cunningham

President & Founder

Portrait of Mark Jacobs, Group CEO

Mark Jacobs

Group CEO

Portrait of Mark Clayton, Group CFO

Mark Clayton

Group CFO

Portrait of Nick Cunningham, President & Founder

Nick Cunningham

President & Founder

A dual national British/Bahamian, Nick is the founder of China 2 West and the broader C2W Group. He is based in Bangkok and spends most of his time travelling between the group's entities across Asia.

A former Royal Marines Commando, Nick achieved the rank of Major and saw operations in Bosnia, Georgia, Sierra Leone and Nicaragua. He was awarded a QCVS in the 1999 Queen's New Year's Honours List.

After leaving the military, Nick moved to China and within months had founded China 2 West. Alongside English, he is conversational in Chinese and Spanish.

Nick on LinkedIn
Portrait of Mark Jacobs, Group CEO

Mark Jacobs

Group CEO

Mark is a mechanical engineer who graduated with First Class Honours and spent seven years at Airbus UK across core engineering, project management and manufacturing roles before moving to China in 2005.

Since joining C2W in 2006, Mark has guided everything from multinationals to early-stage start-ups through the realities of China-based manufacturing, taking countless concepts from drawing board to mass production.

Permanently based in China, Mark provides Western quality assurance on technical projects and manages all C2W China operations, including Shield Works' Zhuhai facility.

Mark on LinkedIn
Portrait of Mark Clayton, Group CFO

Mark Clayton

Group CFO

Originally from the UK, Mark qualified as an accountant at the age of 20 and moved to China at the start of 2005 to broaden his cultural and professional outlook.

Two decades on, Mark combines deep Mandarin fluency with a working understanding of Chinese culture and a strong record in business development, all of which have helped the C2W Group grow into the family of companies it is today.

Mark is a member of accounting bodies AAT and CIMA and was elected to the Executive Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce Guangdong in 2019.

Mark on LinkedIn

Shield Works Leadership

On-site leadership, Zhuhai facility.

Site-level executives running operations, R&D and customer delivery on the ground at Shield Works.

Portrait of Candice Xiao, COO

Candice Xiao

COO

As Chief Operating Officer, Candice runs day-to-day operations at Shield Works' Zhuhai facility, overseeing production, quality, logistics and customer delivery.

Portrait of Sourya Ghosh, Head of Innovation Engineering Group

Sourya Ghosh

Head of Innovation Engineering Group

Sourya leads Shield Works' R&D function, driving design-for-manufacturing, engineering and new product introduction across client projects.

Portrait of Kachal Zheng, General Manager

Kachal Zheng

General Manager

Kachal is General Manager at Shield Works, based full-time at the Zhuhai facility and reporting to the group directors.

Department leads

A named lead on every function.

Production, planning, quality, sourcing, finance and logistics each answer to a named supervisor, working directly under Shield Works leadership and Western-managed standards.

Edwin He Production Supervisor
Lucy Lu PMC
Melinda Qiu PMC Supervisor
June Qian Quality Manager
Ivy Lei Finance Manager
Coco Han HR & Admin Supervisor
Rock Tang Warehouse Supervisor
Judie Zhu ERP Specialist
Jasmine Howard Global Sourcing Specialist

Wider team

The departments behind every Shield Works build.

Behind the leads sit the specialist departments: engineering and design, quality and production, procurement and customer service, finance, admin and logistics. Filter by cluster to see who does what.

Portrait of James Currie, Lead Industrial Designer
James Currie Lead Industrial Designer
Portrait of History Yang, Senior Engineer
History Yang Senior Engineer
Portrait of Shubham Alandkar, Senior Project Engineer
Shubham Alandkar Senior Project Engineer
Portrait of Bryan Pan, Project Engineer
Bryan Pan Project Engineer
Portrait of Alan Shi, Project Engineer
Alan Shi Project Engineer
Portrait of Sarang Punde, Project Engineer
Sarang Punde Project Engineer
Portrait of Vilas Deore, DFM Engineer
Vilas Deore DFM Engineer
Portrait of Evan Deng, Engineer
Evan Deng Engineer
Portrait of Phil Liu, Engineer
Phil Liu Engineer
Portrait of Chrome Zhao, Engineer
Chrome Zhao Engineer
Portrait of Eshine Li, Electronics Engineer
Eshine Li Electronics Engineer
Portrait of Sheldon Zhang, Electronics Engineer
Sheldon Zhang Electronics Engineer
Portrait of Justin Wang, Engineering Assistant
Justin Wang Engineering Assistant

Inside the facility

The team behind every Shield Works build.

Engineering, R&D, quality and operations captured during a working day in Zhuhai.

Shield Works team applauding around the boardroom table during a project review in Zhuhai
Shield Works all-hands meeting with leadership presenting to seated team members
The full Shield Works team photographed in front of the Zhuhai facility holding a SHIELD WORKS banner
Shield Works Quality Department staff working at computer workstations
Western and Chinese Shield Works team members in a small in-person meeting wearing grey SW polo shirts
Wide view of the Shield Works engineering office floor with the SHIELD WORKS sign visible
Shield Works R&D engineers working in the test lab with 3D printer and prototype rig
Shield Works engineer inspecting an assembled product on a stand against a perforated tool wall
Shield Works leadership presenting a brand briefing to the team in Zhuhai
Large all-hands Shield Works team meeting with dozens of staff seated facing leadership at the front of the room
Portrait view of the Shield Works office floor with engineers working under the SHIELD WORKS signage
Shield Works and C2W Group team gathered at a company event in Zhuhai under a banner reading "Working Together to Dream Big"
Shield Works engineers at R&D lab workbenches assembling a prototype under bright overhead lighting
Shield Works team members in front of the Our Values wall at the Zhuhai facility

The standards we hold ourselves to.

Our seven values sit on the wall of the Zhuhai facility for a reason. They are the framework we recruit by, develop people against, and use to assess and reward performance.

  • 01 Excellence
  • 02 Innovation
  • 03 Quality
  • 04 Accountability
  • 05 Integrity
  • 06 Courage
  • 07 Collaboration
Read the full values

On the floor

Our production team

Behind the leadership and management teams sits a production workforce of operators, technicians and quality monitors working across multiple specialised assembly rooms. Every shift runs under Shield Works' dual-layer QC system and Western-managed standards.