Daniel Kirchert: An executive with keen cultural awareness

When Daniel Kirchert was a college student in Germany 20 years ago, he decided to visit China, although he was not quite sure what he was going to do in the future.

Now, as the managing director of Infiniti China, the premium automobile brand, Kirchert clearly knows his career is in China.

Born in 1973 in Munich to parents who were both college professors - his father taught old German language and his mother taught translation - not surprisingly he was interested in languages as a little boy. He was also given the free time and space to develop his interests.