勃林格殷格翰大中华区CEO潘大为被授予“上海荣誉市民”称号 - 2017年10月03日

After first setting foot in China nearly three decades ago, South African David Preston now lives like any other local and was made an Honorary Citizen of Shanghai last month by Mayor Ying Yong.

Preston, the son of English parents, was born in South Africa in 1957 and began a career in the pharmaceutical industry after graduating with a commerce degree.

Sitting in his office overlooking the Hotel Equatorial Shanghai, where he set up in around 1991 as an early leader of pharmaceutical firm Xi'an-Janssen, Preston told Shanghai Daily how he landed in the city, built a business and made a home and family here.