Mr. Zhu Wei
Age 46, is a Non-executive Director of the Company. Mr. Zhu received his postgraduate
diploma in political economy from Jinan University. Mr. Zhu is currently
the Chairman of Guangdong Rising Assets Management Co., Ltd (one of the
domestic shareholders of the Company). Mr. Zhu previously served as the
Deputy Manager of the Issuing Department, director of the General Office, and
Deputy Manager of the Research and Development Department of Guangzhou
Securities Company of the People’s Bank of China, Guangzhou Branch,
Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou Securities Financial Consultancy
Company, General Manager of Shenzhen Yuntong Xinda Communications
Limited, assistant to the General Manager of Guangdong Technology Ventures
Investment Company, General Manager of the Asset Management Department
and Director of Guangdong Technology Venture Capital Group Company
Limited, General Manager of Guangdong Kerui Investment Management
Company, the Chairman of Guangdong Hongtu Technology (Holdings)
Company Limited, Deputy Chairman and General Manager of Guangdong
Southern Media Holdings Limited, and Deputy Director of Banking Supervision
Department IV of the China Banking Regulatory Commission. Mr. Zhu has
extensive experience in finance, securities and corporate management.
Mr. Tse Hau Yin, Aloysius
Age 67, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Tse is
currently an Independent Non-executive Director of CNOOC Limited, Linmark
Group Limited, Sinofert Holdings Limited and SJM Holdings Limited, which are
listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“HKSE
Main Board”). Mr. Tse is also an independent non-executive director of OCBC
Wing Hang Bank Limited (formerly known as “Wing Hang Bank Limited”), which
was listed on the HKSE Main Board until October 2014. He was an independent
non-executive director of China Construction Bank Corporation, which is
listed on the HKSE Main Board from 2004 to 2010. Mr. Tse was appointed
as an independent non-executive director of CCB International (Holdings)
Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Construction Bank Corporation in
March 2013. He is also a member of the International Advisory Council of the
People’s Municipal Government of Wuhan. Mr. Tse is a fellow of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the Hong Kong Institute
of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”). Mr. Tse is a past president and a
former member of the Audit Committee of the HKICPA. He joined KPMG in
1976, became a partner in 1984 and retired in March 2003. Mr. Tse was a
non-executive Chairman of KPMG’s operations in China and a member of the
KPMG China advisory board from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Tse is a graduate of the
University of Hong Kong.
Madam Cha May Lung, Laura
Age 65, is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mrs.
Cha is currently a Hong Kong Delegate to the 12th National People’s
Congress, PRC, a Member of the Executive Council of the Government of
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Chairman of the Financial
Services Development Council of Hong Kong. She is the Non-executive
Deputy Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
the Asia Pacific subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, of which she is a Nonexecutive
Director. She is a Non-Executive Director of Unilever, PLC and
Unilever, N.V, Vice Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the
China Securities Regulatory Commission (“CSRC”), and a Member of the
International Advisory Council of the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
Mrs. Cha served as Vice Chairman of CSRC from January 2001 to
September 2004 and Assistant Director of Corporate Finance, Senior
Director, Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of the Securities and
Futures Commission of Hong Kong from 1991 to 2001. She received a Juris
Doctor degree from Santa Clara University of USA in 1982.
Professor Xu Erming
Age 65, is an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company.
Professor Xu is a professor and Ph.D. supervisor of the Graduate School at
the Renmin University of China and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Enterprise
Management Research Association. He is also entitled to the State Council’s
special government allowances. He is the Independent Supervisor of Harbin
Electric Company Limited (formerly known as Harbin Power Equipment
Company Limited). Over the years, Professor Xu has conducted research in
areas related to strategic management, organisational theories, international
management and education management, and has been responsible for
research on many subjects put forward by the National Natural Science
Foundation, the National Social Science Foundation, and other authorities
at provincial and ministry level. He has received many awards such as the
Ministry of Education’s Class One Excellent Higher Education Textbook
Award, the State-Level Class Two Teaching Award and the National
Excellent Course Award. Professor Xu has been a visiting professor at
over 10 domestic universities and has been awarded the Fulbright Scholar
of U.S.A. twice. Professor Xu was previously a lecturer at the New York
State University at Buffalo, U.S.A., the University of Scranton, U.S.A., the
University of Technology, Sydney, the Kyushu University, Japan and the
Hong Kong Polytechnic University.