EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Mr. Wang Jiawei (Former name: Wang Xufeng), aged 36, has been an executive Director, a member of nomination committee of the Company since May 2013. Mr. Wang was also appointed as the chairman and chief executive officer of the Company and a member of remuneration committee of the Company with effect from 22 September 2015. He is a director of various subsidiaries of the Group. Mr. Wang obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at Imperial College London in the United Kingdom in 2009 and a Master of Science in Finance at City University London in the United Kingdom in 2010. From October 2010 to July 2011, he was a market analyst of the investment department in Shenzhen Shouguan Investment Co., Limited in the PRC. Since August 2011, Mr. Wang has been a manager of Sinofortune Securities Limited, a subsidiary of the Group. Mr. Wang is also the director of Victor Creation Global Limited from August 2014 and Elpis Capital from September 2014.

Ms. Lai Yuk Mui, aged 53, has been an executive Director of the Company since 1 August 2015 and she was appointed as a member of remuneration committee of the Company with effect from 22 September 2015. She is a director of various subsidiaries of the Group. Ms. Lai received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Financial Services from Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland. Ms. Lai joined the Company on 14 July 2008 as the executive secretary and has been promoted to the Head of Personnel and Administration Department of the Company since 13 February 2009.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mr Liu Runtong, aged 49, was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company on 2 February 2010. Mr. Liu obtained Bachelor Degree from Department of Chinese of Nankai University in 1996. He also holds qualifications of economist, registered securities investment consulting analyst and registered insurance broker issued by various professional organizations in China. For the past 24 years, Mr. Liu has held different positions in various financial media institutions and financial services institutions in Mainland China. During his tenure from 1998 to 2002 as a responsible person for marketing the newspaper “Securities Times”, he participated in establishing the “Panorama Network” (www.p5w.net), a well-known securities website in China and acted as its major responsible person. In 2000, he acted as consultant in establishing and operating the program “Securities Times” produced by “China Central Television”. From 2002 to 2007, he served as “Program Supervisor” in “Shenzhen Stock Exchange Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd”, where he participated in setting up and managing “Trading Day”, the 24-hour PRC program regarding securities. Because of his outstanding performance, he was elected as one of the “Ten Best Staff” of the “Shenzhen Stock Exchange” in 2004. From 2013 to July 2015, Mr. Liu served Convoy China Financial Services Holding Ltd as a Vice President. He was the executive director of Shenzhen Qianhai CONVOY Asset Management Co., Ltd. from 2013 to July 2015. Mr. Liu has found Shenzhen Qianhai Yinyan Asset Management Co., Ltd. since 2014 and serves as the executive director.

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Professor Zhang Benzheng, aged 83, has been an independent non-executive Director of the Company since 30 September 2008 and he was appointed as a chairman of nomination committee and a member of audit committee of the Company in 2008. He was also appointed as a member and chairman of remuneration committee of the Company in 2008 and 2011 respectively. Professor Zhang graduated with a Bachelor Degree from the Faculty of Engineering Physics of the Tsinghua University in 1965. He was a visiting scholar in the Brookhaven National Laboratory of USA and the Stuttgart University of Germany. He was the vice director of the Tsinghua University R&D department and the general manager of Tsinghua University Science and Technology Corporation. During the period from 1999 to 2002, he held various senior positions in two companies listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, namely Tsinghua Unisplendour Limited and Tsinghua Unisplendour Guhan Group Corporation. He was the chairman and legal representative of Tsinghua Unisplendour Guhan Group Corporation and president of Tsinghua Unisplendour Limited before he left these companies in 2002. He then joined Tsinghua Unisplendour (Group) Corporation in 2002 and was its president until 2004. Professor Zhang was the general vice president and secretary of the Beijing Non-Governmental Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Association. With his remarkable business leadership as well as exploratory initiatives, Professor Zhang had made tremendous contribution to the companies he worked for. He has not only gained compliments from the society at large, but has also won a series of honors. In 1997, Professor Zhang received the national prize of “The Third Term Science and Technology Light Award for Outstanding Scientific and Technological Entrepreneur”. In 2000, he won the “Hong Kong Bauhinia Cup Outstanding Entrepreneur Award” and the “Entrepreneurial Talent” award issued by the Beijing Non-Governmental Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Association. In 2002, he was selected as the first lot of “Zhongguan Village Outstanding Entrepreneurs”. Professor Zhang is currently the Chief Consultant of 容匯未來（北京）科技產業發展有限公司 (transliterated as Ronghui Future (Beijing) Technology Development Co., Ltd.).

Mr Li Jianxing, aged 65, has been an independent non-executive Director, a member of audit committee, nomination committee and remuneration committee of the Company since 28 March 2011. He was also appointed as chairman of audit committee of the Company with effect from 22 September 2015. Mr. Li graduated from Shanghai Maritime University with a Bachelor Degree in accounting. He also received a Master Degree in Business Administration from Canisius College of Buffalo. Mr. Li has over 30-year experience working in the field of accounting and corporate finance and has substantial experience in management in various listed companies, investment business, investor relations and project management. He was the senior manager of both the investment department and finance department of China Everbright Holdings Co., Ltd from April 1998 to June 2000. He served as the Chief Finance Officer for Intermost Corporation from June 2000 to 2003. From April 2003 to May 2004, he was a General Manager of Investor Relations in China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd. He was a director of Concord Investment Holdings Limited from 2004 to 2012. Mr. Li was an independent non-executive director of Farnova Group Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Exchange Stock Code: 8153) from March 2021 to September 2022.

Professor Chen Shu Wen, aged 68, has been an independent non-executive Director, a member of audit committee, nomination committee and remuneration committee of the Company since 23 September 2011. Professor Chen graduated from 東北財經大學 (Dongbei University of Finance and Economics) with a Bachelor Degree in Economics and obtained a Master Degree and a PhD in Economics from 吉林大學 (Jilin University). He was a practising solicitor at 遼寧天合律師事務所 (Liaoning Tianhe Law Firm). Professor Chen has substantial management and leadership experience serving in the PRC government. He commenced his career as the deputy county chief of the Benxi Manchu Autonomous County, Liaoning Province, PRC, in 1992 and became the director （主任）of 本溪市經濟體制改革委員會 (Benxi City Commission for Restructuring the Economic Systems) from 1995. He was the vice director general （副主任）of 本溪市對外經濟貿易合作委員會 (Benxi Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation Committee) from 1998 until 2001. From 2001 to 2009, Professor Chen was the professor and the tutor for doctorate students at 大連理工大學管理學院 (Faculty of Management and Economics of Dalian University of Technology). From 2010 to 2014, he was the dean at 大連理工大學公共管理與法學學院 (School of Public Administration and Law of Dalian University of Technology). From 2010 to 2020, Professor Chen was the professor and the tutor for doctorate students at 大連理工大學公共管理與法學學院 (School of Public Administration and Law of Dalian University of Technology). He was an independent director of 大連大福控股股份有限公司 (Dalian Dafu Enterprises Holdings Co., Ltd.) (delisted on Shanghai Stock Exchange in December 2019 with stock code: 600747) from 2015 to 2020 and 營口港務股份有限公司 (Yingkou Port Liability Co., Ltd.) (Shanghai Stock Exchange Stock Code: 600317) from Feb 2020 to Nov 2020. Professor Chen is currently an independent non-executive director of Weiqiao Textile Company Limited (Hong Kong Stock Exchange Stock Code: 2698).

Mr. Lee Kwun Kwan, aged 60, has been an independent non-executive Director and a member of remuneration committee of the Company since 8 May 2023. Mr. Lee is veteran in the insurance industry of Hong Kong. Mr. Lee obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in the University of Hong Kong in 1986 and Master of Business Administration degree in Lingnan University in 2003. Mr. Lee had been appointed, from 2005 to 2006, as the President of the General Agents and Managers Association of Hong Kong Limited, from 2007 to 2011, as the member of Insurance Training Board of Vocational Training Council, from 2011 to 2014, as the Founder and First Convener for the Insurance and Financial Practitioners Alliance, from 2012 to 2016, as the member for the Insurance Advisory Committee in the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, and from 2014 to 2020, as the Vice President of The Life Underwriters Association of Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Lee is also the Committee Member of Insurance Management Committee of The Hong Kong Management Association since 2007, the President of the International Asset Planner Association since 2011, the Vice President of Asset Management Committee, CEPA Business Opportunities Development Alliance since September 2014, and the Deputy Convener in the Insurance Industry Regulatory & Development Concern Group since August 2019. Mr. Lee was appointed as the President of The Life Underwriters Association of Hong Kong Limited in 2021. He was appointed as the Chairman for the Greater Bay Area committee in The Life Underwriters Association of Hong Kong Limited in 2022. In 2023, he was appointed as the Convener in the Insurance Industry Regulatory & Development Concern Group under The Life Underwriters Association of Hong Kong Limited and the General Agents and Managers Association of Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Lee is an independent non-executive director, the chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of the audit committee of Bonjour Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Exchange Stock Code: 653) since August 2020.