aged 66, is our independent non-executive Director, the chairman of our Nomination Committee and a member of our Audit and Risk Management, Remuneration and Strategy Committees. He is also a member of our ESG Committee. He graduated from Southern Illinois University with a master’s degree in accountancy and holds a doctorate degree in accounting from the University of North Texas. Dr. Pei is Professor Emeritus of accountancy at the School of Accountancy at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He was the Executive Dean of China Programs at W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, director of the W.P. Carey EMBA program in Shanghai, MiM Custom Corporate Program in China and the co-director of W.P. Carey DBA in Global Financial Management. Throughout his 35-year career at Arizona State University, Dr. Pei has held the positions of assistant professor, associate professor and professor. Dr. Pei has acted as a consultant for a number of multi-national companies, including Motorola Inc., Intel Corporation, Bank of America Corporation, Dial Corporation, Raytheon Company, Cisco Systems Inc. and Honeywell International Inc.. Dr. Pei is an independent non-executive director of Zhong An Group Limited, Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd. and AIM Vaccine Co., Ltd. and served as an independent non-executive director of MMG Limited from 2015 to 2019, all being companies listed on the main board of the HK Stock Exchange.Dr. Pei was an external director of China Merchants Group from 2015 to June 2022 and served as an external director of China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited, the holding company of Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange) from 2011 to 2019. He also served as an independent director (from 2006 to 2012) and a director (from 2012 to 2019) of Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.. Dr. Pei is a member of American Accounting Association. He was the chairman of the Steering Committee on Globalization of the American Accounting Association and the chairman of the Chinese Accounting Professors’ Association of North America. Dr. Pei joined our Group in November 2007.

aged 61, is our independent non-executive Director and also a member of each of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Remuneration Committee,Nomination Committee and Strategy Committee. Mr.Hsieh graduated from National Taipei University Department of Law with a Master's Degree.He was a lawyer at Ding & Ding Law Offices since 1988, until he established Hsieh, Chi & Hsieh Law Offices in 1991. Mr. Hsieh has been a partner of Hsieh, Chi & Hsieh Law Offices since its establishment. Mr. Hsieh has rich experience in commercial law related areas, including general contract, merger and acquisition, dissolution, liquidation and bankruptcy. He was a Maritime Law lecturer at Chung Yuan Christian University from 1993 to 2013. Mr. Hsieh joined the Consumer Education Foundation of Taiwan as a volunteer in 1995 and was the foundation chairman during 2008 to 2010. Mr. Hsieh is currently an independent director of China Television Company Limited which is a company listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation. Mr. Hsieh joined our Group in June 2018.

aged 65, is our independent non-executive Director and also a member of each of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, He is also a member of the ESG Committee.Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Strategy Committee. Mr. Lee holds a Higher Diploma in Accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic and a Master of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Bath, United Kingdom. Mr. Lee is currently an independent non-executive director of Lianhua Supermarket Holdings Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the HK Stock Exchange) and was the chief financial officer of Stella International Holdings Limited (a company listed on the HK Stock Exchange). Mr. Lee has more than 30 years of financial management experience and extensive experience in corporate finance such as mergers and acquisitions. He assumed the position of chief financial officer in a number of listed companies in Hong Kong. Mr. Lee is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. Mr. Lee joined our Group in June 2018.

aged 51 is our independent non-executive Director and also a member of each of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Strategy Committee. Mr. Pan holds a Bachelor Degree in Finance from the National Taiwan University and a Master degree in Business Administration from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Mr. Pan is a founding member, chief executive officer, director and responsible officer of Cypress Capital Hong Kong Limited. He has extensive global capital market experience in investment/wealth management industry, covering both institutional clients including public pension funds, sovereign funds, venture capital and private equity funds and insurance companies as well as ultra wealthy families. He started his financial market career in 1997 as cash equity trader at Jardine Fleming Securities (Taiwan), and later worked for JPMorgan Asset Management Taiwan between 2003 and 2007 as the head of the institutional business division providing investment advisory service to public pension funds and corporate clients. Mr. Pan worked for Goldman Sachs (Hong Kong) between 2007 and 2013 as portfolio manager/advisor to ultra wealthy families and corporates. He is licensed to conduct Type 4 (Advising on Securities) and Type 9 (Asset Management) Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission regulate activities. Mr. Pan joined our Group in August 2019.

aged 70, our independent non-executive Director and a member of each of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Strategy Committee. She is also a member of our Environmental, Social and Governance Committee. Mrs. Kong is currently the Managing Director,Greater China at Raffles Family Office. Previously, she was the Managing Director, Market Group Head, China II at Credit Suisse Private Banking. In her prior role at Standard Chartered Bank, Hong Kong as Deputy Regional Head of Private Banking for Greater China and North Asia, she was instrumental in building the China offshore team. Mrs. Kong has over 30 years of xperience in the banking industry spanning four countries in the wealth management industry and has held both senior management and client relationship positions at Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered Bank, ABN AMRO Bank, Sarasin Rabo Investment Management, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Natwest and Citibank. She is licensed to conduct Type 4 (Advising on Securities) and Type 9 (Asset Management) regulated activities under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of laws of Hong Kong). Mrs. Kong joined our Group in July 2021.