Mr. Chen Liang (陈亮), born in January 1968, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Company since November 2023, and the Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Management Committee of the Company since October 2023. Mr. Chen has successively served as the director of the Computer Division, deputy general manager of the Securities Division, manager of the Securities Branch on Wenyi Road, and deputy general manager of the Securities Business Headquarters of Xinjiang Hongyuan Trust Investment Co., Ltd., from October 1994 to February 2001, successively served as the general manager and assistant to the general manager of the Urumqi Business Headquarters, general manager of the Xinjiang Marketing and Brokerage Center, and general manager of the Corporate Brokerage Business Headquarters of Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd., from February 2001 to September 2009, served as the deputy general manager of Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd. and chairman of the board of directors of Hongyuan Futures Co., Ltd., from September 2009 to January 2015, served as a member of the Party Committee of each of Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 000166) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 06806), and Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd., the general manager of Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd., and an executive director of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities (Western) Co., Ltd., from December 2014 to May 2019, served as the secretary of the Party Committee of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities (Western) Co., Ltd., from August 2015 to May 2019, and successively served as the president, vice chairman and chairman of the board of directors of China Galaxy Securities Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 601881) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 06881), from June 2019 to October 2023. Mr. Chen graduated from Xinjiang University majoring in mathematics (bachelor’s degree) in July 1989, and obtained an EMBA degree from Fudan University in January 2016.

Ms. Zhang Wei (张薇), born in October 1981, has been appointed as a Director of the Company since June 2023 and has been serving as the designated director (managing director) of Central Huijin Investment Ltd. (“Huijin Company”). Ms. Zhang has been a Director of China CICC Wealth Management Securities Company Limited since September 2023. Ms. Zhang joined Huijin Company in July 2006, and successively served as the manager of the Capital Market Department, manager of the Non-bank Department, senior deputy manager of the Securities Institution Management Department/Insurance Institution Management Department, and director of the Office of Direct-managed Corporation Leading Group/the Second Department of Equity Management of Huijin Company, during which Ms. Zhang also served as the non-executive director of CSC Financial Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 601066) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 06066). Ms. Zhang obtained a bachelor’s degree in law from China University of Political Science and Law in June 2003, a master’s degree in international law from China University of Political Science and Law in June 2006, and a doctoral degree in international law from China University of Political Science and Law in December 2017.

Mr. Kong Lingyan (孔令岩), born in February 1977, has been appointed as a Director of the Company since June 2023 and has been serving as the designated director (managing director) of Central Huijin Investment Ltd. Mr. Kong has been a Director of CICC Capital Management Co., Ltd. since August 2023. Mr. Kong has worked in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (hereinafter referred to as “ICBC”), a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 601398) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 01398), from July 1999 to November 2011, and successively served as the Deputy Director of the Foreign Exchange Management Division of the International Banking Department, the Deputy Director of the Foreign Exchange Management Division of the Asset and Liability Management Department, and the Deputy Director and Director of the Overseas Institutions and Subsidiaries Financial Management Division of the Finance & Accounting Department. Mr. Kong served as the Vice General Manager of ICBC (London) PLC from November 2011 to April 2016 and concurrently served as the Vice General Manager of ICBC London Branch from September 2014 to April 2016, and successively served as the General Manager of the Capital Operation Department and the General Manager of the Margin Financing and Securities Lending Department of Huatai Securities Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 601688) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 06886), from May 2016 to August 2022. Mr. Kong obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics from Central University of Finance and Economics in July 1999, and a master’s degree in business administration from Tsinghua University in January 2005.

Mr. Ng Kong Ping Albert (吴港平), born in September 1957, has been appointed as the Director of the Company since June 2022. Mr. Ng is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA), Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), CPA Australia (CPAA) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Mr. Ng is the retired chairman of Ernst & Young China, the managing partner of Ernst & Young in Greater China and a member of Ernst & Young's Global Executive Committee. He has over 30 years of professional experience in accounting in Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Mr. Ng successively served as the partner-in-charge of Arthur Andersen LLP in Greater China, the partner-in-charge of China business of PricewaterhouseCoopers and the managing director of Citigroup China Investment Banking. Mr. Ng has been an independent non-executive director of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 601318) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 02318), since August 2021, an independent director of Alibaba Group Holding Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 09988) and the New York Stock Exchange (Stock Code: BABA), since August 2022, and an independent non-executive director of Shui On Land Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 00272), since October 2022. Mr. Ng served as an independent non-executive director of Beijing Airdoc Technology Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 02251) from April 2021 to August 2024, and was the president of the second session of the Hong Kong China Chamber of Commerce. He served as a member of the First and Second Consulting Committee of Corporate Accounting Standards of the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, and serves as an honorary advisor of the Hong Kong Business Accountants Association and a member of the Advisory Board of the MBA courses and School of Accountancy of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Mr. Ng is also a member of the Audit Committee of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, a council member of the Education Foundation of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform of Hong Kong. Mr. Ng obtained a bachelor's degree in business administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in December 1981 and a master's degree in business administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in October 1988.

Mr. Lu Zhengfei (陆正飞), born in November 1963, has been appointed as the Director of the Company since June 2022. Mr. Lu has been a professor and doctoral supervisor of the Accounting Department of Guanghua School of Management of Peking University since November 1999, and he successively served as deputy director, director and deputy dean of Accounting Department of Guanghua School of Management of Peking University. From July 1988 to October 1999, he successively served as an assistant, lecturer, associate professor, professor, deputy director and director of the Accounting Department of the International Business School of Nanjing University. Mr. Lu currently serves as an independent non-executive director of China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 01359)), an independent non-executive director of Sino Biopharmaceutical Limited (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 01177)), and an independent director of Tianshan Material Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 000877)). Mr. Lu once served as an independent non-executive director of Bank of China Limited (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 601988) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 03988)) from July 2013 to August 2019, an independent director of China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Corporation Limited (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 601611)) from November 2018 to November 2019, and an independent supervisor of PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 02328)) from January 2011 to August 2023. Mr. Lu obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from Zhejiang Gongshang University in July 1985, a master's degree in economics from Renmin University of China in June 1988 and a doctorate degree in economics from Business School of Nanjing University in June 1997. From September 1997 to September 1999, he was engaged in post-doctoral research at Renmin University of China.

Mr. Peter Hugh Nolan, born in April 1949, recipient of the Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, has been appointed as a Director of the Company since February 2020. He has served as an independent non-executive director of China Everbright Group since January 2019 and the director of China Forum, Jesus College at University of Cambridge since October 2018. He has also served as the Director of the China Executive Leadership Programme (CELP) since July 2005. Professor Nolan was a lecturer of Faculty of Economics and Politics at University of Cambridge from October 1979 to September 1997 and Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management at Cambridge Judge Business School at University of Cambridge from October 1997 to September 2012. He was the director and Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development in the Centre of Development Studies at University of Cambridge from October 2012 to September 2016 and the founding director and Chong Hua Professor of Chinese Development (Emeritus) since October 2019. Professor Nolan also served as an independent non-executive director of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 601328) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 03328)) from November 2010 to November 2017. Professor Nolan obtained his Doctoral degree in Economics from University of London in September 1981.

Mr. Zhou Yu (周禹), born in February 1981, has been appointed as a Director of the Company since June 2023 and currently serves as the professor, doctoral supervisor and director of the Organization and Human Resources Department of the Business School of Renmin University of China. Mr. Zhou has taught in the Business School of Renmin University of China since May 2009 and successively served as the assistant and associate professor in the Organization and Human Resources Department, and he was appointed as one of the distinguished professors in education since August 2016. He was a Wertheim Research Fellow at Harvard Law School and a visiting fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research from September 2013 to September 2014. Mr. Zhou has been an independent non-executive director of Yellow River Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd. since October 2019. At present, Mr. Zhou also serves as the secretary-general of China Human Resources Theory and Practice Alliance, the secretary-general of the Human Resources Branch of the China Enterprise Reform and Development Society and a research fellow of the Research Center for State-owned Enterprise Reform and Development of the Business School of Renmin University of China. Mr. Zhou obtained a bachelor’s degree in human resources management from Renmin University of China in July 2003 and a master’s degree in labor economics (human resources development and management) from Renmin University of China in July 2005. He was sponsored by China Scholarship Council in joint doctoral education program in Rutgers University from September 2007 to September 2008, and obtained a doctoral degree in labor economics (human resources development and management) from Renmin University of China in January 2009.