Directors and management

Mr. LIN obtained a bachelor’s degree of Computer Science from the Xiamen University. After joining the Company in 1997, Mr. LIN has served as the general manager of the Company in the Fujian Province Region, the general manager of the Operation Management Department and the director of the Strategic Development Department of the Group. Mr. LIN has extensive experience in strategic planning, marketing management and financial management. Mr. LIN has been awarded the “Top 10 CFO in China of the year 2018”.

Mr. Biddle is the Professor of Financial Accounting at the University of Melbourne and visiting professor at Columbia University, University of Hong Kong (“HKU”) and London Business School. Mr. Biddle earned his MBA and PhD degrees at University of Chicago. He previously served as a professor at University of Chicago, University of Washington, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (“HKUST”) and HKU, and as a visiting professor at China Europe International Business School (China), Fudan University (China), University of Glasgow (UK), Institute for Management (IMD) (Switzerland) and Skolkovo Business School (Russia). Regarding academic leadership, Mr. Biddle served as the Dean and Chair Professor at HKU, and as the Academic Dean, Department Head, Council member, Court member, Senate member and Chair Professor at HKUST. Professionally, he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Australian Institute of Company Directors, CPA Australia and Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”). Mr. Biddle is a member of the American Accounting Association Executive Board, and as a Vice-President and Invited President-Elect Candidate, and a member of each of the Accounting Hall of Fame Selection Committee, Financial Reporting Review Panel of the Financial Reporting Council of Hong Kong, HKICPA Council, Accreditation and Financial Reporting Standards Committees of HKICPA, and Hong Kong Institute of Directors Training Committee; and as the President and co-founding Council Member of the Hong Kong Academic Accounting Association. Mr. Biddle is a leading expert in financial and management accounting, value creation, economic forecasting, corporate governance and performance metrics.

Mr. Zhou Jun Xiang obtained a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Wuhan University in 1986 and a master’s degree in accounting from the Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences of the Ministry of Finance in 1989. In addition, Mr. Zhou Jun Xiang obtained the certificates of each of Chinese Certified Public Accountant and Chinese Certified Asset Appraiser. Mr. Zhou Jun Xiang is a Senior Partner of Dahua Certified Public Accountants (Special General Partnership), and served as a Partner of BDO China Shu Lun Pan Certified Public Accountants LLP from September 2011 to December 2019. Mr. Zhou Jun Xiang is also a member of each of Expert Group and Review Committee of Shenzhen Municipal Government Guidance Fund, Shenzhen Municipal Government Stable Fund and Shenzhen Angel FOF. 

Mr. Bo obtained a PhD. in Management from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2006. Mr. Bo served as a chief accountant of Shenzhen Airlines Co., Limited from 1993 to 2000; successively served as vice president, president and executive director of TCL Technology Group Corporation (stock code: 000100), from 2000 to 2018; successively served as executive director, chief executive officer and the chairman of the board of TCL Electronics Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 01070), from 2010 to 2018. He was the general manager and director of Appotronics Corporation Limited (stock code: 688007), from 2018 to 2022. Mr. Bo is currently a representative of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Congress, a professor of the National School of Development of Peking University, a distinguished professor of management practice of the HSBC Business School of Peking University, and a member of the Federation of Shenzhen Commerce, and was awarded the seventh “Shenzhen Businessman of the Year 2015 “.

Ms. Katherine Rong Xin received a master’s degree in applied linguistics from the Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in July 1986, and a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from the California State University in June 1991. She obtained a doctor’s degree in business administration from the University of California in June 1995. Ms. Katherine Rong Xin has been a professor of management since September 2001 at the China Europe International Business School. She served as an assistant professor of management at the University of Southern California from September 1995 to August 1999. She served as an associate professor of management at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from September 1999 to August 2001, and as a professor of management in the Faculty of IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland from August 2006 to December 2009. Ms. Katherine Rong Xin was awarded the Chinese Most Cited Researchers by Elsevier, a global provider of scientific, technical, and medical information, for seven consecutive years from 2014 to 2020. 

Mr. ZHANG graduated from China Europe International Business School. After joining the Company in 1995, Mr. Zhang has served as General Manager of Shanghai Branch and General Manager of East China Region successively. Mr. ZHANG has played vital roles in the marketing and marketing management, etc. Therefore, he has rich experience in marketing and team management. Mr. ZHANG is one of the “Second Session IT Youth Top Ten New Talent in Shanghai “, one of the “Fifth Session Top Ten Outstanding Youth in Putuo District “, and one of the “2008 Shanghai Information Service Industry Leaders”. Also, he was once a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th CPPCC in Putuo District, Shanghai, and vice president of Shanghai Informatization Youth Talent Association.