Speakers

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  Mr. WU Xiangdong

  Chairman of the Board / Executive Director

  Mr. Wu Xiangdong (吴向东), founded our Group in November 2003 and has served as a Director of our Company and chairman of the Board since September 24, 2021. Mr. Wu was re-designated as our executive Director on December 24, 2022. He is mainly responsible for formulating the overall corporate and business strategies of our Group. Mr. Wu is also serving as chairman of the board, director or general manager in certain of our subsidiaries.
  
  Mr. Wu has over 20 years of experience in the baijiu industry. He founded Jinliufu more than 20 years ago, which is a renowned baijiu brand in China. In March 2000, Mr. Wu founded Jindong Group, a company primarily engaged in the sales of baijiu and has been acting as its chairman of the board. Mr. Wu has been serving as chairman of the board of Huaze Group, a company controlled by Mr. Wu, which was in control of our business before the reorganization of our Group, since December 2005. In May 2005, Mr. Wu founded Vats Liquor and has been working as its director and chairman of the board since then. In addition, Mr. Wu also served for certain executive or non-executive roles in the subsidiaries of Huaze Group, Jindong Group and Rongrui Group.
  
  Mr. Wu served as the 12th National People’s Congress Deputy. Mr. Wu obtained his post-secondary’s degree (中专学历) majoring in import and export business from Hunan Foreign Economics and Trade School (湖南省对外经济贸易学校, currently known as Hunan International Business Vocational College (湖南外贸职业学院)) in the PRC in June 1991.

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  Ms. ZHU Lin

  Vice President / Executive Director

  Ms. Zhu Lin (朱琳) joined our Group in September 2008. She was appointed as our vice president on October 1, 2021 and as a Director of our Company on November 25, 2021. Ms. Zhu was re-designated as our executive Director on December 24, 2022. She is mainly responsible for matters relating to legal, compliance and information technology operation of our Group. Ms. Zhu has been serving as a director at Hunan Xiangjiao Sales since September 2008, a supervisor at Hunan Xiangjiao since January 2020 and as a director at Guizhou Zhenjiu since December 2021.
  
  Ms. Zhu has over 20 years of experience in financial management and corporate management. Ms. Zhu has approximately 5 years of experience in accounting prior to joining Huaze Group and its subsidiary. Ms. Zhu served as the chief financial officer at Huaze Group and its subsidiary from October 2004 to December 2010, as its deputy general manager from January 2011 to September 2021 and as its director from January 2011 to January 2023, where she was mainly responsible for their financial and/or operational management. Ms. Zhu has also been serving as the director with a non-executive role at Vats Liquor from March 2016 to March 2023. Apart from that, Ms. Zhu also worked as a director and/or a deputy general manager for over a decade in companies controlled by Mr. Wu, including but not limited to Jindong Group.
  
  Ms. Zhu has been a certified public accountant of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants since October 2001. She has been an international affiliate of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since February 2009.
  
  Ms. Zhu graduated from Beihang University (北京航空航天大学) in the PRC in July 1995, majoring in computer and application.

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  Mr. NG Kwong Chue Paul

  Company Secretary / Executive Director

  Mr. Ng Kwong Chue Paul (吴光曙) joined our Group in October 2021 and was appointed as our company secretary on October 1, 2021. Mr. Ng was appointed as the Director of our Company on October 5, 2021 and was re-designated as our executive Director on December 24, 2022. He is mainly responsible for the company secretarial affairs and international business expansion of our Group.
  
  Mr. Ng has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and management. Mr. Ng founded Realvision Technology Limited and has served as its director from October 1999 to December 2006. In December 2005, Mr. Ng joined New Silkroad Culturaltainment Limited (新丝路文旅有限公司), a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 0472, formerly known as MACRO-LINK International Holdings Limited (新华联国际控股有限公司) and JLF Investment Company Limited (金六福投资有限公司)), in which he served as the executive director from March 2011 to June 2020 and worked as its chief investment officer, company secretary and acting chief executive. Mr. Ng also founded China Innovation Investment Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 01217) and served as its executive director from April 2003 to May 2006 and as its non-executive director from May 2006 to May 2013. He then served as an executive director in Longhui International Holdings Limited (龙辉国际控股有限公司), a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 1007, formerly known as Daqing Dairy Co., Ltd. (大庆乳业有限公司)) from September 2013 to February 2016.
  
  Mr. Ng is a member of Australian Institute of Management from August 1996. He has been a certified practicing accountant of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants since April 1997 and was promoted to fellowship since July 2022, a certified public accountant of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since June 1997 and was promoted to fellowship since March 2023, and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors since June 2012.
  
  Mr. Ng obtained his bachelor’s degree of commerce from the University of Melbourne in Australia in October 1994.

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  Mr. WANG Lianbo

  Vice President / Chief Financial Officer

  Mr. Wang Lianbo (王连博) was appointed as the vice president and chief financial officer of our Company on February 1, 2023. He is responsible for the overall financial management, capital market operations and investors relationship affairs of our Group.
  
  Mr. Wang has over 10 years of experience in investment banking and capital market. Mr. Wang served as an assistant manager in KPMG Huazhen from 2008 to 2011. From 2011 to 2012, he worked as an assistant manager in Hony Capital. From 2012 to 2014, Mr. Wang worked as an associate in Boxin Capital. He joined Goldman Sachs Gao Hua Securities Company Limited in 2016 and served as an executive director from 2019 to 2023.
  
  Mr. Wang obtained his bachelor degree in management from Renmin University of China (中国人民大学) in 2008, and master degree of business administration from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (香港科技大学) in 2016. Mr. Wang has been a member of China Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 2011.