Mr. JI Youhong, aged 58, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Board since May 2022 and an executive Director since September 2016. He is the chairman of the Strategy and Investment Committee, the chairman of the Nomination Committee and an authorised representative of the Company. Mr. JI joined the Group in October 2003 and had served various managerial positions of the Company including the general manager of various cement and concrete subsidiaries, the Marketing Controller from November 2008 to December 2012, the Regional General Manager (Guangxi) from April 2012 to September 2016, and the Chief Executive Officer from September 2016 to April 2023. He currently serves as the director of various subsidiaries of the Company. He is a senior engineer of building materials accredited by the Private Enterprise Senior Engineer Panel of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Mr. JI graduated from the Nanjing Industrial College (currently known as Southeast University), China with a bachelor’s degree in engineering in 1985 and a master’s degree in inorganic and nonmetallic materials in 1988. He has over 30 years of experience in construction materials engineering and marketing. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the China Building Materials Federation and the Vice Chairman of the China Cement Association, and was the Vice President of the Eighth Council of the China Concrete and Cement-based Products Association.
Mr. JING Shiqing, aged 42, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and an executive Director since April 2023. He is a member of the Strategy and Investment Committee and the director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. JING joined China Resources Group in July 2003 and had served as the Deputy General Manager of the Human Resources Department of China Resources Group from May 2018 to March 2021, a non-executive director of the Company from May 2018 to May 2021 and a non-executive director of China Resources Gas Group Limited from August 2018 to May 2021 respectively. He joined the Company in May 2021 and had served as the Vice President of the Company from May 2021 to April 2023, previously responsible for the management of the Marketing Management Department, the Smart & Information Technology Department and the Technology and Innovation Department of the Company, and currently responsible for the management of the New Materials Business Division, the South China Region and the Southeast China Region of the Company. Mr. JING holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Changsha University of Science and Technology, China and a master’s degree in business administration from the Nanjing University, China. He has over 15 years of experience in corporate management.
Mr. ZHU Ping, aged 57, has been appointed as a non-executive Director since October 2021. He is a member of the Strategy and Investment Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Risk and Compliance Committee of the Company. He currently serves as a designated external director of business units of CR Holdings, and works in China Resources Corporate Service (Shenzhen) Limited. Mr. ZHU has been appointed as a director of China Resources Environmental Protection Technology Limited since December 2021, worked in China Resources Gas (Holdings) Limited from September 2004 to September 2021, and had served various managerial positions including the Head of Administration and the Vice President responsible for operation and management of North China Region. He had served as a Deputy General Manager of Huainan Town Gas Corporation (currently known as Huainan Gas Corporation); an Executive Deputy General Manager of Yuyao Urban Natural Gas Co., Ltd. from 2000 to 2001; a Senior Project Manager of XinAo Gas Holdings Limited (currently known as ENN Energy Holdings Limited) and the General Manager of Wenzhou Xin’ao Gas Co., Ltd. from 2001 to 2004. Mr. ZHU successively studied Secretarial Profession from the Anhui Normal University, China and Management Science and Engineering from the Donghua University, China, and has over 30 years’ experience in corporate management.
Mr. YU Shutian, aged 56, has been appointed as a non-executive Director, a member of the Strategy and Investment Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Appraisal Committee since September 2023. He currently serves as a designated external director of business units of China Resources (Holdings) Company Limited, works in China Resources Corporate Service (Shenzhen) Limited, and has been appointed as a director of China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) and China Resources Double-Crane Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange) since October 2022. Mr. YU joined China Resources Group in October 1999, served as the general manager and the executive deputy general manager of China Resources Ng Fung Limited from December 2018 to April 2022, the executive vice president of China Resources Enterprise, Limited from May 2018 to December 2018, and he took various managerial roles in China Resources Snow Breweries (China) Limited from October 1999 to May 2018, including the executive deputy general manager, the general manager of the marketing center, the marketing director, the general manager of Liaoning regional company, the general manager of Tianjin regional company, the general manager of Zhejiang regional company, the general manager and the deputy general manager of Heilongjiang and Jilin regional company. Mr. YU holds a bachelor’s degree of engineering in pulp and paper manufacturing from the Dalian Institute of Light Industry, China (currently known as the Dalian Polytechnic University, China) and a master’s degree of philosophy from the Jilin University, China, with over 30 years of experience in marketing and corporate management.
Mr. ZHOU Bo, aged 54, has been appointed as a non-executive Director, a member of the Strategy and Investment Committee and a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee since September 2023. He currently serves as a designated external director of business units of China Resources (Holdings) Company Limited, and works in China Resources Corporate Service (Shenzhen) Limited. Mr. ZHOU joined China Resources Group in September 1989. He was the deputy general manager of China Resources Environmental Protection Technology Limited from September 2019 to August 2023, and he took various managerial roles in China Resources Textiles (Holdings) Company Limited from October 2002 to September 2019, including the deputy general manager, the financial controller and the general manager of finance department. Mr. ZHOU worked in the finance department of China Resources National Corporation (currently known as China Resources Company Limited) from September 1989 to February 2000, and the finance department of China Nanyang Import and Export Corporation from February 2000 to October 2002. Mr. ZHOU successively studied in the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, China (currently known as the Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, China) with finance and accounting profession and in the University of South Australia, Australia with a master’s degree in business administration, with over 30 years of experience in finance and corporate management.
Mr. YANG Changyi, aged 62, has been appointed as a non-executive Director since October 2021. He is a member of the Strategy and Investment Committee and the Audit Committee of the Company. Mr. YANG currently serves as a part-time external director of business units of CR Holdings, worked in China Resources Gas (Holdings) Limited from August 2003 to January 2021 and had served various managerial positions including the Vice President responsible for operation and management of South China Region, the Chairman of Qingdao Energy China Resources Gas Limited, the General Manager of Jinran China Resources Gas Co., Ltd., the General Manager of Zhengzhou China Resources Gas Limited, the General Manager of Xiamen China Resources Gas Co., Ltd., the Financial Controller of Chengdu City Gas Co., Ltd. (currently known as Chengdu Gas Group Corporation Ltd.) and the Financial Controller of Suzhou China Resources Gas Co., Ltd. He successively studied Technology Economy and Management in the Hohai University, China and Ideological and Political Education in the Nanjing Normal University, China. He is also a qualified accountant in the PRC, and has over 30 years’ experience in financial and corporate management.
Mr. SHEK Lai Him Abraham, aged 77, has been an independent non-executive Director since January 2011. He is the chairman of the Remuneration and Appraisal Committee of the Company and a member of the Nomination Committee, the Audit Committee and the Risk and Compliance Committee of the Company. Mr. SHEK was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 1995, awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2007 and awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2013. Mr. SHEK was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the real estate and construction functional constituency from 2000 to 2021. Mr. SHEK was appointed as an independent non-executive director of Goldin Financial Holdings Limited (listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange) in January 2017, re-designated from independent non-executive director to executive director and appointed as the Vice Chairman in March 2021, and re-designated from the Vice Chairman to the Chairman since June 2022; and has been appointed as the advisor of SJM Holdings Limited since May 2021. He has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Chuang’s China Investments Limited (listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange) since April 2008, and acted as the Honorary Chairman since April 2019 following his retirement from his position as the Chairman. He has appointed as an independent non-executive director and the Vice Chairman of ITC Properties Group Limited (listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange) since September 2010, and served as an independent nonexecutive director of numerous companies listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange, including Paliburg Holdings Limited since July 2002, Chuang’s Consortium International Limited since May 2004, NWS Holdings Limited since September 2004, Regal Portfolio Management Limited (the manager of Regal Real Estate Investment Trust) since February 2006, Eagle Asset Management (CP) Limited (the manager of Champion Real Estate Investment Trust) since March 2006, Country Garden Holdings Company Limited since December 2006, Lai Fung Holdings Limited since December 2012, Cosmopolitan International Holdings Limited since December 2013, Everbright Grand China Assets Limited since January 2018, CSI Properties Limited since July 2018, Far East Consortium International Limited since June 2019, Shin Hwa World Limited (formerly known as Landing International Development Limited) since August 2020, Hao Tian International Construction Investment Group Limited since October 2020 and International Alliance Financial Leasing Co., Limited since July 2021. Mr. SHEK was also an independent non-executive director of Hop Hing Group Holdings Limited (privatized and delisted in January 2022) from January 2007 to June 2020 and SJM Holdings Limited from October 2007 to May 2021 (listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange). He is an Honorary Court member of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, a Court and Council Member of The University of Hong Kong, a Court Member of City University of Hong Kong, an independent non-executive director of Lifestyle International Holdings Limited (privatized and delisted in December 2022) and Ping An OneConnect Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. Mr. SHEK was also a non-executive director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, and an Independent Member of the Board of Governors and Chairman of English Schools Foundation. He graduated from the University of Sydney, Australia with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Diploma in Education, and obtained a Juris Doctor Degree at City University of Hong Kong.
Madam YAN Bilan, aged 58, has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director, a member of the Strategy and Investment Committee, a member of the Remuneration and Appraisal Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of the Company with effect from 15 March 2024. She is a senior engineer at professorial level, and has been an expert enjoying special government allowances from the State Council since 2009, and was honoured one of the "the Inaugural Top Ten Outstanding Women in the Building Material Industry" by the "China Building Materials" Magazine in the same year. Since 1987, Madam YAN has been working at China Building Materials Academy Co., Ltd., served successively as the deputy director of the physics laboratory of the cement institute, the deputy director of the cement institute, the head of the technology and development department, the assistant to the president of the academy, and the deputy president of the academy, and has been a distinguished professor since July 2020. She is currently the Vice Chairperson of the National Cement Standardization Technology Committee and a member in the Inaugural Expert Committee of the China Building Materials Federation. She was the Secretary General of the National Cement Standardization Technology Committee, presiding the preparation of the standardization development plan of the cement industry and organizing the formulation and revision of standards of the cement industry. She also served several positions, including a member of the general expert group of energy conservation and emission reduction in the industrial field of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, a member of the expert panel for formulating the guidelines for the national key research and development plan during the "Thirteenth Five-Year", a key special general expert member of the key national "Thirteenth Five-Year" research and development plan on "Technology Improvement and Industrialization of Key Basic Materials", a group member for preparing the "Fourteenth Five-Year" national science and technology innovation action plan for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and a member of the eighth Discipline Evaluation Group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, presided and participated in the research on subjects such as the national technology supporting plans during the "Eleventh Five-Year" and the "Twelfth Five-Year" and the National 973 Program, and presided the revision of over 30 national and cement industry standards. Madam YAN obtained a bachelor's degree of engineering from the Tongji University, China in 1985 and a professional postgraduate certificate of inorganic non-metallic materials from the Wuhan University of Technology, China in 1987, and has over 35 years of experience in the management of the building materials industry.