Mr. Yuan Feng has been appointed as the Company’s co-chief executive officer and director of the Board, effective from December 13, 2024. Mr. Yuan Feng had served as a deputy director of European and American business department at Huayou New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. from October 2021 to December 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Feng worked at Royal Emirates Investment Authority from November 2015 to September 2021 as a director of marketing and from November 2011 to October 2015 as an assistant general manager for two subsidiaries of the said authority, respectively. From September 2010 to November 2011, Mr. Feng worked at China Central Television as an English translator. Mr. Feng received a bachelor’s degree in international economics and trade from Xi'an University of Finance and Economics in July 2010.
Mr. Herman Man Guo is our founder and has served as the chairman of our board of directors and our chief executive officer since our inception. He was the general manager of Beijing Sunshine Media Co., Ltd. from 1997 to 2004. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Guo served as the deputy general manager of Bejjing Trade 8 Technology Development Company. Prior to that, he worked in China Civil Aviation Development Service Company from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Guo received his bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from People’s Liberation Army Information Engineering University in China in 1983 and an Executive MBA degree from Peking University in China in 2011.
Dr. Songzuo Xiang has served as our independent director since November 2008. He currently serves on the board of China Digital TV Co. Ltd., an NYSElisted company providing conditional access systems to China's digital television market. From March 2009 to October 2009 and from July 2000 to July 2009, Dr. Xiang served as chief executive officer and director, respectively, of Kué Media Co,, Ltd., a Nasdaq-listed company. He previously served as the Deputy Director of the Fund Planning Department at the People's Bank of China ShenzhenBranch and was an investment manager at Shenzhen Resources & Property Development Group. He was a visiting scholar at Columbia University from May 1999 to July 2000 and at Cambridge University from October 1998 to May 1999. Dr. Xiang received his bachelor's degree in engineering in Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1986, his master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University in 1999, his master's degree in management science in 1993 and his Ph.D. degree in economics in 1993 from Renmin University in China.
Ms.Yanxiao Zhu has been appointed as an independent director of the Board, a member of each of the audit committee and the compensation committee of the Board, and the chairperson and a member of the compliance committee of the Board, effective from December 13, 2024. Ms. Yanxiao Zhu had served as a finance business partner at Goodman Fielder from January 2023 to September 2024. Prior to that, Ms. Zhu worked at Fisher and Paykel Healthcare NZ as a cost accountant from July 2019 to October 2022, at Oceania Dairy as an assistant finance manager from October 2017 to September 2018, and at Knowles Corporation as a senior costing analysis from November 2013 to February 2016. Ms. Zhu received a bachelor’s degree in applied accounting from University of Oxford Brookes in December 2009, and a postgraduate diploma of professional accounting from Auckland University of Technology in December 2016.