Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. Goh Choo Hwee was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of our Company on 23 March 2016. Mr. Goh is also a member of each of the audit, remuneration and nomination committees. Mr. Goh is a practicing solicitor in Hong Kong and currently a partner at Ma Tang & Co., a law firm in Hong Kong. He graduated from The University of Hong Kong with Postgraduate Certificate in Laws in June 1995.

Mr. Goh is currently an independent non-executive director of China Ever Grand Financial Leasing Group Co., Ltd. (stock code: 379) and Tsui Wah Holdings Limited (stock code: 1314), both companies listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Goh has served as company secretary and authorised representative at Xinhua News Media Holdings Limited (stock code: 309), a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange, since 11 December 2013. From September 2013 to November 2015, Mr. Goh was also an independent non-executive director of Theme International Holdings Limited (stock code: 990), a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange.

Mr. Ou Qiyuan was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of our Company on 1 October 2021. Mr. Ou graduated from South China University of Technology, specializing in business administration, in 2013. Mr. Ou has been serving as the managing director of江門市國旅國際旅行社有限公司(literally translated as “Jiangmen International Travel Service Co., Ltd.”) since May 2007. Mr. Ou is also the sole shareholder of this company. Mr. Ou has over 14 years of operations and management experience in tourism business and corporate development.

Mr. Suen To Wai was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of our Company on 18 March 2023. Mr. Suen is also the chairman of the audit committee and remuneration committee, and a member of nomination committee of the Company. Mr. Suen received tertiary education both in Hong Kong and Australia. Mr. Suen obtained a bachelor’s degree in commerce from The University of Western Australia in March 2001. Mr. Suen is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Suen has over 15 years of experience in finance and accounting. He also worked at an international audit firm from January 2001 to July 2013.

Mr. Suen is currently an independent non-executive director of MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited, a company whose shares are listed on Nasdaq (stock code: YGMZ), since September 2020 and an independent non-executive director of Huisen Household International Group Limited, a company whose shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 2127), since December 2020.

Mr. Suen is an independent non-executive director of China Zenix Auto International Limited (a company whose American depositary shares were previously listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock code “ZX” but were subsequently delisted in December 2018, and then were quoted on the over-the-counter markets under the stock code “ZXAIY” but were subsequently delisted in January 2022) since April 2018.

Mr. Suen is an independent non-executive director of Ping An Securities Group (Holdings) Limited (“Ping An Securities”), a company whose shares were previously listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 231) but were subsequently delisted in November 2022, since February 2020. Ping An Securities was incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability. According to the 2020 annual report of Ping An Securities, Ping An Securities and its subsidiaries mainly engaged in the business of provision of securities brokerage, securities underwriting and placements and financial advisory services, insurance brokerage service and property development.