Mr. Hon Ming Sang（韓銘生）, committee member of the 11st Luoding Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and the chairman of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee with effect from 24 June 2020.

Mr. Hon graduated with an honor degree of Professional Accountancy in the School of Accountancy from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Mr. Hon is a CFA charterholder. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Society of Financial Analysts, a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, an associate member of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute and The Chartered Governance Institute. Mr. Hon has previously worked in an international audit firm and has over 14 years of working experience in listed companies and financial institutions. He has extensive experience in corporate finance, merger and acquisition, investment and financial management and compliance services.

Mr. Hon had been an independent non-executive director of SFund International Holdings Limited (a company listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange with stock code: 1367, listing of which was cancelled on 20 September 2022) (“SFund”) from November 2016 to February 2017 and was re-designated as its executive director from February 2017 to August 2022. He had also been appointed as SFund’s company secretary, authorized representative and process agent from July 2017 to August 2022.

Mr. Hon has been an independent non-executive director of Virtual Mind since November 2016. Mr. Hon has been an independent non-executive director of Asia Energy since November 2020. Mr. Hon has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director, a member of each of the audit committee and the investment committee, and the chairman of each of the compensation and benefits committee and the nomination committee of InvesTech with effect from 31 January 2023.

Mr. Hon has been appointed as the chief financial officer and the company secretary of China Gas Industry Investment Holdings Co. Ltd. (a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange with Stock Code: 1940) since August 2022 and October 2022, respectively.

Mr. Tang Shu Pui Simon（鄧澍焙）,has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and a member of each of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee with effect from 7 July 2023. Mr. Tang is a practising solicitor and an accredited mediator with the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. He is a partner of P. C. Woo & Co., a firm of solicitors with over 70 years of service in Hong Kong.

Mr. Tang is a panel member of the Insurance Appeals Tribunal, legal advisor of the General Agents and Managers Association of Hong Kong, vice president of the Hong Kong Institute of Patent Attorneys Limited, senior legal adviser to Hong Kong Brands Protection Alliance Limited, founding member, board member and honorary legal counsel of Hong Kong-ASEAN Economic Cooperation Foundation, member of the Standing Committee on Standards and Development of the Law Society of Hong Kong, legal advisor to Kitchee (Sports Management) Limited, a member of the Executive Board of Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps, fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors, board member of Monte Jade Science and Technology Association of Hong Kong.

Mr. Tang has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Virtual Mind since August 2016. Mr. Tang has been appointed as a member of each of the audit committee, the nomination committee, and the corporate governance committee of Virtual Mind since November 2016. Mr. Tang was a member of the remuneration committee of Virtual Mind from November 2016 to January 2021, and he has been appointed as the chairman of the remuneration committee of Virtual Mind since January 2021.

Mr. Hung Ka Hai Clement (former name as Hung Yu Sum Clement), obtained a bachelor of arts degree from the Polytechnic, Huddersfield (now known as University of Lincoln), United Kingdom in 1980. Mr. Hung had served Deloitte China for 31 years where he had assumed various leadership roles before serving as chairman of Deloitte China from 2014 to 2016. He retired from Deloitte China with effect from June 2016. While working with Deloitte China, Mr. Hung assumed various leadership roles, including the managing partner of Deloitte Shenzhen office and Guangzhou office. He was also a member of the China management team of Deloitte China. Mr. Hung was head of audit of South China and deputy managing partner of South China (including Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Xiamen.

Mr. Hung served as the consultant of the Guangzhou Institute of Certified Public Accountants from 2004 to 2014. During the period between 2006 to 2011, he also served as a member of the Shenzhen Luohu Committee of Chinese Peoples’ Political Consultative Conference. After his retirement as the chairman of Deloitte China, he was appointed as an expert consultant of the Ministry of Finance in the People’s Republic of China. Mr. Hung is a life member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Mr. Hung is serving as a director of each of the following listed companies whose shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange:

• an independent non-executive director of China East Education Holdings Limited (stock code: 667) since 25 November 2018;

• an independent non-executive director of Starjoy Wellness and Travel Company Limited (stock code: 3662) since 22 February 2019;

• an independent non-executive director of XinKong International Capital Holdings Limited (stock code: 993) since 13 December 2019;

• an independent non-executive director of Skyworth Group Limited (stock code: 751) since 18 March 2020;

• an independent non-executive director of USPACE Technology Group Limited (stock code: 1725) since 16 July 2021;

• an independent non-executive director of Capital Estate Limited (stock code: 193) since 12 April 2024.

Mr. Hung has served, in the past three years, as a director of each of the following companies whose shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange:

• an independent non-executive director of SY Holdings Group Limited (stock code: 6069) from 19 June 2017 to 14 July 2022;

• an independent non-executive director of Tong Tong AI Social Group Limited (stock code: 628) from 31 October 2016 to 11 December 2023;

• an independent non-executive director of JX Energy Ltd. (stock code: 3395) from 1 August 2023 to 23 December 2024; and

• a non-executive director of High Fashion International Limited (stock code: 608) from 1 December 2017 to 31 December 2024.

Mr. Hung also serves as an independent supervisor of the supervisory committee of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Ltd. whose shares are listed both on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 2318 and stock code: 601318, respectively) since 18 July 2022.