Board of Directors

Executive Directors

Mr. Xu Liang (Chairman)

Mr. Wang Hongpeng (Managing Director)

Mr. Xiao Yong

Non-executive Director

Mr. Chen Zheng (Deputy Chairman)

Independent Non-executive Directors

Prof. Japhet Sebastian Law

Mr. Lam Yiu Kin

Mr. Zheng Xiaodong

Mr. Li Yao

Ms. Wu Chunhua

 

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

 

Mr. Xu Liang, Mr. Xu is a senior accountant, graduated from Fudan University and obtained a bachelor degree in statistics and a master degree in business administration from Tsinghua University. Mr. Xu has been the Chairman and an executive Director of the Board, the Chairman of each of the Executive Committee and the Nomination Committee and the Vice Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of the Company between June 2017 and July 2018 and since June 2021, and an Executive Director and a member of each of the Executive Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company since June 2017. Mr. Xu joined the group of Shougang Group Co., Ltd. (“Shougang Group”), the ultimate holding company of Shougang Holding (Hong Kong) Limited (“Shougang Hong Kong”) in 1988 and held various senior positions. He is the managing director of Shougang Hong Kong and an executive director of Shoucheng Holdings Limited (formerly known as “Shougang Concord International Enterprises Company Limited”) (“Shoucheng Holdings”).  Shoucheng Holdings is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Shougang Group and Shougang Hong Kong are substantial shareholders of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance, Chapter 571 of the laws of Hong Kong.He was the chairman and an executive director of Capital Industrail Financial Services Group Limited (formerly known as"Shougang Concord Grand (Group) Limited") .Mr. Xu has extensive experience in management.
 
Mr. Wang Hongpeng, Mr. Wang graduated from Nankai University in Tianjin in 1996 majoring in business English and obtained a degree of executive master of business administration from Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance of Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2017. Mr. Wang was appointed as an Executive Director, the Managing Director and a member of the Executive Committee of the Company in December 2019. He is currently an executive director and an executive member of the Regional Development and Service Group of Beijing Shougang Fund Co., Ltd., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Shougang Group. Shougang Group is a substantial shareholder of the Company within the meaning of Part XV of the SFO. Mr. Wang served as the minister of Foreign Liaison Department of Well-off Promotion Committee of State Commission for Economic Restructuring in Beijing*(北京國家經濟體制改革委員會小康促進委員會), a media supervisor of the Beijing branch of Saatchi & Saatchi Great Wall Advertising Co., Ltd.*(盛世長城國際廣告有限公司北京分公司)and the managing director of Ogilvy Century (Beijing) Advertising Co., Ltd.*(奧美世紀(北京)廣告有限公司), possessing extensive experience in fields including internet media and customer relationship management and marketing.

 

Mr. Xiao Yong, Mr. Xiao graduated from the College of Economics of Hubei University with post-secondary qualification in business administration in July 1999. Mr. Xiao was appointed as an Executive Director and a member of the Executive Committee of the Company in June 2019. After completing the Three-dimensional (“3D”) Video and Animation Training Course jointly organized by Shenzhen University and Institute of Digital Media Technology (Shenzhen) Limited*(環球數碼媒體科技研究(深圳)有限公司)(“Shenzhen IDMT”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, in August 2001, he served as one of the first group of character animators in Shenzhen IDMT. Since then, he served various positions in animation production department in Shenzhen IDMT and accumulated over 20 years of experience in related fields of animation industry. Mr. Xiao serves as a director and the general manager of Shenzhen IDMT since March 2013. He is also a standing member of the Cartoon Artists Committee of China Television Artists Association.

 

 

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

 

Mr. Chen Zheng, Mr. Chen is an engineer and senior economist. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a master’s degree in business administration. Mr. Chen was appointed as an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company in February 2005. He was re-designated as the Deputy Chairman of the Board and a Non-executive Director in December 2018. He also serves as an executive director of Greater China Financial Holdings Limited and an independent non-executive director of Jiu Rong Holdings Limited, both of which are companies listed on the Stock Exchange. Mr. Chen was the managing director of operations Shougang Grand. He has extensive experience ininesting business and corporate management.

 

     

 

 

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

 

Prof. Japhet Sebastian Law, Prof. Law was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in September 2008. He is also the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of each of the audit committee (the “Audit Committee“) and Nomination Committee. Prof. Law graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a doctor of philosophy degree in mechanical/industrial engineering in 1976. He joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1986 and retired in August 2012. Before retirement, he was a professor in the Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics. He was the associate dean and subsequently the dean of the Faculty of Business Administration of The Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1993 until 2002. Prior to returning to Hong Kong, Prof. Law was a director of Operations Research at the Cullen College of Engineering and a director of Graduate Studies in Industrial Engineering at the University of Houston and was also involved with the U.S. Space Program in his career with McDonnell Douglas and Ford Aerospace in the United States. He acts as a consultant for various corporations in Hong Kong and overseas. Prof. Law is active in public services and served as a member of the Provisional Regional Council of the Hong Kong SAR Government and various other committees. He is active on the boards of profit, non-profit and charitable organisations in Hong Kong and overseas. From July 2003 to February 2006, Prof. Law had also acted as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company. He currently serves as an independent non-executive director of Tianjin Port Development Holdings Limited, Binhai Investment Company Limited, Regal Hotels International Holdings Limited, Tianjin Binhai Teda Logistics (Group) Corporation Limited and Shougang Fushan Resources Group Limited, all of which are companies listed on the Stock Exchange. He was an independent non-executive director of Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited in the past three years.

 

Mr. Lam Yiu Kin,  Mr. Lam was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in July 2015. He is also a member of each of Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee. In May 2020, Mr. Lam was appointed as the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. Lam is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”), and a honorary fellow of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Mr. Lam was an Adjunct Professor in the School of Accounting and Finance of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from September 2014 to August 2016, and was a member of the Finance Committee of the Hong Kong Management Association. Mr. Lam has extensive experience in accounting, auditing and business consulting. Mr. Lam was a member of the Listing Committee and the Financial Reporting Advisory Panel of the Stock Exchange from 1997 to 2003, a committee member of HKICPA from 1994 to 2009, and a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong from 1993 to 2013. Mr. Lam graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a higher diploma in June 1975. Mr. Lam currently serves as an independent non-executive director of Shougang Century, Spring Real Estate Investment Trust, COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited, Nine Dragons Paper (Holdings) Limited, CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited, Bestway Global Holding Inc. and Topsports International Holdings Limited, all of which are companies listed on the Stock Exchange. He was an independent non-executive director of Shanghai Fudan-Zhangjiang Bio-Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Vital Innovations Holdings Limited and WWPKG Holdings Company Limited  in the past three years. 

 

Mr. Zheng Xiaodong, Mr. Zheng obtained a bachelor’s degree in international economics in July 1998 and a master’s degree in world economics in June 2006 from Fudan University. Mr. Zheng was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in June 2019. In May 2020, he was appointed as a member of each of Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee. He serves as the president of marketing and chief executive officer of Leo Digital Network and the president of Shanghai MediaV Advertising Co., Ltd., in which he is responsible for operation and agency businesses. Mr. Zheng served as a director and the deputy general manager of Leo Group Co., Ltd., a company listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code: 002131), the marketing manager of Great Wall Broadband Network and the general manager of eastern China region and the vice president of Allyes AdNetwork. He has extensive experience in the internet industry and marketing field.
 
Mr. Li Yao, Mr. Li obtained his bachelor’s degree in science and bachelor’s degree in economics from the Peking University in 2003 and his master’s degree in human geography from Peking University in 2006. He was the partner of Ski Resort Business Unit of Vanke Group and the chairman of Songhua Lake Resort. He is currently the partner of Hotel and Resort Business Unit of Vanke Group and the vice-chairman of Beijing Ski Association. Mr. Li has extensive experience in the operation of professional culture complexes, stadium with multimedia facilities and sports events as well as the development of intellectual property of ski industry.
 
Ms. Wu Chunhua,Ms. Wu holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Beijing Normal University. Ms. Wu has over 20 years of extensive experience in human resource management. She was the director and legal representative of Beijing Weiji Consultation Co., Ltd., the business director and senior consultant of Beijing Orient Huibo Human Resources Co., Ltd, the human resources assistant to the chairman of Zhuhai Zhenwei Group, and the human resources manager of Oriental United Recording Co., Ltd. Ms. Wu has been the legal representative of Hainan Wenchang Weiming Technology Co., Ltd. since September 2022.