The Board of Suoxinda Holdings Limited announced that with effect from 4 November 2022: Mr. Shi Banchao ("Mr. Shi") has been appointed as an executive Director; Ms. Zhao Yue ("Ms. Zhao") has been appointed as a non-executive Director; Dr. Wu Fu-Shea ("Dr. Wu") has been re-designated from an executive Director to a non-executive Director; Mr. Chen Zhenping ("Mr. Chen") has been re-designated from an executive Director to a non-executive Director; Mr. Song Hongtao has resigned as the Chairman and he remains to act as an executive Director; Dr. Wu Fu-Shea has resigned as the Chief Executive Officer and has been appointed as the Chairman. Mr. Shi, aged 45, joined the Group on 6 May 2021 and acted as the vice president and general manager of southern China region of the Group. He is the person in charge of several branch offices of the subsidiaries of the Company. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in management from Hunan Institute of Commerce in the PRC in June 1999. Mr. Shi has nearly 20 years of working experience in the information technology service industry. Prior to joining the Group, from 2002 to 2011, he had served several sales and marketing positions in several companies which are engaged in development and production of computer software and hardware products, including Beijing
Founder Order Computer System Co. Ltd. Digital China Xinlong Technology Co. Ltd. and Guangzhou office of Aisino-Wincor Retail & Banking Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. (formerly known as Wincor Nixdorf Retail & Banking Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. worked at Teradata Information Systems (Beijing) Co., Limited from March 2011 to December 2020 with his last position as sales director of southern China region and southwest region.
Ms. Zhao, aged 33, was appointed as a non-executive Director on 4 November 2022. Ms. Zhao obtained the legal professional qualification certificate issued by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC in April 2021 and the qualification certificate of the secretary to the board of directors of Shenzhen Stock Exchange in September 2019. Ms. Zhao has nearly 10 years of working experience in the corporate management and consulting. Prior to joining the Group, from July 2012 to May 2016, she served as a consultant and subsequently was promoted as a senior consultant at Beijing Beson Consulting Co. Ltd. From June 2016 to May 2020, she had served as a senior strategic researcher in the strategic investment department of the board of directors of Shenzhen Kuang-Chi Metamaterials Technology Co. Ltd. which is a subsidiary of Kuang-Chi Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen stock code: 002625). She has served as the legal representative, executive director and general manager of Shenzhen Zhongchengtong Private Equity Fund Management Co. Ltd. which is a subsidiary of China Vered Financial Holding Corporation Limited since May 2020. The Board announces that, due to a redesignation of duties in the Group, with effect from 4 November 2022: Dr. Wu, aged 64, holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Tulane University in the U.S. and a Ph.D. degree in management from Nankai University. From 10 September 2019 to 12 December 2019, Dr. Wu served as the chief advisor in Shenzhen Suoxinda Data Technology Co. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and was appointed as the general manager of Shenzhen Suoxinda on 13 December 2019. He was appointed as the chief executive officer of the Company (the "Chief Executive Officer") on 26 March 2020 and an executive Director on 10 September 2022. He is the legal representative of a subsidiary of the Company. With the working experience in big data solutions industry for over 20 years, Dr. Wu has served as the head of the Greater China region for three globally leading scientific and technological companies in this professional field, and has profound insights into the development of big data and artificial intelligence in the Chinese market. Before joining in the Group in September 2019, Dr. Wu was the President of Greater China region of Teradata Technology (Beijing) Co., Limited from January 1998 to December 2008; the President of Greater China region of FICO information technology (Beijing) Co., Limited from September 2009 to July 2011; and the President of Greater China region of SAS Software (Beijing) Co., Limited from August 2011 to December 2018. Mr. Chen, aged 46, was appointed as an executive Director on 1 March 2022. He received his bachelor's degree in engineering from Shandong Building Materials Technical Institute (the predecessor of the University of Jinan in the PRC in July 2000. Mr. Chen has been engaging in new energy and technology investment for a long time while got depth understanding of the relevant fields as well. He has accumulated extensive investment experience in this field. Prior to joining the Group, he served as the vice president of the Southern China district of the metal and new material business unit of Amer International Group Limited from May 2008 to October 2019, where he participated in formulating the company's development plan, operating strategy and organizing the implementation to promote the achievement of company goals. Mr. Song Hongtao ("Mr. Song") has resigned as the chairman of the Board (the "Chairman") and he remains to act as an executive Director; Dr. Wu has resigned as the Chief Executive Officer and has been appointed as the Chairman; and Mr. Shi has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer. Each of Mr. Song and Dr. Wu has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and there is no matter that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company (the "Shareholders") or The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") in connection with their respective resignation
as the Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer. The Board would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere gratitude to Mr. Song and Dr. Wu for their valuable contribution to the Company during their tenure of services.