Board of Directors

According to the Articles of the Bank, the Board of Directors shall undertake final responsibility of operation and management of the Bank and shall be accountable to the Shareholders’ general meeting. 

The Board of the Bank shall be composed of the executive Directors and non-executive Directors (including independent Directors). The executive Directors refer to the chairman of the Board of Directors and Directors who hold positions in the senior management of the Bank. The Board of Directors of the Bank are comprised of eighteen Directors, including, among others, four executive Directors and fourteen non-executive Directors (including independent Directors).

Directors are not required to hold any shares of the Bank. Directors shall be elected or replaced at the Shareholders' general meeting and shall each serve a term of three years, which shall be calculated from the date upon which the relevant resolution is passed at the Shareholders' general meeting, and they shall not perform their duties until their qualifications are approved by the regulatory authorities. A Director may seek re-election upon expiry of the said term.

Members of the Board of Directors: WANG Jinhong, QU Hongzhi, DU Gang, ZHAO Zhihong, AU Siu Luen, YUAN Wei, DUAN Wenwu, HU Aimin, ZHANG Yunji, MAO Zhenhua, CHI Guotai, MU Binrui, TSE Yat Hong, ZHU Ning and SHUM Siu Hung Patrick

Executive Directors:

Mr. WANG Jinhong (Chairman of the Board of Directors)

Mr. WANG is an economist and a doctorate candidate in finance. He was a vice president of Tianjin Branch of Shenzhen Development Bank, the party secretary and president of Tianjin Branch of the Bank, the party secretary and president of Binhai New District Branch of the Bank, the president of Tianjin Pilot Free Trade Zone Branch of the Bank, an assistant to president, a member of the party committee, a vice president and an executive Director of the Bank. He was chairman of Tianjin Haihe River Industry Fund Management Co., Ltd. (天津市海河产业基金管理有限公司). He is currently the party secretary and chairman of the Bank.

Mr. QU Hongzhi

Mr. QU is a senior economist with a master’s degree in finance and a doctor’s degree in management. He once worked in China Construction Bank Corporation, where he served as the general manager of asset security department and general manager of legal affairs department of Tianjin branch, the president of Nankai sub-branch, the president of Heping sub-branch, an assistant to the president, a vice president and a member of the party committee of Tianjin branch, and the deputy secretary of the party committee and a vice president of Jiangsu branch. He currently serves as the deputy secretary of the party committee, an executive Director and the president of the Bank.

Mr. DU Gang

Mr. DU has a master’s degree and used to be engaged in supervision at the PBoC and the CBRC for a long time. He was once the deputy inspector of the national joint stock commercial bank supervision department of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. He currently serves as a member of the party committee, an executive Director, a vice president and the secretary to the Board of Directors of the Bank.

Mr. ZHAO Zhihong

Mr. ZHAO is a senior economist with a doctor’s degree. He once worked in CCB, where he served as a deputy division director of the general business division of the credit management department, a deputy division director of sub-branches supervision division III, the division director of the risk study division, and a manager of the general division at the credit risk management department, a manager and senior manager of authorization management division and a senior risk manager at the risk management department, a senior risk manager and deputy general manager of the quality and efficiency control department, a deputy general manager of the product and quality management department, and a deputy general manager of the product innovation and management department. He once served as the director of the strategic development and investment management office, strategic development president, an assistant to the president and the secretary to the Board of Directors of the Bank. He is currently an executive Director, a vice president and the chief risk officer of the Bank.

Non-executive Directors:

Mr. AU Siu Luen (Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors)

Mr. AU has a bachelor’s degree. He served as the chief executive officer and chairman of Citibank (China) Co., Limited and Asia co-head of client coverage of Standard Chartered Bank. He currently serves as vice chairman of the Bank and the managing director of CEO office of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited in Asia.

Ms. YUAN Wei

Being a senior economist with a doctoral degree, she previously served as deputy general manager of financial business department of China Shipping Container Lines Co., Ltd. (中海集装箱运输股份有限公司), deputy general manager of financial business department of COSCO SHIPPING Development Co., Ltd. (中远海运发展股份有限公司), and investment director of COSCO Shipping Captive Insurance Co., Ltd. (中远海运财产保险自保有限公司). She currently serves as a non-executive Director of the Bank, chief investment officer and general manager of strategic investment department of COSCO SHIPPING Development Co., Ltd., and a director of China Shipping Investment Co., Ltd.  

Mr. DUAN Wenwu 

Mr. DUAN is a professorate senior accountant and has a bachelor’s degree. He served as deputy manager and manager of the finance department, deputy chief accountant, chief accountant and deputy general manager of Yunnan Dachaoshan Hydropower Co., Ltd. (云南大朝山水电有限公司), assistant to the director of the finance and accounting department of State Development and Investment Corp (国家开发投资公司), deputy general manager of SDIC Finance Co., Ltd. (国投财务有限公司), deputy director of the finance and accounting department of State Development and Investment Corp (国家开发投资公司), deputy general manager of China National Complete Plant Import and Export Group Corporation (中国成套设备进出口(集团)总公司), director of the finance and accounting department of State Development and Investment Corp (国家开发投资公司), general manager of SDIC Essence (Holdings) Co., Ltd (国投安信股份有限公司), general manager of SDIC Capital Co., Ltd. (国投资本股份有限公司), chairman and secretary of the party branch of SDIC Finance Co., Ltd. (国投财务有限公司), and general manager, deputy secretary of the party committee, chairman and secretary of the party committee of China National Investment and Guaranty Corporation (中国投融资担保股份有限公司). He is currently a non-executive Director of the Bank, chairman and secretary of the party committee of SDIC Capital Co., Ltd. (国投资本股份有限公司) and a non-executive director of China International Capital Corporation Limited.

Mr. HU Aimin

Mr. HU has a university education background. He previously served as a deputy general manager and the general manager of the capital operation department and the general manager of the investment management department, the general manager of industry and finance integrated development center and the secretary of the party working committee of industry and finance of China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited, the secretary of the party committee, a director and senior vice president of Shanghai Baosteel Packaging Co., Ltd., and the general manager of Hwabao Investment Co., Ltd. He currently serves as a non-executive Director of the Bank, the secretary of the party committee and chairman of the board of directors of Hwabao Investment Co., Ltd., the chairman of the board of directors of Sinosteel Futures Co., Ltd., a director of Hwa Bao Securities Co., Ltd., a director of Zhongjin Ruide (Shanghai) Shareholding Investment Management Co., Ltd., a director of New China Life Insurance Company Ltd., and a supervisor of Xinjiang Tianshan Steel United Co., Ltd.

Mr. ZHANG Yunji

Mr. ZHANG has a master’s degree. He once worked in Tianjin Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (中国工商银行股份有限公司天津市分行) for a long time, where he served as an assistant to the president and a vice president. In addition, he used to serve as the chairman of the board of directors and the general manager of Tianjin Rongsheng Xinye Investment and Development Co., Ltd. He currently serves as a non-executive Director of the Bank and the chairman of the board of directors of Tianjin Shanghui Investment Holding Company Limited and Rongxinhui (Tianjin) Finance Lease Co., Ltd.

Independent Non-executive Directors:

Mr. MAO Zhenhua

Mr. MAO is a senior economist with a doctor’s degree and has been working in China Chengxin Credit Management Co., Ltd. (formerly known as China Chengxin Securities Rating Co., Ltd.) for a long time. He once served as the chairman of the board of directors of Zhong Chengxin Securities Rating Co., Ltd. and a director of China Chengxin International Credit Rating Co., Ltd. He is currently an independent non-executive Director of the Bank, the chairman of the board of directors of China Chengxin Credit Management Co., Ltd. and China Chengxin Investment Group Co., Ltd., a director of Zhong Chengxin Securities Rating Co., Ltd., China Chengxin Credit Technology Co., Ltd., Shengang Securities Co., Ltd. and Airstar Bank Limited, a non-executive director of Meilleure Health International Industry Group Limited, an independent non-executive director of China Infrastructure & Logistics Group Ltd. and China SCE Group Holdings Limited, the chief economist of China Chengxin International Credit Rating Co., Ltd., the joint head of Economic Research Institute of Renmin University of China, the dean of Dong Fureng Economic and Social Development Research Institute of Wuhan University (Beijing), and the professor of HKU Business School.

Mr. CHI Guotai

Mr. CHI is a professor with a doctor’s degree. He once served as a lecturer and an associate professor in the banking management department of Heilongjiang College of Financial Staff and an associate professor, a professor and a doctoral supervisor in the School of Economics and Management of Dalian University of Technology, the director of the Research Center for Financial Risk and Systematic Evaluation Management (金融风险与系统评价管理研究中心) of Dalian University of Technology, and an expert in the Discipline Planning and Review Team (学科规划评审组) of the National Social Science Fund of China. He is currently an independent non-executive Director of the Bank.

Mr. MU Binrui

Mr. MU is a senior economist with a bachelor’s degree and is granted the special government allowance by the State Council. He once served as a deputy general manager of foreign business department, a deputy general manager of marketing department, a deputy general manager and the general manager of credit management department, a deputy chief credit executive officer and the general manager of credit management department of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. He is currently an independent non-executive Director of the Bank, an independent non-executive director of China Yongda Automobiles Services Holdings Limited, and an independent director of Shanghai Shengtong Information Technology Co., Ltd. (上海声通信息科技股份有限公司). 

Mr. TSE Yat Hong

Mr. TSE is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a Fellow of Certified Public Accountants (FCPA) of CPA Australia with a bachelor’s degree. He once served as the chief financial officer and company secretary of Shenzhen International Holdings Limited and as a joint company secretary and non-executive director of Shenzhen Expressway Company Limited, and an independent on-executive director of Sky Light Holdings Limited. He is currently an independent non-executive Director of the Bank and an independent non-executive director of China Huirong Financial Holdings Limited, Radiance Holdings (Group) Company Limited and E-Star Commercial Management Company Limited.

Mr. ZHU Ning

Mr. ZHU is a professor and doctoral supervisor with a doctor’s degree. He once taught at the University of California, Davis. He once served as an independent director of UTour Group Co., Ltd. and Molecular Data Inc. He is currently an independent non-executive Director of the Bank, a vice dean and professor of Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, an independent non-executive director of China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Mr. SHUM Siu Hung Patrick

Mr. SHUM has a bachelor’s degree. He served as the China chief risk officer and vice president of ABN AMRO, the senior credit approval officer and senior vice president, the professional credit approval officer of China real estate of DBS Bank (China) Limited, the director and the credit approval officer of commercial real estate (Asia, excluding Japan) of Deutsche Bank, the vice president and director of credit risk department of OCBC Wing Hang Bank (China) Limited, the director of the risk department in China and the head of credit risk in the Great China Region of Maybank. He is currently an independent non-executive Director of the Bank.

Joint Company Secretaries:

Mr. DU Gang (杜刚), one of the joint company secretaries of our Bank (for biographical details, please see “Executive Directors” section)

Ms. ZHANG Xiao (张潇) is one of the joint company secretaries of our Bank.

Ms. ZHANG is an assistant vice president of SWCS Corporate Services Group (Hong Kong) Limited, a specialty corporate services provider, and has over ten years of experience in the company secretary field. Ms. ZHANG has been admitted as an associate member of both the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute and the Chartered Governance Institute in the United Kingdom in 2019. Ms. ZHANG obtained a bachelor’s degree in computer science from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2010 and a master’s degree in corporate governance from Hong Kong Metropolitan University in 2018.