Mr. Xu Heyi (徐和誼), aged 59, holds a doctoral degree in management and is a senior engineer (professor level) enjoying special government allowances of the State Council. At present, Mr. Xu is the chairman of the Board of Directors, as well as the secretary of the party committee and a non-executive Director of the Company. Mr. Xu is also the chairman of the board of directors and secretary of the party committee of BAIC Group, and also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Foton, the chairman of the board of directors of Beijing Benz, the chairman of the board of directors of Beijing Hyundai, the chairman of the board of directors of Fujian Benz, the chairman of the board of directors of Beijing Electric Vehicle, the vice chairman of the board of directors of Benz Sales. Mr. Xu also serves as a representative of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a representative of the 12th National People’s Congress, a member of the 11th Beijing Municipal Committee, a standing member of the 12th Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the deputy chairman of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, among others.
Mr. Xu has more than 30 years of experience in the industry and in management. He has held various positions since he served in BAIC Group in July 2002, including as the chairman the board of directors and the secretary of the party committee of BAIC Holding (the predecessor of BAIC Group) and BAIC Group. He has been the chairman of the Board of Directors and non-executive Director of the Company since its establishment on September 20, 2010.
Mr. Zhang Jianyong Non-executive Director
Mr. Zhang Jianyong (張建勇), aged 40, holds a doctoral degree in management science and engineering and is a senior accountant. At present, Mr. Zhang is a non-executive Director of the Company. He is also the deputy general manager of BAIC Group, a director of Foton, an executive director and secretary of the party committee of BAIC Group Industrial Investment Co., Ltd., a director of Shandong Binzhou Bohai Piston Co., Ltd., the chairman of the board of directors and secretary of the party committee of BAIC Group Finance Co., Ltd., the chairman of the board of supervisors of Beijing Electric Vehicle, a director of Beijing Hainachuan Automobile Components Corporation Limited, a supervisor of Inalfa Roof Systems Group B.V., a director of Pacific Aerospace Limited in New Zealand, a director of Jiangxi Chang He Automotive Co., Ltd. and a supervisor of BAIC ROCAR Automobile Service & Trade Co., Ltd., among others.
Mr. Zhang Jianyong has about 15 years of experience in finance and management. He served in various positions, including as the chief accountant of the finance and asset department of the State Electric Power Research Institute from July 2001 to December 2003, the assistant manager of asset and finance department, deputy manager of finance department and manager of finance department of BAIC Holding from December 2003 to December 2010, the head of finance department and deputy chief financial officer and concurrently the head of finance department of BAIC Group from December 2010 to May 2015, and the deputy general manager of BAIC International Development Co. Ltd. from April 2013 to June 2014.
Mr. Chen Hongliang Executive Director
Mr. Chen Hongliang (陳宏良),aged 52, holds a master’s degree in Engineering and is a researcher-level senior engineer. At present, Mr. Chen is the president,as well as vice secretary of the party committee and the executive Director of the Company.
Mr. Chen has more than 20 years of experience in the automobile industry. He has held various positions from January 1996 to September 2008, including the deputy director of the chassis plant (mainly responsible for the technical quality system), head of the procurement department, director of the assembly plant and deputy general manager of NAVECO Ltd. He was the vice secretary of the party committee of NAVECO Ltd. from September 2008 to February 2009, and the deputy general manager of passenger vehicle department of BAIC Holding, and vice president of the head office of operation and production, chief project director of the Company, and general manager and secretary of the party committee of Zhuzhou branch from February 2009 to January, 2014. He was the vice president of the Company and the senior executive vice-president of Beijing Benz from January 2014 to March 2017. Since March 2017, he is a president and secretary of the party committee of the Company.Since June, 2017, he has been the executive Director of the Company.
Mr. Qiu Yinfu Non-executive Director
Mr. Qiu Yinfu (邱銀富), aged 49, holds a master’s degree in business administration and is a senior engineer of metallurgical equipment. At present, Mr. Qiu is a non-executive Director of the Company. He is also a director of BAIC Investment, the deputy secretary of the party committee, chairman of the labor union and deputy general manager of Shougang Shares, the secretary of the party committee of Hebei Shougang Qian’an Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. and a director of Foton.
Mr. Qiu has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and in management. He served in various positions from August 1989 to November 2012, including as the deputy general manager of Hebei Shougang Qian’an Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
Mr. Hubertus Troska Non-executive Director
Mr. Hubertus Troska, aged 57, German, holds a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature. At present, Mr. Troska is a non-executive Director of the Company, the deputy chairman of the board of directors and director of Beijing Benz. He is also a member of the board of management of Daimler AG, responsible for its businesses in Greater China, and serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of Daimler Greater China.
Mr. Troska has nearly 30 years of experience in the automobile industry. He was a director and a member of the board of management of Mercedes-Benz (Turkey) Company from September 1997 to February 2000, responsible for the sales and aftersales of cars and businesses of vans, trucks and passenger vehicles. He was the president of Mercedes-Benz AMG GmbH from October 2003 to April 2005. He was the global executive vice president of Daimler AG (the head of Mercedes-Benz truck, in charge of the truck business in Europe and Latin America) from April 2005 to December 2012.
Mr. Bodo Uebber Non-executive Director
Mr. Bodo Uebber, aged 57, German, holds a master’s degree in industrial economics. At present, Mr. Uebber is a non-executive Director of the Company and a member of the board of management of Daimler AG.
Mr. Uebber has more than 30 years of experience in finance and management. He was a member of the board of management and chief financial officer of Daimler Financial Services AG (formerly known as: DaimlerChrysler Services AG) in Berlin from 2001 to 2003, a representative member of the board of management of Daimler AG and the chairman of the board of management of Daimler Financial Services AG from 2003 to 2004. Furthermore, he was a member of the supervisory board of TALANX AG from May 2006 to August 2011, and a member and the chairman of the board of directors of EADS N.V. from May 2007 to March 2013.
Mr. Guo Xianpeng Non-executive Director
Mr. Guo Xianpeng (郭先鵬), aged 50, holds a master’s degree in automotive engineering and is a senior engineer. At present, Mr. Guo is a non-executive Director of the Company and the deputy general manager of China Aerospace Investment Holdings Co., Ltd.
Mr. Guo is familiar with the automobile industry and has more than 20 years of experience in corporate management, investment and financing and capital operation. From 2002 to 2015, he successively served as various posts including the deputy director general of the business investment department of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, an executive director and the vice president of China Aerospace International Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and the vice president of China Aerospace International Holdings Ltd.
Ms. Wang Jing Non-executive Director
Ms. Wang Jing (王京), aged 45, holds a master’s degree in laws, MBA, a senior economist and corporate legal advisor. At present, Ms. Wang is a non-executive Director of the Company, a director of Beijing Electric Vehicle, a director of BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., a director of China Resources Pharmaceutical Group Limited, and a supervisor of CSC Financial Co., Ltd.
Ms. Wang has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and management. She served as an assistant to the manager and deputy manager of the financing department of the Hong Kong headquarters of Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited, the manager of the corporate department in Beijing Enterprises Holdings Investment Management Co., Ltd., the deputy general manager of Beijing Jingtai Investment Management Center, the manager of the enterprise management department and the assistant to general manager of Jingtai Industry (Group) Co., Ltd., the chairman of the board of directors and the general manager of Beijing Inland Port International Logistics Co., Ltd., the general manager of the investment management department and general manager of investment management division No. 1 of Beijing State-owned Capital Operation and Management Center (“BSAMAC”) and she has been the deputy general manager of BSAMAC since January 2014.
Mr. Zhu Baocheng Non-executive Director
Mr. Zhu Baocheng (朱保成), aged 43, holds a doctoral degree in accounting and is a senior accountant. At present, Mr. Zhu is a non-executive Director of the Company and the chief financial officer of Beijing Energy Group Co., Ltd., a director of Beijing Energy Group Finance Co., Ltd., a director of Beijing Jing Guo Rui Equity Investment Funds Management Co., Ltd., a director of Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy Co., Limited and a director of Bank of Chengdu Corporation Limited.
Mr. Zhu has more than 10 years of experience in energy and management. From 2007 to 2014, he served as the manager of finance department of Beijing Jingneng International Power Co., Ltd., the chief accountant of Beijing Jingneng Thermal Power Co., Ltd., the chief accountant of Beijing Jingneng Clean Energy Co., Limited and the chief financial officer of Beijing Energy Investment Holding Co., Ltd.
Mr. Ge Songlin Non-executive Director
Mr. Ge Songlin (葛松林), aged 61, holds a doctoral degree in mechanical engineering. At present, Mr. Ge is an independent non-executive Director of the Company and the deputy secretary of Society of Automotive Engineering of China and a senior engineer at researcher level.
Mr. Ge has more than 20 years of experience in the automobile industry. From 1997 to 2016, he served as a senior engineer in the auto industry department of the Ministry of Machine Industry, an associate professor of the automotive department of Hefei University of Technology and senior engineer in the industry department of the Ministry of Machine Industry. He also served as editor-in-chief of the academic journal Automotive Engineering, part-time professor at Hefei University of Technology, part-time professor at Jiangsu University, part-time professor at Changsha University of Science and Technology and a member of the academic committee of Shanghai Jiaotong University from 2012 to 2016.
Mr. Wong Lung Tak Patrick Non-executive Director
Mr. Wong Lung Tak Patrick (黃龍德), aged 68, holds a doctoral degree in science of commerce, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and certified tax adviser of the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong. At present, Mr. Wong is an independent non-executive Director of the Company and also the chief practicing director of Patrick Wong C.P.A. Limited.
Mr. Wong has more than 40 years of experience in financing and management. Mr. Wong has received various honors including the Queen’s Badge of Honor, was appointed by the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as Non-official Justice of the Peace and awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Currently, Mr. Wong serves as an independent non-executive director of C C Land Holdings Limited, Galaxy Entertainment Group Limited, Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Company Limited), National Arts Entertainment and Culture Group Limited, Real Nutriceutical Group Limited, Sino Oil and Gas Holdings Limited, Water Oasis Group Limited, Winox Holdings Limited and Li Bao Ge Group Limited. Mr. Wong served as an independent non-executive director of Munsun Capital Group Limited (formerly known as China Precious Metal Resources Holdings Co., Ltd.) from June 19, 2004 to October 3, 2016 and Bisu Technology Group International Limited (formerly known as Excel Development (Holdings) Limited) from November 21, 2013 to August 10, 2015.
Mr. Bao Robert Xiaochen Independent non-executive Director
Mr. Bao Robert Xiaochen (包曉晨), aged 50, American, holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering, MSc, MBA, certified quality manager, certified reliability engineer and certified quality engineer. At present, Mr. Bao is an independent non-executive Director of the Company and is the director and general manager of Meihe (China) Management Consultancy Co., Ltd.
Mr. Bao has more than 20 years of experience in the industry and management. He held various positions from June 1992 to September 2013, including North America product quality engineer, product reliability expert , finished vehicle development product assurance expert of Chrysler Corporation, warranty cost expert for suppliers in North America of Daimler Chrysler AG, associate/project manager in the China divisions of EDS/A.T. Kearney of the US, director of automobile business in Greater China of EDS PLM/ UGS Solutions of the US, China operation and sales general manager of Motorola Automotive Electronics Co., Asia-Pacific sales and marketing director/ Asia-Pacific business platform director of electronics and safety of Delphi Automotive System (China) Holdings Co., Limited, and managing director of Accenture (China) Co., Ltd and Accenture (Detroit, U.S.) Co., Ltd. Currently, Mr. Bao serves as an independent director of Foton.
Mr. Zhao Fuquan Independent non-executive Director
Mr. Zhao Fuquan (趙福全), aged 53, holds a doctoral degree in engineering. At present, Mr. Zhao is an independent non-executive Director of the Company, a professor and doctoral supervisor of the department of automotive engineering, the head of the Automotive Strategy Research Institute in Tsinghua University, a visiting professor of Jilin University and an independent director of China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd..
Mr. Zhao has more than 20 years of experience in the industry. Mr. Zhao served as the senior engineering specialist and research director of US Daimler Chrysler from April 1997 to March 2004, vice president and general manager of research & development center of Shenyang HuaChen Jinbei Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. from April 2004 to September 2006, president of Geely Automobile Research Institute from February 2007 to April 2013, vice president of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and executive director of Geely Automobile Holdings Limited from November 2006 to May 2013.
Mr. Liu Kaixiang Independent non-executive Director
Mr. Liu Kaixiang (劉凱湘), aged 52, holds a doctoral degree in law. At present, Mr. Liu is an independent non-executive Director of the Company. He is also a professor and doctoral supervisor of Peking University Law School, vice president of China Commercial Law Research Society and an arbitrator of China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission and Singapore International Arbitration Centre.
Mr. Liu has more than 20 years of experience in legal affairs. He served as the deputy director in the faculty of law and professor of Beijing Technology and Business University from July 1987 to May 1999 and has been a professor and doctoral supervisor of Peking University Law School since May 1999. Currently, Mr. Liu serves as the independent director of Taiji Computer Corporation Ltd., Beijing Orient Landscape Co., Ltd., Beijing Ultrapower Software Co., Ltd. and Beijing Hanjian Heshan Pipe Co., Ltd.