Mr. YAO Changlin, aged 55, was appointed as the executive Director, the general manager of the Company, and a member of each of Remuneration Committee and the Executive Committee, with effect from 11 December 2023. Mr. YAO was a deputy general manager of the Company from December 2013 to December 2023. He is also a director of several subsidiaries of the Company.

Mr. YAO has been appointed the general manager of Grandjoy Holdings Group (stock

code: 31), a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and a controlling shareholder of the Company with effect from 11 December 2023. He has been a director of Grandjoy Holdings Group since August 2021 and the general legal counsel and chief compliance officer since August 2023. Mr. YAO was a deputy general manager of Grandjoy Holdings Group from April 2019 to December 2023. Mr. YAO joined COFCO Group since March 1993, he had successively served as a finance officer of finance department of China Feed Group（中國飼料集團）, a finance officer, assistant manager, manager of finance department and manager of capital development department of China Grain Trading Company（中國糧貿公司）, head of finance department, assistant to general manager of Zhonggu Group（中谷集團）and the general manager of Zhonggu Sanya Trading Company（中谷三亞貿易公司）, the deputy general manager of COFCO (Hainan) Investment Development Co., Ltd.,（中糧（海南）投資發展有限公司）, the deputy general manager, the executive deputy general manager of Sanya Yalong Bay Investment Co., Ltd.,（三亞亞龍灣投資有限公司） and the general manager of the hotel business department of COFCO Corporation. All of the aforementioned companies are subsidiaries of the COFCO Corporation. Mr. YAO has been with the COFCO Group for over 30 years and has extensive experience in property investment, business management, accounting, legal and compliance matters.

Mr. YAO holds a Bachelor degree in Economics from Anhui University of Finance and Economics in the PRC and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in the PRC.

Mr. CHEN Lang is the Chairman of the Board and non-executive Director of the Company, and the chairman of the nomination committee.

Mr. CHEN holds a master’s degree in Business Administration, he joined COFCO Corporation in April 2019 and is currently an Executive Vice President of COFCO Corporation, and a non-executive director and chairman of the board of China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong.

Prior to joining COFCO Corporation, Mr. CHEN had served as an Executive Vice President of China Resources (Holdings) Company Limited until April 2019. At the same time, he served as the chairman and general manager of China Resources Development & Investment Co., Ltd., the chairman of China Resources Vanguard Co., Ltd., the chairman of China Resources Snow Breweries (China) Investment Co., Ltd., the chairman of China Resources Ng Fung Co., Ltd., and the chairman of China Resources C’estbon Beverage (China) Investment Co., Ltd., and vice-chairman and chief executive officer of China Resources Logic Limited (now renamed as China Resources Gas Group Limited). Mr. CHEN was a vice chairman of the board of directors and a member of strategy committee of Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory Co., Limited (山西杏花村汾酒廠股份有限公司), a company listed in Shanghai, until June 2019; an executive director and the chairman of the board of directors of China Resources Beer (Holdings) Company Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, until July 2019, and a non-executive director and chairman of the board of China Foods Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, until September 2022.

Mr. LIU Yun is a non-executive Director of the Company. Mr. Liu joined COFCO Corporation in August 1993 and had served in various positions, including a staff of president office, a sales of advertising exhibition company, a staff, a deputy manager, manager (publicity and education section) and manager (party organization section) of party committee office, the head, an editor-in-chief of “COFCO Today” and a deputy general manager of public relations department, a deputy general manager of office secretary department, a general manager of public relations department, a general manager, a deputy director and a director of general office. He has been a secretary of the board (level of the department principal) and a general manager of the general office of COFCO Corporation since January 2018. He has concurrently served as the deputy dean of COFCO Academy since June 2019, as a chief privacy officer since August 2019 and as a director of Chinatex Corporation since December 2019.

Mr. Liu graduated from Department of Journalism, Renmin University of China with a bachelor'’s degree in laws in July 1993.

Mr. ZHU Laibin, is a non-executive Director of the Company. Mr. Zhu joined COFCO Corporation (中糧集團) in August 1993 and had served in various positions, including a clerk in COFCO Packaging Industrial and Trading Company (中糧包裝實業貿易公司), a clerk of accounting department, head of the finance department, an assistant to general manager of the strategic planning department, a deputy general manager of the strategy management department, a general manager of the strategy management department, a general manager of the general office for the board, a deputy controller of finance department and general manager of operation management department and a financial controller of finance department in COFCO Corporation, a chief accountant and a general manager of finance department in COFCO Trading Company Limited (中糧貿易有限公司). He has been a strategy controller director of the strategy department of COFCO Corporation since January 2020. He served as a supervisor of Grandjoy Holdings Group Co., Ltd. (“Grandjoy”) (a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 000031)) from May 2014 to June 2016. He is a director of Grandjoy since March 2020. Mr. Zhu graduated from Hangzhou Business College with a bachelor's degree in economics in July 1993. He also graduated from the University of Science and Technology Beijing and the University of Texas at Arlington with a master degree in business administration. Mr. Zhu is a Certified Public Accountant in the PRC.

Mr. LAU Hon Chuen, Ambrose, GBS, JP, is an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company, the chairman of each of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee, and a member of the Nomination Committee.

He is a Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong, a China-Appointed Attesting Officer and a Notary Public.  He is the senior partner of Messrs. Chu & Lau, Solicitors & Notaries.

Mr. Lau's directorships in a number of companies listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange are as below :

Glorious Sun Enterprises Limited   (Stock Code: 00393)  independent non-executive director

Yuexiu Transport Infrastructure Limited   (Stock Code: 01052)  independent non-executive director

Yuexiu Property Company Limited   (Stock Code: 00123)  independent non-executive director

Mr. LAM Kin Ming, Lawrence is an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company and a member of each of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee. Mr. Lam was the senior vice president of the Enterprise Solutions Commercial Group of HKT Trust and HKT Limited (stock code: 06823), a company listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange and a member of the PCCW group.

Mr. CHAN Fan Shing is an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company and a member of each of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.

Mr. Chan is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the CPA Australia and a chartered professional accountant member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, Canada.

Mr. Chan is an independent non-executive director of Trigiant Group Limited,which is a company listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 1300).