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Mr. Tian Guoli, Chairman, Executive Director, Mr. Tian has served as chairman and executive director of the Bank since October 2017, concurrently as chairman of Sino-German Bausparkasse since March 2018. Mr. Tian currently also serves as chairman of China Banking Association, a member of the Expert Committee for the 14th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development of China, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China and a member of International Advisory Panel of Monetary Authority of Singapore. Mr. Tian joined Bank of China Limited in April 2013 and served as chairman of Bank of China Limited from May 2013 to August 2017. During this period, he also served as chairman and non-executive director of Bank of China Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited. From December 2010 to April 2013, Mr. Tian served as vice chairman and general manager of China CITIC Group Corporation. During this period, he also served as chairman and non-executive director of China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited. From April 1999 to December 2010, Mr. Tian served consecutively as vice president and president of China Cinda Asset Management Company, and chairman of China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd. From July 1983 to April 1999, Mr. Tian held various positions in China Construction Bank (“CCB”), including sub-branch manager, branch deputy general manager, general manager of Head Office departments, and assistant president of CCB. Mr. Tian is a senior economist. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Hubei Institute of Finance and Economics in 1983.

 

Mr. Zhang Jinliang, Vice Chairman, Executive Director, President, Mr. Zhang has served as vice chairman, executive director of the Bank since June 2022,and concurrently as president of the Bank since May 2022 . From October 2003 to January 2016, Mr. Zhang served successively as deputy general manager of Finance and Accounting Department, head of IT Blueprint Implementation Office, general manager of Financial Management Department, general manager of Beijing Branch, executive director and executive vice president of Bank of China. From January 2016 to August 2018, Mr. Zhang was executive director of China Everbright Group and executive director and president of China Everbright Bank. From August 2018 to April 2022, Mr. Zhang served as director and president of China Post Group Corporation Limited (previously China Post Group Corporation) and concurrently served as chairman of Postal Savings Bank of China from May 2019. Mr. Zhang is a Certified Public Accountant and Senior Accountant. Mr. Zhang obtained a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Xiamen University in 1997.

 

Mr. Xu Jiandong, Non-Executive Director, Mr.Xu has served as director of the Bank since June 2020. Mr. Xu has served as a staff number of Central Huijin Investment Ltd. from 2015. Mr. Xu served as non-executive director of Agricultural Bank of China Limited from February 2015 to June 2020. Mr. Xu served as deputy counsel of the Management and Inspection Department at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange from June 2012 to April 2015, deputy director of the Financial Affairs Office of Jilin Province from April 2011 to June 2012, deputy counsel of the Balance of Payment Department from March 2004 to April 2011. From September 1994 to March 2004, Mr. Xu worked at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, during which, he served as deputy division-chief of the Foreign Exchange Market Management Division of the Balance of Payment Department, and division-chief of the Banking Management Division of the Balance of Payment Department. Mr. Xu obtained a bachelor's degree in finance from Central University of Finance and Economics in 1986.

 

Mr. Tian Bo, Non-Executive Director, Mr. Tian has served as director of the Bank since August 2019. Mr. Tian has served as a staff number of Central Huijin Investment Ltd. from 2019. From March 2006 to August 2019, Mr. Tian had served in various positions including division head of Banking Business Department, Division Head and assistant general manager of Corporate Banking Department, deputy general manager of Global Trade Services Department and deputy general manager of Global Transaction Banking Department of Bank of China. Concurrently, Mr. Tian also served as Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor of Fangchenggang City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from February 2016 to February 2018. From July 1994 to March 2006, Mr. Tian worked at Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Beijing Branch and head office of China Minsheng Bank. Mr. Tian graduated from Beijing College of Finance and Trade with a bachelor’s degree in finance in 1994 and obtained a master’s degree in management from the Capital University of Economics and Business in 2004.

 

Mr. Xia Yang, Non-Executive Director, Mr. Xia has served as director of the Bank since August 2019. Mr. Xia has served as a staff number of Central Huijin Investment Ltd. from 2019. From August 1997 to September 2019, Mr. Xia worked in Hua Xia Bank consecutively serving various positions including general manager of asset custody department, general manager of Jinan Branch, general manager of Hefei Branch, chief disciplinary officer and deputy general manager of Hangzhou Branch, chief disciplinary officer and deputy general manager of Wenzhou Branch. From December 1988 to August 1997, Mr. Xia worked for Zhejiang Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Hangzhou Branch of China Merchants Bank. Mr. Xia is a senior economist and accountant. Mr. Xia graduated from biology department of Nanjing University with a bachelor’s degree specialised in human and animal physiology in 1988; he graduated from Nanjing University with a doctoral degree in management sciences and engineering in 2018.

 

Ms. Shao Min, Non-Executive Director, Ms. Shao has served as director of the Bank since January 2021. Ms. Shao has served as a staff number of Central Huijin Investment Ltd. from 2021. Ms. Shao served as senior counsel of the Supervision and Evaluation Bureau of Ministry of Finance from June 2019 to February 2021. From April 2019 to June 2019, Ms. Shao was counsel of the Supervision and Evaluation Bureau of Ministry of Finance. From September 2015 to April 2019, Ms. Shao was deputy director-general of the Accounting Department of Ministry of Finance. From August 1987 to September 2015, Ms. Shao consecutively served as chief officer and assistant consultant of the Industrial Transportation Finance Department of Ministry of Finance, assistant consultant and deputy director of the Fiscal Supervision Department of Ministry of Finance and deputy director, director and deputy director-general of the Supervision and Inspection Bureau of Ministry of Finance. Ms. Shao graduated from school of accounting of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1987.

 

Ms. Liu Fang, Non-Executive Director, Ms. Liu has served as director of the Bank since January 2021. Ms Liu has served as a staff number of Central Huijin Investment Ltd. from 2021. Ms Liu served as deputy director-general of the General Affairs Department (Policy and Regulation Department) and counsel of State Administration of Foreign Exchange from July 2019 to February 2021. From March 2015 to June 2019, Ms. Liu was deputy director-general of the General Affairs Department (Policy and Regulation Department) of State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE). From July 1999 to February 2015, Ms. Liu consecutively served as chief officer and deputy director of the International Balance of Payments Department of SAFE, deputy director and director of the General Affairs Department (Policy and Regulation Department) of SAFE. Ms. Liu obtained a master in world economics of School of International Economics of Renmin University of China in 1999.

 

Sir Malcolm Christopher McCarthy, Independent Non-Executive Director, Sir Malcolm Christopher McCarthy has served as director of the Bank since August 2017. Sir McCarthy served as independent non-executive director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited from December 2009 to October 2016. He worked first as an economist for ICI before joining the UK Department of Trade and Industry where he held various posts from economic adviser to undersecretary. He subsequently worked as a senior executive of Barclays Bank in London, Japan and North America. He served as chairman and chief executive of Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), chairman of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), non-executive director of Her Majesty’s Treasury, chairman of the board of directors of J.C. Flowers & Co. UK Ltd, non-executive director of NIBC Holding N.V., NIBC Bank N.V., OneSavings Bank plc, Castle Trust Capital plc and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), and trustee of the Said Business School of Oxford University. Sir McCarthy is an Honorary Fellow of Merton College, an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Stirling and the Cass Business School, and a Freeman of the City of London. He has a MA History at Merton College of Oxford University, PhD Economics of Stirling University, and MS at Graduate School of Business of Stanford University.

 

Mr. Kenneth Patrick Chung, Independent Non-Executive Director, Mr. Kenneth Patrick Chung has served as director of the Bank since November 2018. Mr. Chung served as independent non-executive director of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China from December 2009 to March 2017. He joined Deloitte Haskins and Sells London Office in 1980, became a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1992, and was a financial service specialist of PricewaterhouseCoopers (Hong Kong and China) since 1996. Previously, he was the human resources partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (Hong Kong), the responsible partner of the audit department of PricewaterhouseCoopers (Hong Kong and China), the global lead partner of the audit engagement team for Bank of China, the honorary treasurer of the Community Chest of Hong Kong and was a member of the ethics committee, Limitation of Professional Liability Committee, Communications Committee, and the Investigation Panel of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants. He has also served as the audit head for the restructurings and initial public offerings of Bank of China, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited and Bank of Communications and chairman of the audit committee of the Harvest Real Estate Investments (Cayman) Limited and independent non-executive director of Prudential Corporation Asia. Mr. Chung currently serves as independent non-executive director of Sands China Ltd. Prudential Hong Kong Limited and Prudential General Insurance Hong Kong Limited, and trustee of Fu Tak Iam Foundation Limited. Mr. Chung is member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as member of the Macau Society of Certified Practising Accountants, and obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Durham.

 

Mr. Graeme Wheeler, Independent Non-Executive Director, Mr. Graeme Wheeler has served as director of the Bank since October 2019. Mr. Wheeler has served as non-executive director of Thyssen-Bornemisza Group since 2017. He served as Governor of Reserve Bank of New Zealand from 2012 to 2017, Non-Executive Director of Thyssen-Bornemisza Group and Co-Founder of Privatisation Analysis and Consulting Ltd from 2010 to 2012, Managing Director responsible for operations of World Bank from 2006 to 2010, Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank from 2001 to 2006, Director of Financial Products and Services Department of World Bank from 1997 to 2001, Treasurer of New Zealand Debt management Office (NZDMO) and Deputy Secretary to the New Zealand Treasury from 1993 to 1997, Director of Macroeconomic Policy of New Zealand Treasury from 1990 to 1993, Economic and Financial Counsellor of New Zealand Delegation to the OECD, Paris, from 1984 to 1990 and an advisor in the New Zealand Treasury from 1973 to 1984. Mr. Wheeler obtained his master of commerce in economics from University of Auckland in 1972. Mr. Wheeler was awarded Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2018.

 

Mr. Michel Madelain, Independent Non-Executive Director, Mr. Michel Madelain has served as director of the Bank since January 2020. Mr. Madelain has been Trustee of the IFRS Foundation since January 2018 and a Member of the Supervisory Board of La Banque Postale in France since April 2018. From June 2016 to December 2018, he was Vice Chairman of Moody’s Investors Service (MIS). Concurrently, he chaired several of the European Boards and was a Member of MIS US Board. From May 2008 to June 2016, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of MIS, having previously assumed a number of positions in Europe and the USA with MIS from 1994 to May 2008. From May 1980 to May 1994, he worked with the consulting and audit practices of Ernst & Young in Belgium and France and was promoted to the partnership in 1989. Mr. Madelain is a Qualified Chartered Accountant of France. He obtained a Master’s Degree in Management from Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University (USA) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rouen, France.

 

Mr. William Coen, Independent Non-Executive Director, Mr. William Coen has served as director of the Bank since June 2021. Mr. Coen has been Chairman of the IFRS Advisory Council from February 2020, Member of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Leadership Centre since November 2019 and Technical Advisor of the International Monetary Fund since July 2019. Mr. Coen was affiliated with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) from 1999 to 2019. During this period of time, he was a member of the BCBS’s Secretariat from 1999 to 2002 and was the Content Manager for the BIS Financial Stability Institute’s web-based resource and learning tool from 2003 to 2006. He served as Deputy Secretary General of BCBS from 2007 to 2014 and was Secretary General of BCBS from 2014 to June 2019, responsible for defining and implementing the BCBS’s strategy and for overseeing progress of the BCBS’s work, including the activities of its 30 working groups. Concurrently, he also chaired the BCBS’s Policy Development Group, Task Force on Corporate Governance and the Coherence and Calibration Task Force. Prior to joining the BCBS Secretariat in 1999, he consecutively worked with the US Office of Comptroller of the Currency and held a number of roles related to banking policy, supervision and licensing at the US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Mr. Coen began his career in 1985 as a credit officer of a New York City-based bank, serving as an Assistant Vice President responsible for consumer credit and retail mortgage lending. Mr. Coen is currently a member of the Bretton Woods Committee and was a member of the Financial Stability Board and several of its standing committees. He obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree from Manhattan College in 1984 and his Master of Business Administration Degree from Fordham University in 1991.

 

Mr. Leung Kam Chung, Antony , Independent Non-Executive Director, Mr. Leung has served as director of the Bank since October 2021. Mr. Leung was born in January 1952. Mr. Leung, former Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR, is the chairman and CEO of Nan Fung Group in Hong Kong, and the chairman and co-founder of New Frontier Group. In addition, Mr. Leung is the chairman of two charity organizations, namely Heifer Hong Kong and Food Angel. Mr. Leung had extensive experience in financial services, including chairman of Greater China Region of Blackstone Group, chairman of Asia for JP Morgan Chase and head of Private Banking for Asia, Investment Banking, Treasury Department and Great China Region of Citi. Mr. Leung has also served as independent non-executive director of China Merchants Bank, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited and American International Assurance (Hong Kong) Limited, international advisor of China Development Bank and chairman of Hong Kong Association of Harvard Business School. Other public services that Mr. Leung had engaged in included non-official member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong SAR, chairman of the Education Commission, chairman of the University Grants Committee, member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee, director of Hong Kong Airport Authority and director of Hong Kong Futures Exchange, member of the Preparatory Committee and Election Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Hong Kong Affairs Advisors. Mr. Leung graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1973 and attended Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development and Advanced Management Program. Mr. Leung was conferred an honorary doctor of law by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1998.

 

Lord Sassoon (Lord James Meyer Sassoon), Independent Non-Executive Director, Lord Sassoon has served as director of the Bank since October 2023. Lord Sassoon is a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation (CIC), President of the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC), Chair of The Sir John Soane’s Museum and a trustee emeritus of the British Museum (served as trustee and Deputy Chair from 2013 to 2021). He formerly served as a member of the Global Advisory Board of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group from 2013 to 2021, and a Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited and other Jardine group companies from 2013 to 2020. He was Chairman of CBBC from 2013 to 2019, and President of the EU-China Business Association from 2013 to 2017. He was Commercial Secretary to the Treasury from 2010 to 2013 and chaired the Financial Action Task Force from 2007 to 2008. He served as a Managing Director in HM Treasury from 2002 to 2006 with responsibility for Financial Services and Enterprise Policy. During his career, he has had a consistent focus on business relating to Asia, and has participated in the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue since 2002. Lord Sassoon joined S.G. Warburg (later UBS Warburg) in 1985, becoming a Managing Director in 1995. He began his career at KPMG in 1977, qualifying as an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (now FCA). Lord Sassoon joined the House of Lords in 2010. He was educated at the University of Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and obtained his Master of Arts degree in 1977.