Board of Directors

Mr. C. P. Cheung is our executive director and Chief Executive Officer, and is responsible for overall operation and management of our business and formulation of our business plans and growth strategies.

Mr. C. P. Cheung worked at Deutsche Bank as Chief Operating Officer, Americas, Loan Exposure Management Group between May 1999 and April 2014. Previously, he worked at Bear Stearns & Co between August 1994 and May 1999 in the Financial Analytics and Structure Transaction Group. Mr. C. P. Cheung worked at Soros Associates between March 1993 and August 1994 involved in commodities transportation logistics modelling. Mr. C. P. Cheung obtained his bachelor’s degree in science from the University of California, Berkeley, California in 1992 and his executive MBA from the University of Connecticut, Stamford in 2008.

Mr. S. Cheung is our designated executive director and Executive Chairman of the board and is responsible for daily operation and management of our Company. Mr. S. Cheung attained his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boston University in December 1996. Prior to joining our Group as an executive director in 2024, since May 2000 Mr. S. Cheung has worked as associate director at UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong) Ltd., where he provides brokerage and financial counseling services to clients on equity and derivative products. Prior to working at UOB Kay Hian, Mr. S. Cheung worked as a dealer representative in the institution sales department of Bank of China International Securities Ltd. from March 1997 to May 2000.

Vuk Jeremić is the President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), a global public policy think-tank, and Editor-in-Chief of the quarterly magazine “Horizons - Journal of International Relations and Sustainable Development.” Since 2013, Mr. Jeremić has operated Vuk Jeremić ent Consulting Agency Belgrade. From November 2022 to September 2023, Mr. Jeremić served as an director of Onconetix, Inc. (Nasdaq: ONCO, previously named as Blue Water Vaccines Inc.) From August 2019 to December 2021, Mr. Jeremić served on the board of managers of Atomic 47 LLC. In 2016, Mr. Jeremić participated in the official election for United Nations (UN) Secretary-General. After six rounds of voting in the UN Security Council, he finished in the second place, behind Mr. Antonio Guterres. In June 2012, Mr. Jeremić was directly elected by the majority of world’s nations to be the President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly. During his term in office, he played a leading role in steering the UN towards the establishment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mr. Jeremić served as Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2012. In 2007, he chaired the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. Mr. Jeremić has lectured at major universities, think-tanks, and institutes around the world, as well as published opinion pieces in leading outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times and Le Monde. Mr. Jeremić was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2013 and appointed to the Leadership Council of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN) in 2014. Mr. Jeremić served as the President of the Serbian Tennis Federation from 2011 to 2015.

Mr. Jeremić holds a bachelor’s degree in theoretical physics from Cambridge University in 1998 and a master’s degree in public administration in international development from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2003. Mr. Jeremić was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2013, and appointed to the Leadership Council of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN) in 2014.

Matthew J. Saker is a senior vice president in CBRE’s global advisory & transaction services group since 2003, bringing over 23 years of experience with the firm. His tenure includes his time as a managing director at Insignia ESG, which was acquired by CBRE in July 2003. Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Saker served as vice president at Peter Elliot & Co. from 1997 to April 2002, and earlier in his career, he worked in advisory & transaction services at Grubb & Ellis from 1995 to 1996. Mr. Saker obtained his bachelor of science degree in business & economics at St. Joesph’s University in 1985 and his master of science degree in real estate development at School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University in 1991.

Ms. Geffner is an independent director nominee and will begin serving as an independent director immediately upon effectiveness of this registration statement. Ms. Geffner will serve as the chairman of the audit committee and as member of the compensation and nominating and corporate governance committees.

Ms. Geffner is currently holding key management position in accounting and finance. She serves as chief financial officer of Dorsett Hospitality International Services Limited (part of HKSE: 0035.HK) since February 2019. She served as chief financial officer of GreenTree Hospitality Group Limited on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: GHG) from 2017 to 2018.

Ms. Geffner has been an independent director and chairwoman of the audit committee of Tristar Acquisition I Corp (NYSE:TRIS) since August 2023 and an independent director of NWTN INC. and sits on the latter’s compensation committee as well as the strategy and environmental social and governance (ESG) committee since November 2022. She was an independent director of the China Finance Online Co. Limited (Nasdaq: JRJC) from May to November 2021. She was an independent director of AG Semiconductor (Hong Kong) Ltd. from April 2013 to April 2017. Prior to that, from 2014 to 2016, she served as chief financial officer of Carnival Group International Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0996.HK). From 2008 to 2011, she was a director of corporate and institutional banking in ANZ Hong Kong. From 2005 to 2008, she worked for HSBC as a head of China business development and as a vice president of the consumer and retail group in New York.

Ms. Geffner obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in international marketing and finance from City University of New York in 1994, and a Master of Business Administration degree majoring in finance and accounting from New York University in 1997. She is a certified public accountant in Washington State, USA as well as in Hong Kong and is also a chartered financial analyst.