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.

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

Mr. Tang currently holds key management positions in business administration and finance. Since September 2006, he has served as the chief executive officer of Centurion Investment Management (H.K.) Ltd., a family office managing private equity investments. Prior to that, from May 2002 to August 2006, Mr. Tang served as deputy managing director of UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong) Ltd., where he managed the merged stockbroking unit of Overseas Union Bank and United Overseas Bank Singapore. From April 1997 to May 2002, Mr. Tang served as managing director of OUB Securities (H.K.) Ltd., where he managed the stockbroking unit of Overseas Union Bank Singapore.

Mr. Tang obtained his bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Hawaii (Manoa) in 1983.

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

Mr. Tay is currently the chairman of the board of director of Neugen Fund, a charity fund primarily focuses on solving inter-generational offending since March 2022. He also serves as the independent board director of Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries Limited, as chairman of its nominating committee and a member of the its audit and compensation committees.

Since September 2016, Mr. Tay serves as the member of the investment subcommittee for Titular Roman Catholic, Archbishop of Singapore. He is responsible for providing investment strategy recommendations for the Archbishop of Singapore and risk guidelines and controls. He has also been the member of the bursary committee for Yellow Ribbon Fund since January 2016.

Prior to that, from June 1996 to February 2012, Mr. Tay served as a managing director of JP Morgan Asset Management. From 1994 to 1996, he served as the marketing support at Paribas Asset Management. From 1993 to 1994, he served as an investment analyst at Nationsbanc Capital Market.

Mr. Tay obtained his Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Finance from Indiana University in 1993.

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.