Mr. Mei Xianzhi, is a senior engineer. He holds a bachelor’s degree in marine power plant from the School of Thermal Energy and Power Engineering of Wuhan University of Technology and a master’s degree in management science and engineering from Zhejiang University. He was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company on 6 June 2022. He is also the deputy general manager of China Merchants Industry Holdings Co., Ltd. (“China Merchants Industry”), a controlling shareholder of the Company. From July 2002 to November 2011, Mr. Mei served as a technician, supervisor, ship repairing manager and deputy manager of the engineering department of Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Limited; he successively served as the project manager, manager of production management department and assistant to the general manager of China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. from November 2011 to February 2015; he served as the deputy general manager of China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.* (招商局重工(江蘇)有限公司) from February 2015 to May 2018; the leader of the cruise construction preparatory team of China Merchants Industry from May to October 2018; the general manager of China Merchants Cruise Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.* (招商局郵輪 製造有限公司) from October 2018 to October 2019; the general manager of China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.(招商局重工(江蘇)有限公司) and China Merchants Cruise Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.*(招商局郵輪製造有限公司) from October 2019 to February 2020; the assistant to the general manager of China Merchants Industry and the general manager of both China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.* (招商局重工(江蘇)有限公司) and China Merchants Cruise Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.* (招商局郵輪製造有限公司) from February 2020 to December 2021. Mr. Mei served as the assistant to the general manager of China Merchants Industry from January 2022 to June 2022. Mr. Mei has been the deputy general manager of China Merchants Industry since June 2022 to date. Mr. Mei has many years of experience in the manufacturing and management of superlarge vessels and core equipment for green environmental protection, which will help the Ccompany in its transformation and development of expanding green energy technology businesses such as offshore wind power and hydrogen energy.

Mr. Zhan Huafeng,holds a master’s degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from Wuhan University of Technology. He was appointed as a Executive Director and Executive President of the Company on 29 August 2023. He served at China Merchants Industry successively from 2018 to 2022 with his last position as office director. Mr. Zhan worked at China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd.* (招商 局重工(江蘇)有限公司) and China Merchants Cruise Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.* (招商局郵輪製造 有限公司) successively from 2013 to 2019 with his last position as director of human resources department; and at Yiu Lian Dockyards Limited* (友聯船廠(蛇口)有限公司) as assistant to the manager of the human resources department, and at Yiu Lian Dockyards Limited* (友聯船廠 有限公司) as the executive deputy general manager successively from 2008 until Mr. Zhan has been re-designated as an executive Director.

Mr. Liu Jiancheng is a senior engineer and currently serves as the general manager of the science and technology development department of China Merchants Industry Holdings Limited. He served as a technician of Guangzhou Shipyard International Co., Ltd. from 2000 to 2001 and an engineer of Singapore Keppel FELS from 2001 to 2006. He successively served as the technical supervisor, design manager and deputy chief engineer of China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. from 2006 to 2013, and the deputy chief engineer and chief engineer of China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. from 2013 to 2017. Mr. Liu served as the deputy general manager of China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. and Yiu Lian Dockyards (Shekou) Limited from 2018 to 2019 and the general manager of China Merchants Offshore Technology Research Center from 2019 to 2021. Mr. Liu obtained a master’s degree in ships and offshore engineering from Jiangsu University of Science and Technology in 2018 and a bachelor’s degree in shipbuilding engineering from East China Shipbuilding Institute in 2000.

Mr. Tam Wing Tim, holds a master’s degree in naval architecture and marine engineering in Wuhan University of Technology. He holds a bachelor’s degree of arts in accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He is currently the deputy general manager of the finance department of China Merchants Industry (with full departmental treatment) and a director and the chief financial officer of Yiu Lian Dockyards Limited. From October 1997 to July 2000, Mr. Tam worked as a clerk in the credit department and the remittance department of United Chinese Bank. From August 2000 to July 2001, Mr. Tam was a clerk in the remittance department of the Bank of East Asia. From August 2001 to June 2004, Mr. Tam worked as a clerk in the financial department of China Merchants Industry. From July 2004 to October 2007, Mr. Tam served as the deputy director of the financial department of China Merchants Industry. From November 2007 to April 2012, Mr. Tam served as the director of the financial department of China Merchants Industry. From May 2012 to July 2014, Mr. Tam served as the business manager of the financial department of China Merchants Industry. From August 2014 to May 2015, Mr. Tam was the assistant to the general manager of the financial department of China Merchants Industry. From June 2015 to December 2020, Mr. Tam was the deputy general manager of the financial department of China Merchants Industry.

Ms. Fu Rui is an intermediate economist. She was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 1 June 2019. Since June 2016, she has been the deputy general manager of the asset operations department of the shipping investment management headquarters of China Minsheng Trust Co., Ltd.. From April 2007 to June 2016, Sshe worked as a senior director of China Classification Society. Ms. Fu obtained a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Maritime Law from Dalian Maritime University, in the PRC in 2004 and 2007 respectively.

Mr. Wang Jianzhong,  has been appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 4 July 2016. He graduated from Beijing Normal University in China with a master’s degree in Management and Business Administration in 1998. He started working in 1998 and he is currently the president of CIMC Raffles Offshore (Singapore) Limited (“CIMC Raffles”). From 1998 to 2006, he was a senior manager of capital operation department of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corporation (“COSCO”). From 2006 to 2007, he was a deputy general manager of Taicang CIMC Container Co., Ltd. From 2007 to 2014, he was the general manager of the enterprise management department of CIMC, where he notably created and promoted the CIMC “LEAN ONE” management model based on the LEAN concept which significantly improved the group’s annual revenue. The LEAN ONE Concept attracted favourable reviews from the “Harvard Business Review” and “Tsinghua Business Review”. From 2010 to 2014, he acted as the secretary general of group leadership council of CIMC (中集集團升級領導委員會) to promote upgraded changes for CIMC. From June 2014 to December 2015, he was the vice president of CIMC Raffles. From December 2015 to date, he has been the president of CIMC Raffles. From January 2019 to date, he has been the president of CIMC Offshore Holdings Co., Ltd.

Mr. Zhang Menggui, Morgan is the Co-founder of the company. He obtained his bachelor’s degree majoring in drilling engineering from the China University of Petroleum (中國石油大學) in 1982 and acquired his master’s degree in petroleum engineering from the University of AlaskaFairbanks in the U.S.A. in 1989 and he received an executive master’s in business administration (“EMBA”) from China Europe International Business School in 2012. He has 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to founding the Group, he worked for a subsidiary of the group of China National Petroleum Corporation in China and for Cook Inlet Region Inc. in Alaska. He currently is a member of several oil industry associations and professional organizations including the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Drilling Engineers.

Mr. Jiang Bing hua is the Co-founder of the company. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in offshore structure engineering from the Tianjin University in the PRC in 1980 and acquired his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Dallas in the U.S.A. in 1993. He has 44 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Prior to founding the Group, he worked for the SINOPEC group, the group of China National Petroleum Corporation and China National Offshore Oil Corporation in various positions such as driller, drilling superintendent, drilling manager, operation manager and company representative.

Mr. Zou Zhendong, has been appointed an independent non-executive Director since May 2018. He is also serving as the independent director of Bestsun Energy Co. Ltd., an A share company listed in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the senior partner of Sinowing Law LLP, Legal Representative of Sinowing (Beijing) AMC Co., Ltd., and further and concurrently as a member of the High-tech and E-Commerce Committee & International Business Committee of All China Lawyers Association. Mr. Zou used to work as the officer for the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, as the staff for China Native Produce & Animal By-Products Import & Export Corp., as the director of the 4th Department for China Commercial Foreign Trade Corporation, and as the partner in charge of international business department and IPR department for Beijing Dacheng Law Firm (aka Dentons for the moment). Mr. Zou was awarded a Bachelor Degree by the Renmin University of China in 1992, with major in international politics and minor in international economics. As being jointly elected by the Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China and Lord Chancellor’s Office of the United Kingdom, Mr. Zou has worked and trained himself in London.

Mr. Sun Dongchang, has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company since 12 November 2019. He is currently a professor-level senior engineer of Shengli Petroleum Administration Bureau (勝利石油管理局), oil field senior expert, expert on “government special allowance” of the State Council, senior expert of the Drilling Technology Institute, Shengli Petroleum Administration Bureau (勝利鑽井院), and consultant of State Oil Drilling and Exploitation Equipment and Tool Standardization Committee (全國石油鑽采設備和 工具標準化委員會). He was the deputy secretary general of Chinese Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers during the period from 2003 to 2013. During the period from 2001 to 2013, he served as a professor-level senior engineer, the chief engineer, the vice president and an oil field senior expert at the Drilling Technology Institute, Shengli Petroleum Administration Bureau (勝利石油管理局鑽井工藝研究院). During the period from 1996 to 2001, he served as a senior engineer and the chief engineer at the Drilling Technology Institute, Shengli Petroleum Administration Bureau (勝利石油管理局鑽井工藝研究院). During the period from 1987 to 1996, he worked as an engineer, senior engineer and the director at the Marine Research Branch of Drilling Technology Institute, Shengli Petroleum Administration Bureau (勝利石油管理局 鑽井工藝研究院海洋所). During the period from 1975 to 1987, he worked as a technician, assistant engineer and the deputy director at the Shallow Sea Office of Drilling Technology Institute, Shengli Petroleum Administration Bureau (勝利石油管理局鑽井工藝研究院淺海室). Mr. Sun holds a degree majoring in oil field equipment from Department of Mechanics, China University of Petroleum and a master degree in naval architecture and ocean engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.