OUR TEAM

Yawei Cao, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has served as the Executive Director of Hong Kong Dragon Financial Group, a fully licensed securities firm specializing in initial public offerings for small- and medium-sized enterprises in Hong Kong, since 2023. Since 2021, he has also served as Executive Director of Finance of Amer International Group, a high-tech industrial group focusing on a complete industry chain of new-generation electronic information and new materials and which was ranked 124th in the 2023 Fortune Global 500. He has also served as a Director of Jiangsu Amer New Material Co., Ltd. (SZ002201), a subsidiary of Amer International Group listed on the main board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China, since 2021. From 2014 to 2020, he served as a Director for several A-share listed companies in China, including Hainan Asia-Pacific Industry Co., Ltd. (SZ000691) and Wuhan E-Cube Children Education Media Co., Ltd. (OC836859). From 2005 to 2013, he was the Vice General Manager at Shanghai Zhonghe Metal Co., Ltd., and from 2001 to 2004, he was the Capital Operations Manager at Renhe (Group) Development Co., Ltd. Between 1996 and 2000, he was a securities investment consultant at Changjiang Securities Co., Ltd. Mr. Cao received an MBA from the Metropolitan University of Hong Kong (formerly the Open University of Hong Kong), a Master’s degree in Economic Law from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and a Master of Arts from Columbia International University in the United States. He is a licensed attorney in China, a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), a Senior Financial Planner, a Certified Senior Project Manager and a Certified M&A Dealmaker. We believe Mr. Cao is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his experience, contacts and relationships.

Taylor Zhang, our Chief Financial Officer, has served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of TenX Keane Acquisition, a blank check company (Nasdaq: TENK), since March 2021. TENK signed a definitive merger agreement with Citius Oncology Inc, a late-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing targeted oncology therapies, in October 2023 and is in the process of seeking to complete such transaction. Mr. Zhang is also affiliated with the sponsor of several blank check companies. From May 2009 to December 2021, Mr. Zhang served as Chief Financial Officer and executive director of China XD Plastics Company Limited, where he oversaw XD’s major financial and capital market matters, including Nasdaq listing, direct equity financing from prominent institutional investors and a global bond offering. During his tenure at XD, its revenue grew at CAGR of 56% and exceeded US$1 billion in six years after listing on Nasdaq. From May 2008 to March 2009, Mr. Zhang served as Chief Financial Officer of Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. From 2007 to 2008, he served as the Executive Vice President of Finance of China Natural Gas, Inc. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Zhang worked as a research analyst in New York Private Equity. From 2000 to 2002, he was employed as Finance Manager by Datong Thermal Power Limited. Mr. Zhang received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical and electronic engineering from Beijing Technology and Business University and an M.B.A. from University of Florida.

Annie Liang-Zhou, one of our independent directors, is Co-Founder and has served as Managing Partner of Liang Capital Partners, a private multi-family office focused on wealth succession, carbon trading, and impact for next-gen families, responsible for education, arts & culture, and philanthropy, since 2019. Previously, from 2016 to 2020, she was Director of External Affairs of the U.S.- China Green Fund and still manages its corporate foundation focused on environmental education and action. Ms. Liang-Zhou is also Founder and has served as Managing Partner of Universal Pacific Advisors LLC, a cross-border consulting company focused on financial advisory, strategy, and government relations for sustainable businesses, since 2013. Prior to founding Universal Pacific Advisors, she was a development and research associate with the World Policy Institute, a non-partisan think tank dedicated to solution-focused policy analysis, where she helped to publish a paper entitled “The Water-Energy Nexus: Adding Water to the Energy Agenda.” Previously, Ms. Liang-Zhou was an associate with Neuberger Berman (formerly Lehman Brothers Asset Management) responsible for business development, investor relations, and new product development in the Quantitative Investment Group and was a derivatives analyst with MetLife Investments. Ms. Liang-Zhou is a frequent speaker on climate change, impact investing, and mindfulness, and has leadership roles in a number of non-profit organizations including Teach for China’s Young Advisory Committee, the China Institute Next Gen x Serica, and World Monuments Fund’s International Council. She is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations and Next Gen Leader of the Committee of 100. She is also on the International Advisory Committee of Miss Porter’s School. Ms. Liang-Zhou earned her MBA from University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, MPA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she serves as an ambassador, and her BBA from George Washington University. We believe Ms. Liang-Zhou is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to her experience, contacts and relationships.

Raymond (Yong) Xia, one of our independent directors, has over 25 years of experience in financial services, corporate finance, GAAP accounting and business management of public companies both in the United States and abroad. He specializes in IPOs, reverse mergers, capital raises/financings, SEC reporting, corporate governance, US GAAP and various financial and M&A transactions. He has technical expertise in accounting for income taxes, revenue recognition, and business combinations and he has served as a senior management and board member for public companies in the United States and abroad. Since 2017, he has served as Corporate Controller and Consultant for several privately held companies and public accounting firms, where his services cover technical accounting, financial reporting and internal controls. From 2009 to 2016, he served as Vice President of Finance at Armco Metals Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT: AMCO), a NYSE-listed company in the metal ore and non-ferrous metals distribution and recycling business. From 2007 to 2009, he served as Vice President of Business Development at China Direct Investment, a NASDAQ-listed company in industrial commodities, international investment and financial consulting services, while he advised numerous Chinese companies on the US capital markets and assisted several Chinese companies going public and raising capital in the US. He was also previously a non-executive Board member at Apollo Minerals Limited (ASX: AON.AX), a mineral mine investment and mining company listed in Australian Stock Exchange, and a Manager at Agriculture Bank of China (SSE:601288 and HKEx:1288), one of largest banks in China. Mr. Xia earned a MBA in Finance and Securities Analysis from the University of Florida and an Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Jiangxi University of Finance & Economics. Mr. Xia is also a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Washington State. We believe Mr. Xia is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to his experience, contacts and relationships

Yue Zhuge, one of our independent directors, has significant experience in the TMT domain, holding investment partner, founder and executive management positions in a number of companies. Since 2023, she has served as a Partner of NGP Capital (Nokia Growth Partners). She has also been a founding Partner of QuarkStar, an independent advisory firm focused on high-tech advisory and cross-border mergers and acquisitions for startups in artificial intelligence, video and digital transformation. Previously, Ms. Zhuge served as the General Manager and Vice President of Research & Development at Hulu Beijing from 2015 to 2021. There, she led a team of engineers and researchers in developing key technologies for Hulu, including machine learning and AI, video, advertising, search, and data science. Prior to that, Ms. Zhuge was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Landscape Mobile, an imaging mobile app startup acquired by Youku. She previously held positions at Yahoo! and Microsoft. Her paper on distributed information systems won the ACM SIGMOD Test of Time Award in 2005. In addition, she served as the Board Member of Trustees at Dulwich College Beijing and as a mentor for Schwarzman Scholars at Tsinghua University. Ms. Zhuge earned her MS and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, as well as an MS in Applied Mathematics from Stony Brook. She completed her undergraduate studies at Tsinghua University. We believe Ms. Zhuge is well-qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors due to her experience, contacts and relationships.