Annual Report 2020

China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2020 45 DIRECTORS’ REPORT (CONTINUED) BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) Mr. KE Shifeng, aged 55, has been a Non-executive Director of the Company since December 2009. He has 24 years investment experience. Between 1997 and 2011, Mr. KE was the senior portfolio manager for Martin Currie Investment Management Limited providing research and investment management services to its clients investing in the Greater China (including Taiwan) markets. Mr. KE and his team ran a range of China strategies, including the China Fund Inc. (CHN US, a NYSE listed company), Martin Currie China Hedge Fund, Taiwan Opportunities Fund and Martin Currie China A Share Fund with total assets under management reaching US$5.5 billion at the end of 2011. In November 2011, Mr. KE as a founding partner co-founded Open Door Group providing investment management services to foreign institutional clients investing in the Greater China area. In May 2017, Mr. KE with three senior investment analysts co-founded Hangzhou Heartland Investment Management Limited, an onshore investment management platform providing Renminbi investment management services to domestic high-net-worth clients and institutional investors investing in the Greater China area. Mr. KE holds a law degree from Renmin University of China and an MBA degree from The University of Edinburgh, UK. Mr. LIU Baojie, aged 57, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since December 2009. He has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He is currently Chief Executive Officer of Huaneng Invesco WLR (Beijing) Investment Fund Management Company Ltd., and prior to this, he had worked for two other investment management companies focusing on China investment. Before that he held various positions with financial institutions, including Bank of America, ICEA Capital Limited and J.P. Morgan. Mr. LIU holds an MBA degree from University of Utah, USA.