Annual Report 2024

50 China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2024 DIRECTORS’ REPORT (CONTINUED) BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) Mr. WANG Xiaoding, aged 56, has been an Executive Director of the Company since September 2014 and holds directorship in a number of subsidiaries of the Company. He has also been the Director and General Manager of the Investment Manager since May 2014. He served as the Chief Representative of the Investment Manager’s Shenzhen Representative Office from March 2009 to May 2017. He served as the Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Manager from June 2011 to May 2014. Before joining the Investment Manager, Mr. WANG served as Chief Executive Officer of Guangxi Baihe Chemicals Corp., Chief Financial Officer of Guangxi Fenglin Group Co., Ltd., Senior Software Engineer of Thrive Media Corporation in Canada, Finance Manager of Wellkent International Corporation in Canada. Currently, Mr. WANG serves as a Director of Wuhan Rixin Technology Co., Ltd., China Media (Tianjin) Investment Management Co., Ltd. and Hwagain Group Co., Ltd., and a Supervisor of China Credit Trust Co., Ltd. and JIC Leasing Co., Ltd. Mr. WANG is licensed with the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong as responsible officer. Mr. WANG studied in Peking University, People’s (Renmin) University of China and University of Alberta in Canada, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in Geo-economics, master’s degree in Regional Economics and master’s degree in Economics, respectively. Ms. KAN Ka Yee, Elizabeth , aged 67, has been an Executive Director of the Company since April 2020. She was the Alternate Director to Mr. CHU Lap Lik, Victor (former Executive Director of the Company) from May 1999 to April 2020. Ms. KAN was Deputy Managing Director and a Director of the Investment Manager from 1993 to 2006. She has been re-appointed as a Director of the Investment Manager since October 2017. Ms. KAN is Managing Director of First Eastern Investment Group with which she is a founding member since its establishment in 1988. She serves on boards of various companies which include Camper & Nicholsons Marina Investments Limited, Sustainable Development Capital (Asia) Limited and Grand Harbour Marina PLC, a company listed on the Malta Stock Exchange. Ms. KAN is licensed with the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong. She is a Certified Public Accountant (U.S.A.) and a Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. KAN is also a Member of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. She began her professional career with the Hong Kong office of Arthur Andersen & Co. in the area of audit and business advisory services. Ms. KAN obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting and Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.