Annual Report 2024

China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2024 51 DIRECTORS’ REPORT (CONTINUED) BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) Mr. KE Shifeng, aged 59, has been a Non-executive Director of the Company since December 2009. He has 28 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 Shanghai 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. TSE Yue Kit, aged 63, has been re-designated as a Non-executive Director of the Company since April 2022. He was an Executive Director of the Company from November 2000 to April 2022. Mr. TSE currently holds directorship in a subsidiary of the Company and in the Investment Manager. Mr. TSE was the General Manager in the Private Equity Department of China Merchants Finance Holdings Company Limited from September 2011 to September 2021. He retired from this position in October 2021. Prior to this, Mr. TSE held a number of senior positions in the China Merchants Group between 1990 and 2011. Mr. TSE has a number of years extensive experiences in accounting, auditing, corporate finance as well as investment. Mr. TSE was licensed with the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong as responsible officer from April 2003 to December 2021. Mr. TSE obtained his bachelor’s degree with honours in Accountancy from the University of Exeter, UK.