Annual Report 2023

CHINA MERCHANTS PORT HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED 52 Directors and Senior Management Mr. Xu Song aged 52, is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Director and Chief Executive Officer of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd., shares of which are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He also serves as a director of various subsidiaries of the Company. He is a Senior Economist, graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology majoring in Material Management, and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree. He then obtained a Master’s Degree from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics majoring in Business Administration, a Master’s Degree from Coventry University majoring in International Business, and a PhD from Dalian Maritime University majoring in the Transportation Planning and Management. He successively served as the Deputy General Manager of Dalian Portnet Co., Ltd., the Deputy General Manager and the General Manager of Dalian Jifa Logistics Co., Ltd., the General Manager of Dalian Port Container Co., Ltd., the General Manager of Dalian Port North Yellow Sea Port Cooperation Management Company, the General Manager and a Non-executive Director of Liaoning Port Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Dalian Port (PDA) Company Limited, shares of which are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the HKSE), a Director, the Deputy General Manager and the General Manager of Dalian Port Corporation Limited, the Deputy General Manager of Liaoning Port Group Co., Ltd., the Deputy General Manager, the General Manager and the Chief Operating Officer of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd., shares of which are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and other positions. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director of the Company. He is also a member of each of the Nomination Committee and the ESG Committee. Mr. Yim Kong aged 51, currently serves as the Vice Chairman of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd., shares of which are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Having graduated from International Trade at Xiamen University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, he went on to complete an MBA program cocreated by the Maastricht School of Management (Maastricht, the Netherlands) and Shanghai Maritime University. Mr. Yim has rich managerial experience in the port and logistics industries. He served as the Chief Representative of the representative office of China Merchants Group Limited in Central Asia and the Baltic Sea and the General Manager of China-Belarus Industrial Park. He also served as the Chief Operational Officer, the General Manager and the Deputy General Manager of China Merchants Port Group Co., Ltd., shares of which are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Chief Commercial Officer, the Deputy General Manager and the Managing Director of the Company as well as the Commercial Director, the Deputy General Manager, the Standing Deputy General Manager and the General Manager of Shekou Container Terminals Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, and worked for senior logistics management positions in Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) of Singapore and Swire Group of Hong Kong. He currently serves as a Functional Constituency — Commercial (Third) member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Deputy Chairman of the Panel on Economic Development of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, a member of the Election Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and a member of the Maritime and Port Development Committee of Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board. He was a member of the Pilotage Advisory Committee (PAC) of the Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and a member of the Logistics Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. He is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board and a Non- executive Director of the Company. He is also a member of the ESG Committee.