Mr. XUE was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company on 4 February 2022, a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee on 19 May 2023
Aged 52, Mr. XUE was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company on 4 February 2022, a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee on 19 May 2023. He is the company secretary, authorised representative and the general manager of the operations management center of SITC International Holdings Company Limited (“SITC”, together with its subsidiaries, “SITC Group”), a company listed on the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 1308). Mr. XUE had been a director of SITC from January 2008 to March 2021. From January 2008 to May 2013, he served as a chief financial officer of SITC. Mr. XUE has been appointed as the general manager of the operations management center of the SITC Group since July 2017. Mr. XUE has also been appointed as an independent non-executive director of China Beststudy Education Group, a company listed on the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 3978) since 3 December 2018 and has resigned with effect from 4 July 2022.
Mr. XUE graduated from Shandong Province Foreign Trade and Economic University (山東省對外貿易經濟學校) in 1991 majoring in financial accounting, and graduated from Shandong University of Economics (山東經濟學院) in 1997 majoring in accounting. He was qualified as an intermediate accountant in 2004 and also obtained an undergraduate degree in Accounting from Renmin University of China (中國人民大學) in 2006. He received a master’s degree in Business Administration from China Europe International Business School (中歐國際工商學院) in 2011. He obtained a master’s degree in Corporate Governance by The Open University of Hong Kong in 2019 and was also qualified of the fellowship of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (now known as The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute) and Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (now known as The Chartered Governance Institute) and Chartered Governance Professional.