Mr. Qing, 54, was appointed the chairman of the board of the Company in September 2022 and has been as an executive director and the managing director of the Company since January 2020. Mr. Qing is currently a director and the chief executive officer of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited, a 65%-owned subsidiary of the Company, and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Qing joined COFCO Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in July 1993 and has held various positions including the director of strategy department of COFCO Corporation during the period from July 2016 to March 2019. Mr. Qing was the deputy general manager of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited during the period from December 2007 to June 2016. Mr. Qing has concurrently served as the strategy planning director of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited during the period April 2004 to March 2014. During the period from April 2004 to June 2016, Mr. Qing has also concurrently served various positions including the director of the public relations department and the director of the finance department of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited, the general manager of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages (Shandong) Limited and the general manager of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages (Beijing) Limited. Mr. Qing has served as the deputy general manager of Jilin COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited during the period from June 2002 to March 2004 and a sales operation manager of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited during April 2000 to May 2002.

Mr. Qing graduated from Renmin University of China and Guanghua School of Business Management of Peking University with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, respectively. Mr. Qing has extensive experience in beverage production, marketing, strategy planning, finance, public relations and general management.

Mr. Shen, 52, was appointed as an executive director of the Company in September 2022. Mr. Shen is currently a deputy general manager and the deputy chief financial officer of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited, a 65%-owned subsidiary of the Company and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Before joining COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited, Mr. Shen served as the executive deputy general manager of COFCO

Technology & Industry Co., Ltd. (formerly known as COFCO Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd.), a company listed in Shenzhen, from August 2020 to September 2022. From 1995 to August 2020, he has served various positions in certain subsidiaries of COFCO Corporation, including the head of COFCO International (Beijing) Co., Ltd., the senior financial manager of CTA Makro Commercial Co., Ltd., the general manager of finance department of COFCO Commercial Property Investment Co., Ltd., the deputy general manager of finance department of COFCO Land Limited, the deputy general manager of COFCO Land Limited, Beijing Branch, the general manager of Xidan Joy City Co., Ltd, the general manager of Grandjoy Holdings Group Co., Ltd., (Northwestern Region), and the general manager of Xi’an Qinhantang International Plaza Management Limited. Currently, Mr. Shen was a director of COFCO Technology & Industry Co., Ltd., a company listed in Shenzhen until October 2022.

Mr. Shen holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics and a Master’s degree in EMBA from the University of International Business and Economics. Mr. Shen is an intermediate accountant, and has over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting. He also has extensive experience in corporate administration.

Mr. Cao, age 50, was appointed as a non-executive director of the Company on 26 April 2024. Mr. Cao is currently the director of the quality and safety management department of COFCO Corporation and a director of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited, which is  a 65%-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Cao joined COFCO Corporation in 2009 and has held various positions, including the assistant general manager of the quality and safety department, the deputy general manager (in charge of work) of the quality and safety department, the general manager of the quality and safety department, the deputy director of the quality and safety management department.

 

Mr. CAO graduated from Henan University of Technology （formerly known as Zhengzhou Foods College）with a major in food science and engineering, with a Bachelor of Engineering degree. Mr. CAO has extensive experience in quality and safety management.

    Mr. Chen, 52, was appointed as a non-executive director of the Company in August 2021. Mr. Chen is currently a director of each of COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited and COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages (China) Investment Limited, both of which are 65%-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Chen joined COFCO Corporation in 1994 and is currently the director of the Cooperation and Development Department and the general manager of the Supply Assurance Department of COFCO Corporation and a director of each of COFCO Oils & Fats Company Limited and COFCO Wine & Spirit (Investment) Limited (both subsidiaries of COFCO Corporation). Mr. Chen has been the executive deputy general manager of COFCO Yellowsea Grain and Oil Industries (Shandong) Co., Ltd., and the general manager of COFCO Northsea Grain and Oil Industries (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.. Mr. Chen has also held various management positions of the Group during the period from 2008 to 2016, including a deputy general manager, an assistant general manager, the chief legal counsel, the general manager of each of the confectionery business unit, kitchen food business unit and procurement department of the Company. From October 2016 to April 2019, he served as the deputy general manager of China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited, once a company listed in Hong Kong, and a director of the preparatory office of the COFCO Yingkou Lingang Grain, Oil and Food Industrial Park.

    Mr. Chen has extensive experience in the research and practices of operating management of national policies, industrial development, international trade, production and processing, brand marketing and technological innovation in the field of grain, oil and food. Mr. Chen also serves as the Vice President of the China National Vegetable Oil Association, the Vice President of the Oil Chapter of the Chinese Cereals and Oils Association, and a member of the National Cereals and Oils Standardisation Technical Committee.

    Mr. Chen graduated from Peking University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in law, and from Tsinghua University with a degree of Executive Master of Business Administration. Mr. Chen also held a PhD degree in Economics from Institute of Population and Labour Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Mr. Li, 71, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in November 2008. Mr. Li was a member of each of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel of the Securities and Futures Commission and the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and an expert member of the Finance Committee of Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation and an executive director and the chief finance officer of Hang Lung Group Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong.

Mr. Li holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in economics and sociology from The University of Hong Kong, and is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. Mr. Li has more than 40 years of experience in finance and accounting.

Mr. Mok, 75, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in August 2017. Mr. Mok is currently an independent non-executive director of Yashili International Holdings Ltd., a company listed in Hong Kong. Mr. Mok served as a senior consultant for COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited, a 65%-owned subsidiary of the Company, in 2012 and also served as the general manager of Beijing Coca-Cola Beverage Co., Ltd. From 2002 to 2011. From 1993 to 2001, Mr. Mok was the general manager of Hangzhou BC Foods Company Limited and Nanjing BC Foods Company Limited and also served as the general manager of Swire Beverages Limited responsible for overseeing bottling plants of Swire Beverages Limited in China.

Mr. Mok was awarded a Bachelor’s degree of economics from McGill University, Canada in 1975. Mr. Mok has extensive experience in beverage production, marketing and general management.

    Ms. Leung, age 63, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in June 2022. Ms. Leung is currently a member of Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service of the HKSAR Government. She joined the HKSAR Government in September 1983 and has served in the civil service for 35 years until her retirement in 2019. Ms. Leung joined the Intellectual Property Department (IPD) of the HKSAR Government as a senior solicitor in 1995 and was the director of Intellectual Property and Registrar of Trade Marks, Patents and Designs since May 2014 until her retirement in March 2019. Prior to joining IPD, Ms. Leung was a senior crown counsel with the then Attorney General’s Chambers (now Department of Justice). She had worked with both the Litigation Unit and the Advisory Unit in the Civil Division. Ms. Leung was also a part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Law, of University of Hong Kong during the period from October 2020 to August 2021.

    Ms. Leung was appointed as an Official Justice of Peace by the HKSAR Government since 2012 and until February 2020. She was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) by the HKSAR Government in 2018.

    Ms. Leung has over 20 years professional experience in IP law practice as well as financial and staff management, management of outsourcing contracts as well as planning and implementing promotion and public education programmes in the public sector. She also has extensive experience in formulation of policy, law and practice in different areas of intellectual property as well as building and maintaining network with local and international stakeholders, including the legal profession, intellectual property practitioners, trade and business organisations, overseas and Mainland counterparts and inter-governmental organisations. She has also represented Hong Kong, China in different international conferences and meetings in formulating IP policies at the international level. She also has experience in civil advisory, civil litigation and criminal prosecution with the then Attorney General’s Chambers (now Department of Justice).

                                                                  

    Ms. Leung holds a Bachelor Degree in Science from the University of Hong Kong. She then obtained a Government Legal Training Scholarship and studied law in the University of Buckingham in England. She was called to the Bar in England and in Hong Kong.