Director Team

Mr. Andy Xuan Zhang

Mr. Andy Xuan Zhang

Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director and Chairman of the Board

 

Mr. Andy Xuan Zhang is the Chief Executive Officer, executive Director and chairman of the Board. He is also the chairman of the Nomination Committee as well as a member of the Remuneration Committee. Mr. Zhang also acts as a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Zhang founded the Group in December 2013. He is responsible for the overall strategic planning and business direction of the Group and management of the Company. Mr. Zhang has over 20 years of operational and managerial experience with both multinational companies and local Chinese companies in internet, automobile and finance industries. Mr. Zhang held numerous positions in Bitauto since 2006. He has served as an executive director and the chief executive officer of Bitauto since January 2018. His extensive involvement in Bitauto’s strategy and operations contributed significantly to the growth of Bitauto and its successful listing on the NYSE in November 2010.

 

Mr. Zhang obtained his bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from New York University in May 1999. Mr. Zhang has also been granted as a certified public accountant by the Education Department of New York State, U.S.A. in October 2003.

Mr. Dong Jiang

Mr. Dong Jiang

Joint President and Executive Director

 

Mr. Dong Jiang is an executive Director, the Joint President and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. He joined the Company in March 2015 and was the chief operating officer of the Company from June 2017 to December 2017. Mr. Jiang is primarily responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Company. Prior to joining our Group, from February 2011 to March 2015, Mr. Jiang was group deputy manager of China Grand Automotive Services Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 600297). From January 2008 to January 2010, he was senior vice president of China Auto Rental Inc. (now known as CAR Inc.), a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 699).

 

Mr. Jiang obtained his bachelor’s degree in aquaculture from Dalian Ocean University in July 1993 and master’s degree in business administration from Peking University in July 2011.

 

Mr. Qing Hua Xie

Non-executive Director

 

Mr. Qing Hua Xie is a non-executive Director. Mr. Xie joined our Group in April 2022. Mr. Xie joined Tencent Holdings Limited (“Tencent”) in December 2003, and currently serves as the corporate vice president of Tencent.

 

Mr. Xie obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics from Sun Yat-Sen University in 2001.

Mr. Qin Miao

Mr. Qin Miao

Non-executive Director

 

Mr. Qin Miao is a non-executive Director. Mr. Miao joined JD.com, Inc. in June 2020 as the vice president and worked as the president of life and service business group of JD retail since January 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Miao worked at McDonald’s (China) Co., Ltd., from June 1993, and was serving as the chief operating officer of McDonald’s (China) Co., Ltd. when he left in August 2013. He then worked at Golden Jaguar from August 2013, and was serving as the chief executive officer of the company when he left in October 2014.

 

Mr. Miao obtained his master’s degree in business administration from the China Europe International Business School in October 2011.

Mr. Chenkai Ling

Ms. Amanda Chi Yan Chau

Non-executive Director

 

Ms. Amanda Chi Yan Chau is a non-executive Director. Ms. Chau joined our Group in May 2021. Ms. Chau has been employed by Hammer Capital (Hong Kong) Limited as managing director since July 2014. Prior to that, she was director of investment banking at Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited. Ms. Chau has a combined 10 years of investment banking experience with Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited, Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited and Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited. During this period, Ms. Chau has originated and executed many capital markets and mergers and acquisitions transactions for corporate clients across Asia Pacific.

 

Ms. Chau graduated from the Northwestern University, United States of America with a master of science degree in industrial engineering and management sciences, and from The University of Chicago, United States of America with a bachelor of arts degree in economics.

Mr. Tin Fan Yuen

Mr. Tin Fan Yuen

Independent non-executive Director

 

Mr. Tin Fan Yuen is an independent non-executive Director, chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Yuen joined our Group in June 2017 and was appointed as independent non-executive Director on November 6, 2017. He was formerly chief executive of the Stock Exchange from October 1988 to October 1991, deputy chairman and executive director of the Pacific Century Group from 1996 to 2006, deputy chairman and executive director of PCCW Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 8), from August 1999 to June 2006, executive chairman of Pacific Century Insurance Holdings Limited (now known as FTL Asia Holdings Limited), a company previously listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 65), from June 1999 to July 2007, independent non-executive director of China Foods Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 506), from July 1993 to August 2017 and independent non-executive director of Agricultural Bank of China Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1288) and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 601288), from March 2013 to August 2019.

 

Mr. Yuen currently holds positions in the following publicly listed companies:

         Pacific Century Regional Developments Limited (SGX: P15), as an independent non-executive deputy chairman since February 2015; and

         Shanghai Industrial Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Exchange Stock Code: 363), as an independent non-executive director since July 2016.

 

Mr. Yuen obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Chicago in June 1975. He is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Hong Kong Center for Economic Research, chairman of the board of Ortus Capital Management Limited, and a member of the board of trustees of University of Chicago and Fudan University.

Mr. Chester Tun Ho Kwok

Mr. Chester Tun Ho Kwok

Independent non-executive Director

 

Mr. Chester Tun Ho Kwok is an independent non-executive Director, chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. Mr. Kwok joined our Group in June 2017 and was appointed as independent non-executive Director on November 6, 2017. Since January 2016, Mr. Kwok has been an independent non-executive director and a member of the audit committee and investment committee of Henderson Sunlight Asset Management Limited (“Henderson Sunlight”), the manager of Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 435). With effect from November 1, 2018, Mr. Kwok was appointed as a member of the remuneration and nomination committee of Henderson Sunlight. He has also served as a member of the Process Review Panel of the Securities and Futures Commission since November 2016.

 

Mr. Kwok was also a member of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel of the Securities and Futures Commission from April 2007 to March 2016 and the deputy chairman and a member of the Share Registrars’ Disciplinary Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission between April 2017 to March 2019 and April 2013 to March 2019, respectively.

 

Mr. Kwok served in a senior capacity in a number of international financial institutions, including Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd., between November 2000 to September 2012 and September 2012 to October 2015, respectively.

 

Mr. Kwok received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge in June 1985. He has been a member of the Hong Kong Securities Institute since 1998 and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors since 2016.

Ms. Lily Li Dong

Ms. Lily Li Dong

Independent non-executive Director

 

Ms. Lily Li Dong is an independent non-executive Director, a member of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee. Ms. Dong joined our Group in June 2017 and was appointed as independent non-executive Director on November 6, 2017. Since April 13, 2020, Ms Dong has been an independent director and a member of the audit committee and nominating and corporate governance committee of 58.com Inc., a company listed on the NYSE (stock code: WUBA). From August 2015 to June 2017, Ms. Dong was the chief financial officer of eDaijia, an online designated driver service provider. Prior to that, she served as chief financial officer at RDA Microelectronics, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company previously listed on Nasdaq Global Select Market (NASDAQ: RDA) (“RDA”), from November 2007 to July 2015, and was its director from January 2014 to July 2015. Ms. Dong has extensive experience as a finance and management professional and led the initial public offering process of RDA. Prior to that, Ms. Dong worked for Hewlett-Packard in China since 1992, and was the Finance Operations Manager of Hewlett-Packard Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.* (惠普科技(上海)有限公司) when she left in 2005.

 

Ms. Dong received her bachelor’s degree in economics from the Nanjing University of Sciences and Technology in July 1992, and her executive master’s degree in business administration from China Europe International Business School in November 2004.

Senior Management

Mr. Zhi Gao

Mr. Zhi Gao

Joint President

 

Mr. Zhi Gao is our Joint President. Mr. Gao joined the Group in September 2016 and previously served as the chief operating officer and vice president of operations. Prior to joining our Group, Mr. Gao was employed at Coca-cola Industries Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. from April 2002 to August 2016, serving as duty general manager and market executive head of Coca-Cola Bottling Plant prior to his departure.

 

Mr. Gao graduated from the chemical engineering department of Dalian Institute of Light Industry (currently known as Dalian Polytechnic University) in July 1993. He also received his executive master’s degree in business administration from Dalian University of Technology in June 2015.

Mr. Rui Song

Mr. Rui Song

Chief Operating Officer

 

Mr. Rui Song is our Chief Operating Officer and primarily responsible for managing auto finance operations of our Group. Mr. Song joined the Group in January 2019 and previously served as senior vice president of the Group. Prior to joining our Group, Mr. Song was employed at DIFU Holding Group Co., Ltd. from 2017 to 2018, serving as general manager of DIFU Holding Group Co., Ltd. prior to his departure. Mr. Song was employed at Coca Cola Industries Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. from 1996 to 2017, serving as sales director of Coca Cola Enterprise Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. prior to his departure.

 

Mr. Song graduated from the foreign languages department of Lanzhou University in July 1995.

Mr. Xiaoguang Yang

Mr. Xiaoguang Yang

Chief Financial Officer

 

Mr. Xiaoguang Yang joined our Group in June 2020 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining our Group, Mr. Yang served as Chief Financial Officer and director of Wacai Network. Prior to that, Mr. Yang served in Fullerton Credit, a Temasek's wholly-owned company, from 2014 to 2016 as Chief Financial Officer, responsible for corporate finance, equity financing, and legal affairs. Mr. Yang also held financial management positions in Far East Horizon and GE Finance.

 

Mr. Yang is a CFA Charter Holder and holds a bachelor's degree from Nankai University and a master's degree in business administration from Arizona State University.