Mark Qiu
Dr. Mark Qiu was appointed as our independent non-executive Director in November 2024 and is responsible for providing independent opinion and judgment to the Board. Dr. Qiu founded China Renaissance Capital Investment, an alternative investment manager and promoter of private equity investment funds focused on Chinese and China-related businesses in 2005 and is its chief executive officer and founding managing partner. Prior to that, Dr. Qiu joined CNOOC Limited, a company principally engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas and the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (HKEX: 0883, SSE: 600938) from 2001 to March 2005, and served as the chief financial officer and senior vice president. From 2011 to May 2022, Dr. Qiu also served as an independent director at Best Inc., a logistics company the shares of which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BEST). In addition to the aforementioned roles, Dr. Qiu was also the chairman of the audit committee of Best Inc. Dr. Qiu obtained a doctorate degree in decision science from the University of Texas at Arlington in the United States in December 1990, and a master’s degree in business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States in June 1998.