Chairman and President
Mr. LIU Ming Hui, is currently the chairman of the Board of the Company and the president of the Group. He is also the chairman of the Executive Committee and the Nomination Committee, a vice chairman of the Sustainability Committee and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. LIU was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company in August 2012 and was elected as an executive Director of the Company in September 2012. Mr. LIU was a non-executive Director of the Company from April 2002 to July 2002, an executive Director of the Company from July 2002 to April 2011 and the managing director of the Company from July 2002 to January 2011. He was re-appointed as the managing director and president of the Company in August 2012. Mr. LIU is the founder of the Group. He is responsible for the overall strategic planning and development of new business and leading the works in respect of sustainability. Mr. LIU received a bachelor’s degree in science from Hebei Normal University in 1984, a master’s degree in political economics from the Graduate School of Renmin University of China in 1999 and completed the education of DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) programme from the Shenzhen Research Institute of Renmin University of China in 2006. He has substantial experience in the infrastructure and energy industry in China. He is the elder brother of Mr. LIU Mingxing, a non-executive Director of the Company, and the father of Ms. LIU Chang, an executive Director of the Company. Mr. LIU is the director of China Gas Group Limited, which has discloseable interests in the shares and underlying shares of the Company under the provisions of Division 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO, relevant information of which is disclosed in the Directors’Report.
Executive Directors
Mr. HUANG Yong, is currently the executive president of the Group and a member of each of the Executive Committee and the Nomination Committee of the Company. He is also a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. HUANG was appointed as an executive Director of the Company in June 2013. He is the founder of the Group and has been the executive president of the Company since joining the Company in 2002. He is responsible for the formulation and implementation of the Group’s overall strategies and plans, investment and research on the new business and supervision of risk controls of the Group. Prior to joining the Company, he worked at Shenzhen Nanyou (Holdings) Ltd. and Asia Environmental Development Company Limited. Mr. HUANG received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in law from Wuhan University in 1985 and 1988 respectively. He has extensive experience in legal affairs and corporate management.
Mr. ZHU Weiwei, is currently the chief operating officer of the Group. He is also a member of the Executive Committee and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. ZHU was appointed as an executive Director of the Company in September 2002. He is responsible for the daily operation of the Group, including financing, capital management, tendering, procurement, supply chain, management of regional operation centres, investment, strategy development and corporate management. Mr. ZHU received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 1993 and 1996 respectively. He has substantial experience in capital and corporate management.
Ms. LI Ching, is currently a member of the Executive Committee and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Ms. LI was appointed as an executive Director of the Company in January 2014. She is responsible for business management and operation of gas supply and infrastructure projects in China. Since 1998, she has been an executive director of Fortune Oil Limited (formerly known as Fortune Oil PLC and was listed on the London Stock Exchange) which has discloseable interest in the shares and underlying shares of the Company under the provisions of Division 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO, the relevant information of which is disclosed in the Directors’ Report. She has been working in Fortune Oil Limited for more than 15 years. Prior to joining Fortune Oil Limited, Ms. LI worked in China North Industries Corporation for 15 years and was in charge of finance and audit departments. Ms. LI received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Central University of Finance and Economics in 1982. She has extensive experience in finance and corporate management.
Ms. LIU Chang, is currently a vice president of the Group and a member of the Executive Committee of the Company. She is also the deputy general manager of Capital Management Centre (corporate finance and investor relations), the deputy general manager of the Office of the Board and Company Secretarial Department of the Company and the chairperson of Yipin Smart Living Technology Limited* (壹品慧生活科技有限公司), a subsidiary of the Company, and a director of Electronic Business Development Company Limited and certain subsidiaries. Ms. LIU is a director of China Gas Group Limited which has discloseable interest in the shares and underlying shares of the Company under the provisions of Division 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO and the relevant information is disclosed in the Directors’Report. Ms. LIU was appointed as an executive Director of the Company in April 2020. Before such appointment, she was an alternate director to Mr. LIU Mingxing, a non-executive director of the Company, and his alternate member of the Corporate Governance and Risks Control Committee (“CGRC Committee”) from November 2017 to April 2020. Ms. LIU is in charge of value-added services business, digitalization development business, electricity and new energy business and also responsible for legal affairs and corporate finance and investor relations of the Group. From 2016 to 2017, Ms. LIU served as a legal associate at the office of Vitol Inc. in Houston, the USA. She has been admitted to practise law in New York State, the USA. Ms. LIU has obtained the qualification of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and the certification for Cyber Security Competence awarded by the National Internet Emergency Center. Ms. LIU received a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance and a master’s degree in economics from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2011 and 2012 respectively and a juris doctor degree in law from Cornell Law School in 2016. She has extensive experience in legal affairs, investor relations and operation and management of business. Ms. LIU is the daughter of Mr. LIU Ming Hui, an executive Director of the Company, and the niece of Mr. LIU Mingxing, a non-executive Director of the Company.
Mr. ZHAO Kun, is currently a vice president, a chief compliance officer and the executive officer of Work Safety Committee of the Group. He was appointed as the executive Director of the Company and a member of the Executive Committee in August 2021. He is responsible for safety management of the Group and in charge of the Production Safety Committee, Safety Supervision Department, Design Institute and Customer Service Department. Mr. ZHAO joined Beijing Gas Engineering Co., Ltd.* (北京市煤氣工程有限公司) in 2000 and served as the secretary to the party committee and the chairman, and joined Beijing Enterprises Energy Investment Co., Ltd.* (北京北控能源投資有限公司) (“Beijing Enterprises Energy”) in 2013 until June 2021 and served as the deputy secretary of the general party branch, the chairman of labour union and employee representative director. Beijing Enterprises Energy is a subsidiary of Beijing Enterprises Group Company Limited (“Beijng Enterprises Group”). Beijing Enterprises Group has discloseable interests in the shares and underlying shares of the Company under the provisions of Division 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO and the relevant information is disclosed in the Directors’ Report. Mr. ZHAO received an equivalent of bachelor’s degree in city gas engineering of urban construction engineering at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture (formerly known as Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture) in 2000, and a master’s degree in architecture and civil engineering at Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture in 2015, respectively. He has extensive experience in operation and management of natural gas business.
Non-executive directors
Mr. XIONG Bin, is currently a member of CGRC Committee of the Company. Mr. XIONG was appointed as the vice chairman of the Board and a non-executive Director of the Company in March 2022. He is currently an executive director and the chief executive officer of Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited (“Beijing Enterprises Holdings”) (The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Stock Exchange”) (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 392) and also serves as an executive director, the chairman of the board and the chairman of the nomination committee of Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited (“Beijing Enterprises Water”) (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 371), the assistant to the general manager of Beijing Enterprises Group Company Limited (“Beijing Enterprises Group”) and a director of Beijing Gas Group Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Gas Group”). Mr. XIONG joined Beijing Gas Group in 1999, Beijing Enterprises Group in 2011 and Beijing Enterprises Holdings in 2021. Both Beijing Enterprises Holdings and Beijing Enterprises Group have discloseable interests in the shares and underlying shares of the Company under the provisions of Division 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO and the relevant information is disclosed in the Directors’ Report. Mr. XIONG is a PRC engineer. He graduated from the department of thermal engineering of the School of Mechanical Engineering of Tongji University in 1989 and received an EMBA degree from the School of Economics and Management of the Tsinghua University in 1998. He has substantial experience in public infrastructure facilities management and in strategic and investment management.
Mr. LIU Mingxing, is currently a member of the CGRC Committee of the Company. Mr. LIU was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company in July 2014. He is currently a professor of Economics and deputy president of China Institute for Educational Finance Research, Peking University, and an adjunct professor of Political Economy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He was an associate professor of Economics of China Institute for Educational Finance Research, Peking University from January 2008 to July 2013, and a lecturer and an associate professor of Economics of the School of Government, Peking University from September 2003 to December 2007. From 2001 to 2003, he did postdoctoral research at The National Bureau of Economic Research in the United States. Mr. LIU acted as a consultant and provided policy advisory services to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education of China, the World Bank, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom on various occasions. Mr. LIU published a large number of academic papers and books in respect of economics and finance in China and worldwide. He received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 1994 and 1997 respectively and a doctorate degree in economics from Peking University in 2001. He has substantial experience in finance and economics. Mr. LIU Mingxing is the younger brother of Mr. LIU Ming Hui (an executive Director of the Company) and the uncle of Ms. LIU Chang (an executive Director of the Company).
Mr. JIANG Xinhao, is currently the chairman of the CGRC Committee of the Company. Mr. JIANG was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company in June 2015. He is a chief senior economist and currently an executive director and vice chairman of Beijing Enterprises Holdings (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 392). He also serves as a vice general manager of Beijing Enterprises Group and an executive director of Beijing Enterprises Water (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 371). Mr. JIANG served as a policy analyst of the Chinese State Commission of Restructuring Economic System from 1987 to 1989. He was a lecturer at Peking University between 1992 and 1994. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. JIANG was a deputy general manager of Jingtai Finance Company in Hong Kong, and a director and vice president of BHL Industrial Investment Company. From 1997 to February 2005, Mr. JIANG was a director and the chief executive officer of Tramford International Limited, a company listed on Nasdaq. Mr. JIANG was a manager of the investment development department of Beijing Holdings Limited and a general manager of Beijing BHL Investment Center between May 2000 and February 2005. From January 2011 to June 2016, Mr. JIANG was an executive director of Beijing Properties (Holdings) Limited (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 925). Both Beijing Enterprises Holdings and Beijing Enterprises Group have discloseable interests in the shares and underlying shares of the Company under the provisions of Division 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO and the relevant information is disclosed in the Directors‘ Report. Mr. JIANG received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in law from Fudan University in 1987 and 1992 respectively. He has extensive experience in economics, finance and corporate management.
Mr. Ayush GUPTA, is currently a member of the CGRC Committee of the Company. Mr. GUPTA was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company in December 2023. He is currently a full time director of GAIL (India) Limited (“GAIL”) which is a company listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (stock code: GAIL) and BSE Limited, Bombay (stock code: 532155), the chairman of GAIL Mangalore Petrochemicals Limited and a director of GAIL Gas Limited, both being wholly-owned subsidiaries of GAIL. He is also a director of ONGC Tripura Power Company Limited. Mr. GUPTA has joined GAIL in May 1998 and is currently responsible for human resources operations of GAIL. Mr. GUPTA received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from University of Roorkee, India in 1992, a master’s degree in business administration in 2003 and a post-graduate diploma in human resources management in 2023, both from Indira Gandhi National Open University. He has also completed the Chevening Rolls-Royce Science, Innovation & Policy Leadership Programme from Saïd Business School of University of Oxford in 2013. He has over 32 years of rich experience in human resources management, project management and operations as well as maintenance in oil and gas and process industry.
Independent Non-Executive Directors
Mr. ZHAO Yuhua, is currently the chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of each of the Nomination Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the CGRC Committee of the Company. Mr. ZHAO was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company in November 2002. He has been engaging in corporate financing and financial advisory business since 1993. Mr. ZHAO received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics from Nankai University in 1989 and 1993 respectively. He has substantial experience in finance.
Dr. MAO Erwan, is currently the chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of each of the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee and the CGRC Committee of the Company. Dr. MAO was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company in January 2003. He is currently an executive director of the China Mathematics, Mechanics and Physics High-Tech Interdisciplinary Research Society (中國數學力學物理學高新技術交叉研究學會) and a standing member and a deputy director of Financial Quantity Analysis and Computation Committee (金融量化分析與計算專業委員會). He was a deputy professor of the International Business School of Beijing Foreign Studies University, Deputy Director of Institute of Finance and Securities, Beijing Foreign Studies University and a committee member of China Institute of Finance, Financial Engineering. He was a senior economist of Da Cheng Fund Management Co. Ltd. Dr. MAO received a bachelor’s degree in science from Hebei Normal University in 1984, a master’s degree in science from Sichuan University in 1989 and a doctorate degree in science from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1998. He has substantial experience in finance.
Ms. CHEN Yanyan, is currently a member of each of the Audit Committee, the Nomination Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the CGRC Committee of the Company. Ms. CHEN was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company in December 2012. She is an economist, senior political engineer, and a member of the Logistics and Supply Chain of Science and Technology Expert Committee of Shenzhen Municipal Government. She is also a research fellow of the Chinese Logistics Society and a representative of the 11th Women’s Congress of Guangdong Province. Ms. CHEN is currently an independent director of Shenzhen Woer Heat-Shrinkable Material Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Stock Exchange (“SZSE”) Stock Code: 2130) (She was an independent director of the company from 2010 to 2016) and Shenzhen Manst Technology Co., Ltd. (SZSE Growth Enterprise Market (“GEM”) Stock Code: 301325). Ms. CHEN was an independent director of Shenzhen Cheng Chung Design Co., Ltd. (SZSE Stock Code: 2811) from September 2018 to February 2024. She has also been appointed as a member of the MBA Expert Advisory Committee of the Renmin University of China Business School since May 2019, the vice convenor of the 100 Scholars of Shenzhen Ma Hong Foundation for the Economic Improvement Research in 2021 and the senior consultant of Shenzhen Index Technology Co., Ltd. since 22 May 2024. Ms. CHEN received a post-graduate education in Economics from Guangdong Provisional Committee Party School of the Communist Party of China in 1999 and “Second Prize of Technological Progress by the China Federation of Logistic and Purchasing” in 2008 and 2009 and the outstanding delegate of the “20th Anniversary of China Logistics Entrepreneurs Annual Conference” in 2022. She has substantial experience in logistics and supply chain management, including experience in gas-related logistics.
Mr. ZHANG Ling, is currently a member of each of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the CGRC Committee of the Company. Mr. ZHANG was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company in November 2017. He is currently a lawyer of Beijing DeHeng Law Offices and a senior academic advisor of the Chinese Society of Criminology. He was a professor and a mentor of doctoral students at the China University of Political Science and Law, a director of the China Law Society, an executive vice president and a legal representative of the Chinese Society of Criminology*, the head of the Professional Committee of Crime Victimology* and an officer of the Asian Law (East Asia) Research Institution of the China University of Political Science and Law and a committee member of the expert consultation committee of the Forth Court of Beijing People’s Procuratorate (Railway Inspections)*. Mr. ZHANG served as an independent director of Huadian Energy Company Limited (Shanghai Stock Exchange (“SSE”) Stock Code: 600726) from April 2008 to April 2014, Luzhou Laojiao Co., Ltd. (SZSE Stock Code: 000568) from May 2012 to May 2018 and Zhengzhou Sino-Crystal Diamond Co., Ltd. (SZSE GEM Stock Code: 300064) (delisted in June 2022) from June 2014 to May 2020. In 1999, Mr. ZHANG was an external lecturer in the law department of Aichi University in Japan. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. ZHANG was a foreign researcher in the law research centre of Waseda University in Japan. Subsequently, Mr. ZHANG served as the deputy chief procurator and a member of the Procuratorial Committee of Beijing Chaoyang People’s Procuratorate* during 2004 to 2010. Mr. ZHANG received a master’s degree in law from Jilin University in 1987, a doctorate degree in law from the same university in 1995 and a doctorate degree in law from Waseda University in Japan in 2002. He has substantial experience in law and legal affairs, as well as risk management.
Dr. MA Weihua, is currently the chairman of the Sustainability Committee, a member of each of the Audit Committee and the CGRC Committee of the Company. Dr. MA was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company in February 2022. He is responsible for leading and steering the Group’s work on sustainability and ESG governance. He is an independent non-executive director of Legend Holdings Corporation (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 3396) and Haidilao International Holding Ltd. (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 6862), the chairman of National Fund for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, chairman of the board of China Global Philanthropy Institute, chairman of China Alliance of Social Value Investment, the director-general of One Foundation and held positions including adjunct professor in various higher education institutes such as Peking University and Tsinghua University. Dr. MA previously served as the executive director, president and chief executive officer of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 3968, SSE Stock Code: 600036), the chairman of the board of CMB Wing Lung Bank Limited (formerly known as Wing Lung Bank Limited), CIGNA and CMC Life Insurance Company Ltd. and China Merchants Fund Management Co., Ltd., an independent non-executive director of Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 1658) and China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 670, SSE Stock Code: 600115), and an independent director of China World Trade Center Co. Ltd. (SSE Stock Code: 600007) and Guangdong Qunxing Toys Joint Stock Co., Ltd.* (廣東群興玩具股份有限公司) (SZSE Stock Code: 002575), the chairman and a non-executive director of Bison Finance Group Limited (Stock Exchange Stock Code: 888), as well as the deputy of the 10th National People’s Congress and the member of the 11th and 12th National Committee of the China People’s Political Consultative Conference. He was appointed as Special Advisor by United Nations Development Programme in China and chairman of SDG Financing Advisory Committee in March 2019, and was appointed as a member of SDG Impact Steering Group* (可持續發展影響力投資全球指導委員會) by the United Nations Development Programme in April of the same year. Dr. MA received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Jilin University in 1982, and a doctor of philosophy degree in economics from Southwest Finance and Economics University in 1999. He has substantial experience in bank credit risk management, corporate management, risk management and sustainability.