The board of directors of CPMC Holdings Limited announced that Mr. Wan Zaotian has been appointed as a non-executive director of the company with effect from 26 July 2013. Mr. Wan, aged 52, joined COFCO Corporation in 2006. He is currently a member of the Communist Party Committee of COFCO.

Mr. Wan received a bachelor's degree in Agronomy from Huazhong Agricultural University in 1983, and graduated from the School of Government of Peking University, majoring in administration management, with a master's degree in management in 2004. Mr. Wan completed his EMBA Programme at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business with a master's degree in 2009. Mr. Wan has extensive experience in business management and has accumulated more than 30 years of experience in several industries including the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, China National Fisheries Corporation and China Grains and Oils Group Corporation.