CNOOC Limited announced that at its AGM held on 5 June 2025, the Board announced that Mr. Chan Chak Ming ("Mr. Chan") was elected as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company at the Annual General Meeting. The Board also appoints Mr. Chan as a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company with effect from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting. Born in 1967, Mr. Chan holds a Master of Law LL.M. from the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Master of Business Administration MBA from the University of Oxford, and a Master of Public Administration MPA from Harvard University.

He is qualified to practice as a solicitor in Hong Kong and England and Wales, and is a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area GBA Lawyer. Mr. Chan has held several public positions, including president of The Law Society of Hong Kong, a member of the 13th session of the Jinan Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance) in Hong Kong. Currently, he works as a consultant for law firms in Hong Kong, London, and the Greater Bay Area, China.

Additionally, he serves on various public agencies, including as an Executive Committee member of the China Law Society, a member of the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong, chairman of the Legal Committee of the Independent Police Complaints Council of Hong Kong, and a member of the Hong Kong Government Trade and Industry Advisory Board.