Country Garden Services Holdings Company Limited announced that Mr. GUO Zhanjun ("Mr. GUO") has resigned from his position as an executive Director and a member of the environmental, social and governance committee of the Company with effect from 3 April 2024 in order to devote more time to focus on the human resources management and marketing management of the Group as a result of the adjustment of the Group's internal work division. The Board announced that Mr. ZHAO Jun ("Mr. ZHAO") has been appointed
as an independent non-executive Director and a member of the audit committee, nomination committee and environmental, social and governance committee of the Company with effect from 3 April 2024. Mr. ZHAO Jun, aged 62, graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering in marine engineering specialty from Harbin Engineering University (formerly known as Harbin Shipbuilding Engineering Institute) of the PRC in July 1983. He also received a master's degree in engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University of the PRC in May 1986, a doctor of philosophy degree in civil engineering from the University of Houston in the United States in June 1993 and a master's degree in business administration from Yale School of Management in the United States in May 2000. Mr. ZHAO has been the executive director and the manager of China Fellow Partners Limited since 2015. He also currently serves as an independent director of Bright Scholar Education Holdings Limited and Gansu Jingang Solar Co. Ltd. In addition, he previously worked for Chinavest Services Limited and DT Capital Management Company Limited. From January 2015 to August 2021, Mr. ZHAO served as an independent non-executive director of China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd. Further to the above resignation of Mr. GUO and appointment of Mr. ZHAO, the Board is also pleased to announce that Ms. YANG Huiyan and Mr. CHEN Weiru have been appointed as members of the environmental, social and governance committee of the Company, all with effect from 3 April 2024. Mr. HUANG Peng ("Mr. HUANG") has resigned from his position as the joint company secretary of the Company ("Joint Company Secretary") and the authorised representative of the Company (the "Authorised Representative") pursuant to Rule 3.05 of the Listing Rules with effect from 3 April 2024 in order to devote more time on his duties as the executive president and chief financial officer of the Company, including being
responsible for the Group's new strategic incubation businesses as well as financial management matters etc. The Board further announces that, following Mr. HUANG's ceasing to serve as the Joint Company Secretary and the Authorised Representative, Mr. CHEN Dilin ("Mr. CHEN") has been appointed as the Joint Company Secretary and the Authorised Representative with effect from 3 April 2024. Mr. LEUNG Chong Shun ("Mr. LEUNG") will continue to serve as the other Joint Company Secretary. Mr. CHEN Dilin, aged 38, joined the Group in March 2024 and serves as the vice president of Country Garden Life Services Group Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. CHEN conducted audit and financial due diligence when working at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and has over four and a half years of experiences in mergers and acquisitions, listing advisory and private equity investment in renowned financial institutions thereafter. Afterwards, he also gained over eight years of work experiences in capital operations, corporate governance, and new business development in a company listed on the Stock Exchange. Mr. CHEN graduated from the University of International Business and Economics of the PRC in July 2008, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in management. He became an affiliate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom in June 2008. Mr. CHEN has also obtained the Chinese Legal Professional Qualification in the PRC in June 2023. Mr. LEUNG Chong Shun, the current Joint Company Secretary of the Company, is a partner of Woo Kwan Lee & Lo, a law firm based in Hong Kong, since 1997. Mr. LEUNG is currently the company secretary of four other listed companies on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange, namely China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited, China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd. and Country Garden Holdings Company Limited. Mr. LEUNG graduated from the University of Hong Kong, where he obtained a bachelor degree in laws in November 1988 and obtained the Postgraduate Certificate in laws in September 1989. He became a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong in October 1991 and in England and Wales in November 1994, respectively.