The Board of Directors of Dickson Concepts (International) Limited announced that Mr. Poon Dickson Pearson Guanda, an Executive Director of the Company, has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer ("COO") of the Company with effect from 1st September, 2022. Mr. Poon Dickson Pearson Guanda, aged 28, joined the Group as a General Manager in October 2016 and was appointed as an Executive Director in December 2018. His current
responsibilities include overseeing the Group's retail business in Hong Kong and Mainland China, while he is also a substantial shareholder of the Group and a member of the Investment Committee of the Company. Since becoming an Executive Director of the Group, Mr. Pearson Poon's accomplishments include turning around the Group's Mainland China business from a loss making position to a profitable one, with the business achieving sales growth of 90%. over the past 2 years. In Hong Kong, he led the launch of a new retail concept combining physical and digital retail under Harvey Nichols, resulting in a substantial decrease in overhead costs and a significant increase in product offering through Harvey Nichols' digital platform. Over the course of the past 3 years, he also successfully negotiated significant concessions and commercial support from suppliers and principals. Prior to joining the Group, he worked at the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC, where he was part of the consumer and retail, technology, media, and telecommunications team in Hong Kong, focusing on the China internet sector. Mr. Pearson Poon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Cambridge. Mr. Pearson Poon is also a director of Harvey Nichols Group Limited and certain of its subsidiary companies (together the "HN Group") and the vice-chairman of the supervisory board of S.T. Dupont S.A. ("STDSA"), the shares of STDSA are listed on the Euronext Paris in France. Both the HN Group and STDSA are the related companies of the Company. Save as disclosed herein, he has not held any directorship in any other public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas in the last three years.