Global Dining Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Mr. Zhang Yang as Chief Executive Officer, effective December 16, 2022. Mr. Zhang, aged 40, holds a master's degree in management science and engineering and a bachelor's degree in computer science and technology from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. Mr. Zhang has more than 15 years of experience in managerial roles in new consumption (an integrated retail section with blending of online and offline commerce through digitization of the entire retail value chain), smart retail and communication technology in the PRC.

Since 2015, Mr. Zhang has been engaged in smart beverage vending machine retail business. Mr. Zhang is the founder, chairman and general manager of Beijing Shuoyibuer Technology Company Limited, which is a smart retail beverage machines operator in the PRC. From 2007 to 2014, he worked as the head of terminal sales in China Mobile Communication Group Company Limited, and managed with more than 10,000 terminal stores and more than 30 million users.

Since November 2021, Mr. Zhang has been serving as an executive Director of Kirin Group Holdings Limited.