The board of Gome Finance Technology Co., Ltd. announced that Professor Japhet Sebastian LAW has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director, a member of the audit committee of the Company and a member of the strategy committee of the Company with effect from 10 April 2024. Professor Japhet Sebastian LAW, aged 72, obtained his doctor of philosophy degree in mechanical/industrial engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976. He was a professor in the Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1986 until 2012, and the associate dean and subsequently the dean of the Faculty of Business Administration of the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1993 to 2002.

Prior to returning to Hong Kong, Professor Law was the director of Operations Research at the Cullen College of Engineering and the director of Graduate Studies in Industrial Engineering at the University of Houston, and was also involved in the U.S. Space Program in his career in McDonnell Douglas and Ford Aerospace in the U.S. Professor Law has acted as a consultant for various corporations in Hong Kong and overseas. He is active in public services, having served as a member of the Provisional Regional Council and various other government advisory committees of the Hong Kong government, and is also active in serving on the boards of profit, non-profit, and charitable organizations in Hong Kong and overseas. Professor Law is currently an independent non-executive director of the following companies listed on the Stock Exchange: Binhai Investment Company Limited, Tianjin Port Development Holdings Limited, Global Digital Creations Holdings Limited, Shougang Fushan Resources Group Limited, Regal Hotels International Holdings Limited and Tianjin Binhai Teda Logistics (Group) Corporation Limited.

He also serves as an independent supervisor of Beijing Capital International Airport Company Limited.