The board of directors of Guangdong Join-Share Financing Guarantee Investment Co., Ltd. announced that in accordance with the work arrangement of the Company, Mr. Zheng Zhengqiang has tendered his resignation as a joint company secretary of the Company with effect from 14 October 2022. The Board announced that Mr. Ou Weiming has been appointed as a Joint Company Secretary with effect from 14 October 2022, while Mr. Lau Kwok Yin will continue to be the other Joint Company Secretary. Mr. Ou Weiming, aged 56, was appointed as a non-executive Director on 6 June 2021 and the executive vice president of the Group and the secretary of the Board in August 2022.

Mr. Ou is a director of Foshan Chancheng Join-Share Micro Credit Co., Ltd., a director of Yunfu Puhui Financing Guarantee Co., Ltd., a director of Zhongshan Join-Share Technology Financing Guarantee Investment Co., Ltd., the head of office of the Board and the general manager of the administration department of the Group, in charge of the human resources department, business management department and Yunfu Puhui. He joined the Group on 25 April 2005, and is responsible for promoting the implementation of the Group's strategic planning and the Group's management and control, human resources, channel development and maintenance, administration, party affairs and labour union. Mr. Ou has over 28 years of experience in finance industry.

Prior to joining the Group, he served as a director, manager, deputy general manager and other positions successively at the credit sector of the Foshan Branch of Agricultural Bank of China from July 1993 to April 2005, where Mr. Ou was primarily responsible for marketing, credit business investigation and risk assessment work successively. Mr. Ou received his bachelor's degree in education from Hainan Normal University in the People's Republic of China (the PRC) in July 1990, and his master's degree of science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in the PRC in June 1993, majoring in applied mathematics. In September 1996, he obtained an engineer certificate granted by Professional and Technical Title Evaluation Committee of Foshan Branch of Agricultural Bank of China.

In November 2000, he also obtained an advanced professional certificate of finance granted by the Ministry of Personnel of the PRC (now known as Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security). In May 2011, he obtained a certificate of completion for an EMBA Advanced Workshop of CEOs in Guangdong Credit Guarantee Industry (EMBA), granted by South China University of Technology. Mr. Ou concurrently serves as a director of China Micro-credit Companies Association, the executive vice-chairman of the supervisory committee of Guangdong Association of Microcredit and the vice president of Foshan Micro Credit Company Association.

Mr. Lau Kwok Yin, aged 37, was appointed as a Joint Company Secretary on 30 May 2018. Mr. Lau is an assistant vice president of SWCS Corporate Services Group (Hong Kong) Limited. Mr. Lau has over 12 years of experience in corporate secretarial services, finance and banking operations.

He holds a bachelor's degree in business administration (accounting and finance) from The University of Hong Kong, and is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder, and a fellow of each of The Chartered Governance Institute and The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute.