The board of directors (the "Board") of High Fashion International Limited announced that Mr. Tong Hee Keung, Samuel has been appointed as (i) an independent non-executive director; and (ii) a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Company, with effect from 1 January 2023. The biographical details of Mr. Tong are set out as follows: Mr. Tong Hee Keung, Samuel, aged 65, has been appointed as an independent non-executive director, a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Company with effect from 1 January 2023. Mr. Tong was the deputy chief executive of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited ("ICBC Asia") from August 2011 to April 2020.

He was responsible for ICBC Asia's Greater Bay Area corporate banking business and Asia Pacific banking business. Mr. Tong holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Brunel, United Kingdom. Mr. Tong is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

He is also a graduate of the executive programme at Le Centre Europeen d'Education Permanente (CEDEP) in Fontainebleau, France. Mr. Tong has over 30 years of corporate and commercial banking experience.