Jiangxi Bank Co., Ltd. announced that Ms. ZHANG Na shall serve as joint company secretary of the Bank with effect from October 20, 2022. Ms. ZHANG Na, aged 33, joined the Bank since June 2014 and currently serves as an executive in Securities Affairs of the office of the Board of the Bank. She is responsible for information disclosure work of the office of the Board, company secretarial affairs and corporate governance matters of the Bank.

Ms. Zhang participates in the Bank's day-to-day operation and is familiar with the business and internal operation of the Bank. Ms. Zhang graduated from the Queen Mary University of London with a master's degree in Economics in December, 2013. Dr. Ngai is currently a director and the group chief executive officer of SWCS Corporate Services Group (Hong Kong) Limited and Dr. Ngai has over 30 years of professional practice and senior management experience including acting as the executive director, chief financial officer and company secretary, most of which are in the areas of finance, accounting, internal control and regulatory compliance, corporate governance and company secretarial work for listed issuers including major red chips companies.

Dr. Ngai was the president of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries (now known as the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute) (2014-2015), a non-official member of the Working Group on Professional Services under the Economic Development Commission of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (2013-2018) and a member of the Qualification and Examination Board of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2013-2018). Dr. Ngai was appointed as a member of the General Committee and the Chairman of Membership Services of Sub-Committees of the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies in June 2014 and September 2020, respectively, and was appointed as a Finance Expert Consultant by the Ministry of Finance in June 2016. Dr. Ngai is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, a fellow member of the Chartered Governance Institute, a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Dr. Ngai held a doctoral degree in economic majoring in finance from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, a master's degree in corporate finance from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a master's degree in business administration from Andrews University in the United States and a bachelor's degree (Honours) in law from the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom. Before the end of the Waiver Period, the Bank must demonstrate and seek the confirmation from the Stock Exchange that Ms. Zhang, having had the benefit of Dr. Ngai's assistance during the Waiver Period, has attained the relevant experience and is capable of discharging the functions of company secretary under Rule 3.28 of the Listing Rules such that a further waiver will not be necessary. The Stock Exchange may withdraw or change the Waiver if the Bank's situation changes.