The board of directors of Planetree International Development Limited announced that upon the recommendation by the nomination committee of the company, Mr. Ma Ka Ki (Mr. Ma) has been appointed as an independent non-executive director, a member of the audit committee, a member of the remuneration committee and a member of nomination committee of the company, with effect from 1 October 2022. Mr. Ma Ka Ki, aged 42, holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Information System with merit from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Mr. Ma is a member of both the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.

He is also a member of both the Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute and the Chartered Governance Institute. He has over 15 years of experience in auditing and accounting sectors and has extensive experience in financial and corporate secretarial services. During the period from February 2021 to September 2022, Mr. Ma was an independent non-executive director of Blue River Holdings Limited.

During the period from March 2018 to July 2020, Mr. Ma was an independent non-executive director of Celebrate International Holdings Limited incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability which was delisted from the GEM Board of the Stock Exchange on 8 July 2020. An order was granted by the High Court of Hong Kong to wind up Celebrate International, whose principal businesses were money lending and securities investment and trading, on 22 July 2020 upon petition of Citizens Money Lending Corporation Limited filed on 12 May 2020 for an outstanding sum of approximately HKD 27 million together with interests accrued as set out in its announcement. Mr. Ma resigned as the independent non-executive director of Celebrate International with effect from 29 July 2020.

During the period from June 2016 to June 2018, Mr. Ma was an independent non-executive director of Oshidori International Holdings Limited.