The board of directors of The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited announced that Mr. John Ho Hon-ming ("Mr. Ho") will retire from the position of Executive Director and Company Secretary of the Company as well as member of the Board Environmental, Social and Governance Committee of the Company with effect from 1st January 2024. Mr. Ho joined the Company in 2002. He was appointed as the Company Secretary of the Company in December 2008 and as an Executive Director of the Company in October 2020.

During over 21 years of his service in the Company, Mr. Ho has contributed immensely to the Group's business development, financial management, acquisitions and mergers, corporate governance, and more. He has put a lot of efforts in the issuance of syndicated loans, bonds and green bonds, thereby driving for the upgrade of the Company's ratings given by credit rating agencies. The Board also announces that Mr. Yeung Lui-ming has been appointed as Executive Director and member of the Board Environmental, Social and Governance Committee of the Company with effect from 1st January 2024.

Mr. Yeung Lui-ming, F.C.C.A., F.C.P.A., aged 56, joined the Company in August 2023 and headed the Group's finance function. He holds directorships in various subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Yeung has more than 32 years of professional experiences in corporate finance advisory, transaction services and strategic restructuring knowledge.

Mr. Yeung held management positions in financial advisory department of Deloitte China for many years. He served as the National Managing Partner of Financial Advisory of Deloitte China from November 2013 to May 2021 and was appointed as the Vice Chairman of Deloitte China since June 2021. Before Mr. Yeung stepped down from Deloitte China, he led the team in capital market advisory, debt restructuring, fund advisory, forensic accounting investigation, corporate restructuring etc.

and advised corporate clients and investors both in Mainland China and Hong Kong on various investment projects, acquisitions and mergers projects. Mr. Yeung did not hold any other directorships in the last three years in public companies the securities of which are listed on any securities market in Hong Kong or overseas. Mr. Yeung graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

He is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, an Associate of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong and an Ordinary Member of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. The Board also announces that Ms. Elsa Wong Lai-kin ("Ms. Wong") has been appointed as the Company Secretary of the Company with effect from 1st January 2024. Ms. Elsa Wong Lai-kin joined the Company in November 2022 as the Head of Legal of the Company.

She has over 30 years of experience in the legal profession, primarily working as corporate counsel and company secretary of companies listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Wong worked in Henderson (China) Investment Company Limited, Alibaba.com Limited and PYI Corporation Limited (now named as Blue River Holdings Limited). Ms. Wong holds a Bachelor and Master degree of Laws from The University of Hong Kong, a Master degree in Corporate Finance from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a Master degree of Social Sciences in Psychology (Schools and Community Settings) from The Education University of Hong Kong.

Ms. Wong is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong and the Supreme Court of England and Wales, as well as a member of The Law Society of Hong Kong and CFA Society Hong Kong. She also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.