The board of directors of Tristate Holdings Limited announced that Ms. Chen LIN ("Professor Lin") has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 13 February 2023. Professor Lin, aged 37, is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Fudan University School of Management, and her research interests include empirical models in digital marketing for ESG-related problems, particularly in the apparel and fashion industry. Prior to joining Fudan University, she was on the faculty board at Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University and China Europe International Business School.

She obtained her Ph.D. in Marketing from Goizueta Business School, Emory University, and Bachelor's degree in Electronic Commerce from School of Computing, National University of Singapore. Professor Lin has been focusing on consumer digital marketing and distribution for more than ten years since she obtained her Ph.D., and she is a widely recognised expert in smart retailing among academics and in the industry.