The board of directors of Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited announced that with effect from 28 November 2023, each of Mr. Shaikh Mohammed Maktoum Juma Al-Maktoum and Dr. Fabio Favata has been appointed as an executive Director; each of Mr. Alhamedi Mnahi F Alanezi, Prof. Christian Feichtinger and Prof. Guo Huadong has been appointed as a non-executive Director. Mr. Shaikh Mohammed Maktoum Juma Al-Maktoum (``Mr. Al-Maktoum'') Mr. Al-Maktoum, aged 41, is a member of the Dubai's royal family. Mr. Al- Maktoum holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Dubai and has exposure spanning across multiple sectors including technology, aviation, sports consultancy, healthcare, education, oil & gas services, real estate, logistics, agriculture, and fashion.

Mr. Al-Maktoum is currently the chairman of the UAE Rugby Federation. Dr. Favata, aged 61, is an astrophysicist who has worked from 1998 until 2023 with the European Space Agency (``ESA''), where he has held different positions and responsibilities. He first worked as an active scientist at ESA's technical center in the Netherlands.

From 2008, he became responsible for the strategy, coordination and planning of the Scientific Programme of ESA at the ESA's Headquarters in Paris, France. In this role, he defined the strategy of ESA's Scientific Programme, and managed the interaction with all the stakeholders. Dr. Favata obtained his degree in physics from the University of Palermo, Italy, in 1985.

During the course of his research career, he published over 150 refereed papers, of which 37 as first author, covering a range of topics, including stellar activity, stellar formation, galactic structure, and artificial intelligence. His scientific production has received more than 6,500 citations in scientific literatures. Mr. Alanezi, aged 58, is a general secretariat of League of Arab States, a president and chief executive officer of Arab Satellite Communications Organization (ARABSAT) and a board member of Global Satellite Operator's Association (GSOA), Sudatel Telecom Group Ltd. and SAMENA Telecommunications Council.

Mr. Alanezi holds a bachelor's degree in computer engineering in 1990 and a master's degree in executive management MBA in 2012, both from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. Mr. Alanezi has over 27 years of experience in Saudi Arabia, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region and the Middle East and North Africa in structuring, and leading business in multiple sectors such as investment, banking, financial service, and information technology. He has been the system development manager in National Commercial Bank from 1996 to 2001 and then moved to Al Rajhi Bank to work as e-commerce business head from 2001 to 2004.

Mr. Alanezi has then worked in MasterCard as vice president & country manager in Saudi Arabia for 6 years and became a board member in Connecal from 2011 to 2014. He later joined First Recycling Co. Exitcom Middle East as chief executive officer from 2012 to 2017, Network International as general manager of Saudi Arabia from 2019 to 2021 and CREALOGIX as managing director of Middle East region from 2021 to 2023.

Prof. Feichtinger, aged 60, graduated from the Graz University of Technology and earned a Ph.D. in Space Experimentation. From September 2021 onwards, Prof. Feichtinger has been a member of the Group's aerospace technology development steering committee. In 2020, Prof. Feichtinger was awarded the ``Executive Director of the Year 2020'' by the Association of Association Executives.

He became Head of the ESA Permanent Mission in the Russian Federation in 2007, and from 2009 to 2011, he was ESA's senior advisor on exploration. Since 2012, he is the executive director of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), a globally active federation, which was founded in 1951 to foster dialogue between scientists around the world and support international cooperation in all space- related activities and continues to connect space people worldwide. Prof. Guo, aged 73, is the director general of the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (CBAS), and a professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (``CAS'') Aerospace Information Research Institute.

He is an academician of CAS, a foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a foreign member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, a fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), and a fellow of the International Science Council. He presently serves as honorary president of the International Society for Digital Earth (``ISDE''), director of the International Center on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the Auspices of UNESCO, member of the International Science Council (``ISC'') Global Commission on Science Missions for Sustainability, chair of Digital Belt and Road Program (DBAR), editor-in-chief of two scientific journals International Journal of Digital Earth and Big Earth Data, and a member of the Group's satellite application expert committee, a position that he has held since 1 September 2021. He served as member of the United Nations 10-Member Group to support the Technology Facilitation Mechanism for Sustainable Development Goals (2018-2021), chairman of the International Committee of Remote Sensing of Environment (2017-2020), president of ISDE (2015-2019) and ISC Committee on Data for Science and Technology (2010-2014).

Prof. Guo specializes in remote sensing, radar for earth observation, and digital earth science. He has published more than 500 papers and 24 books, and is the awardee of 20 international and domestic prizes.