Board of Directors
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Board Committee
Director
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Audit Committee | Remuneration Committee | Nomination Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Ren Weiming | Chairman | ||
| Mr. Shen Yueming | |||
| Mr. Zhang Hongwen | Member | ||
| Mr. Ren Zhong | |||
| Mr. Ngan Martin | |||
| Mr. Lau Ying Kit | Chairman | Member | |
| Mr. Yan Jianmiao | Member | Chairman | |
| Ms. Zhang Chan | Member | Member | |
| Mr. Fan Lei | Member | Member |
Ren Weiming
CHAIRMAN AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Ren Weiming (任維明）, aged 65, is the chairman of the Group and an executive Director. Mr. Ren is responsible for the overall management of the Group and decision-making of the business development strategy of the Group. Mr. Ren has worked in the silk and textile industry since 1979. He has been the chairman and general manager of Zhejiang Kingdom Creative Co., Ltd.*（浙江金達創業股份有限公司） (“Kingdom Creative”), a company which is owned as to 71.64% by Mr. Ren since 2000. Mr. Ren started to engage in the linen yarn manufacturing business in December 2001. He joined the Group in March 2003 when the first operating member of the Group, Zhejiang Jinyuan Flax Co., Ltd.*（浙江金元亞麻有限公司） (“Zhejiang Jinyuan”) was established. Mr. Ren is a director of Zhejiang Jinyuan, Jiangsu Jinyuan Flax Co., Ltd. *（江蘇金元亞麻有限公司）(“Jiangsu Jinyuan”), and Zhejiang Kingdom Flax Co., Ltd.*（浙江金達亞麻有限公司）(“Zhejiang Kingdom”), all of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Ren is also a director of Heilongjiang Kingdom Enterprise Co., Ltd.*（黑龍江金達麻業有限公司）(“Heilongjiang Kingdom”), a non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Ren obtained various awards including National Township Entrepreneur awarded by the Ministry of Agriculture of the PRC, National Excellent Young Factory Manager and Zhejiang Provincial Excellent Entrepreneur. He was a representative of the 9th and 10th National People’s Congress of Zhejiang Province. Mr. Ren is currently the vice president of China Bast and Leaf Fibers Textile Association and the Vice Chairman of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Textiles Ltd. He is also a director of Kingdom Investment Holdings Limited (“Kingdom Investment”) which holds interests in the Shares discloseable under the provisions of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) (the ”SFO”). Mr. Ren is a director of Kingdom Creative and its subsidiaries including Zhejiang Jinxiu Jiangnan Silk Co., Ltd.*（浙江錦繡江南絲綢有限公司）(“Jinxiu Jiangnan”) and Interconnect Financial Leasing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.*（滙通融資租賃（上海）有限公司）(“Interconnect”). Mr. Ren is also a director of Bank of Jiaxing Co., Ltd.*（嘉興銀行股份有限公司） which is owned as to 7.39% by Kingdom Creative.
Shen Yueming
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Shen Yueming (沈躍明）, aged 63, is an executive Director. Mr. Shen is a director of Zhejiang Jinyuan, Jiangsu Jinyuan and Zhejiang Kingdom, all of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Shen is also a director of Heilongjiang Kingdom, a non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Shen is responsible for the day-to-day operations and management of the Group and also takes part in the decision making of the business development strategy of the Group. He is also a director of Kingdom Creative and its subsidiaries including Jinxiu Jiangnan, Interconnect and Haiyan Chen Chen Silk Clothing Co., Ltd*（海鹽臣臣絲綢時裝有限公司）. Mr. Shen joined the Group in March 2003.
Zhang Hongwen
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Zhang Hongwen (張鴻文）, aged 58, is an executive Director. Mr. Zhang is the director of Zhejiang Jinyuan, Jiangsu Jinyuan, Zhejiang Kingdom, Kingdom T Sun (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.*（金達天晟（上海）商貿有限公司）, Zhejiang Kingdom REEL Textile Co. Ltd.*（浙江金達瑞優紡織有限公司）(“Kingdom REEL”) and Heilongjiang Kingdom Hemp Co., Ltd.*（黑龍江金達纖維大麻有限公司）, all of which are subsidiaries of the Company. He is also a director of Kingdom Creative and its subsidiaries including Interconnect, Jinxiu Jiangnan, Zhejiang Yuyuan Photovoltaic Co., Ltd.*（浙江昱源光伏有限公司）, Heilongjiang Kangyuan Bio-Technology Co., Ltd.*（黑龍江康源生物科技有限公司） (“Kangyuan Bio-Tech”). Before joining the Group in 2003, Mr. Zhang was the assistant to the general manager and the head of capital clearing division of Kingdom Creative from 2000 to 2002.
Ren Zhong
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Ren Zhong (任中), aged 37, has been an employee of the Group since May 2022. He was appointed as the general manager of our subsidiary in Ethiopia in June 2022 and was appointed as the director of marketing in January 2023. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Ren Zhong worked at Ernst & Young as an auditor from 2012 to 2014 and was a risk control manager of Interconnect Financial Leasing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd*（匯通融資租賃（上海）有限公司）from 2014 to 2022. Mr. Ren Zhong graduated from Seton Hall University in New Jersey, the United States with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 2012. Mr. Ren Zhong is the son of Mr. Ren Weiming, who is the chairman of the Board and has interests in a total of 327,062,000 shares of the Company, representing approximately 51.94% of the issued share capital of the Company.
Ngan Martin
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Ngan Martin (顏錦棠), aged 38, is the managing director of Millionfull Company Limited (“Millionfull”), and a director of each of Wise Vantage Limited and Billions Investment Limited. Millionfull is a company incorporated in Hong Kong and is engaged in the trading of flax and flax mixed fiber textiles. Both Wise Vantage Limited and Billions Investment Limited are property investment companies. Mr. Ngan Martin graduated from Simon Fraser University with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2009. He has been serving as a director of The Hong Kong General Chamber of Textiles Limited (“HKGCOT”) since 2022 and a vice chairman of HKGCOT since 2024. Mr. Ngan Martin is the son of Mr. Albert Ngan, who is the chairman of the board of directors of Millionfull International Co., Ltd (“Millionfull International”) and Millionfull. Mr. Albert Ngan, Millionfull International and Millionfull have interests in a total of 67,418,000 shares of the Company, representing approximately 10.71% of the issued share capital of the Company. He joined the Group in December 2024.
Lau Ying Kit
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Lau Ying Kit（劉英傑）, aged 50, is an independent non-executive Director. Mr. Lau is the finance and investor relations director and the company secretary of Dalipal Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 01921), a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Lau is also currently an independent non-executive director of United Strength Power Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 02337), Sinco Pharmaceuticals Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 06833) and KangLi International Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 06890), all of which are companies listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. From 16 May 2012 to 30 September 2020, Mr. Lau was an independent non-executive director of Xiezhong International Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 03663) which was delisted on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange on 5 July 2021 and from 20 December 2013 to 15 February 2022, was an independent non-executive director of China Wood Optimization (Holding) Limited (Stock Code: 01885) which is a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Lau is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and holds a master’s degree in finance from the City University of Hong Kong. He has extensive experience in financial and accounting in China and Hong Kong. He joined the Group in November 2006.
Yan Jianmiao
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Yan Jianmiao（嚴建苗）, aged 58, has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director at the conclusion of the annual general meeting on 30 May 2016. Mr. Yan is currently a professor of Department of International Economics of Zhejiang University (“ZJU”), a director of China Society of World Economics (CSWE), an executive director of Zhejiang International Economics and Trade Association and a researcher of the Center for Research of Private Economy (CRPE) of ZJU. Prior to holding these positions, Mr. Yan served as a deputy director in Department of International Trade of Hangzhou University and a director of Department of International Economics of ZJU. Mr. Yan is currently an independent director of Baida Group Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 600865), a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and Rongsheng Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 002493), a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Mr. Yan was an independent director of Top Choice Medical Co., Inc. (Stock Code: 600763) from 24 December 2014 until 1 February 2021, and of Zhejiang Xinan Chemical Industrial Group Co. Ltd. (Stock Code: 600596) from 7 July 2014 until 1 July 2020, both of which are companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Mr. Yan graduated from Hangzhou University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Economics degree. He obtained a master’s degree in economics from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in 1988. Mr. Yan was a senior visiting scholar of Le Havre Business School in France in 1997 and obtained a PhD in Economics from ZJU in 2005. He joined the Group in May 2016.
Zhang Chan
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ms. Zhang Chan (張嬋), aged 37, has been a consulting director of Aon Enterprise Solutions (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. since February 2023, specialized in development of customized human resources (“HR”) policy reports across multiple regions, focusing on crafting localization strategies for supporting the globalization of Chinese enterprises. She worked as a freelance consultant for multiple clients in Shanghai from January 2022 to December 2022. Prior to that, Ms. Zhang was employed by the Group as the vice general manager of our subsidiary in Ethiopia, in charge of HR and public relations in Ethiopia from October 2018 to December 2021. She also worked as a Project Manager of Aon Hewitt Consulting in Shanghai from July 2012 to April 2015. Ms. Zhang graduated from Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China with a bachelor’s degree in applied psychology in June 2009; obtained her Master of Education in Applied Psychology from East China Normal University, Shanghai, China in June 2012 and a Master of Development Studies in Social and Political Sciences from University of Sydney in Australia in December 2017. She joined the Group in December 2024.
Fan Lei
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr. Fan Lei (范磊), aged 41, is an independent non-executive Director. Mr. Fan has over 20 years of securities management experience and he has been the managing director of StormHarbour Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (“StormHarbour”), a corporation licensed to carry on Type 1 (Dealing in Securities), Type 4 (Advising on Securities), Type 6 (Advising on Corporate Finance) and Type 9 (Asset Management) regulated activities under the SFO since June 2019. Mr. Fan is also the responsible officer for the Type 4 and Type 9 regulated activities of StormHarbour approved by the Securities and Futures Commission (the “SFC”) under section 126(1) of the SFO since 3 February 2020. He was a responsible officer of Grand Cartel Hong Kong Asset Management Limited from 27 April 2016 to 31 October 2017 and LERTHAI Asset Management Limited from 20 November 2017 to 21 January 2019. Mr. Fan obtained his Master of Accounting (graduated with honors) from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University in June 2013. He joined the Group in December 2024.
Mr. Chan Yan Kwan Andy
SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Mr. Chan Yan Kwan Andy（陳仁君）, aged 56, is the chief financial officer and company secretary of the Company. Mr. Chan has over 20 years of experience in accounting and the financial sector. From July 2004 to January 2014, he was the group financial controller and company secretary of Natural Beauty Bio-Technology Limited (Stock Code: 00157), a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange, responsible for financial planning and monitoring. Prior to July 2004, he worked in an international accounting firm and served senior financial positions in a company listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market and a renowned German exhibition company. Mr. Chan is also an independent non-executive director of Greentown Management Holdings Company Limited (Stock Code: 09979), a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange and one of the Hang Seng Composite Index constituent stocks. Mr. Chan is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He is also a Fellow Chartered Secretary and Fellow Chartered Governance Professional of The Chartered Governance Institute (CGI) and The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute (HKCGI). Mr. Chan graduated from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom with a bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting in 1992; graduated from the Ivey Business School with Western University (formerly Richard Ivey School of Business with University of Western Ontario), Canada with an Executive MBA in 2008 and graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a master’s degree in corporate governance (with distinction) in 2021. Mr. Chan joined the Group in January 2014.