Mr. SUN Baoyuan – Independent Non-executive Director and the Chairman of Audit Committee

Mr. Sun Baoyuan, aged 63, is a Justice of the Peace of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region，was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company in June 2024. He is also the Chairman of the  Audit Committee, and  a  member of  the  Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Mr. Sun graduated from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (formerly known as The Hong Kong Polytechnic) in 1984 with a Professional Diploma in Accountancy. He is currently a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Upon graduation, Mr. Sun joined PricewaterhouseCoopers and served as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong from 1996 to 2021. During his tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mr. Sun held various leadership positions in different assurance business units, including institutional group for Hong Kong and Macau, entrepreneurial group for Hong Kong and southern China and capital markets services group for Hong Kong and mainland China. From 2017 to 2021, he concurrently served as Lead Director of both governance boards of PricewaterhouseCoopers China and PricewaterhouseCoopers Asia Pacific and was a member of the global board of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Sun retired in July 2021. In terms of public service, he has served as a director of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited, and the Estate Agents Authority. Mr. Sun has served as a senior advisor to Chartwell Capital Ltd. since August 2021. In October 2022, he was appointed as a non-executive director of FWD Group Limited and re-designated to independent non-executive director since October 2023. He has served as an independent non-executive director of Bank of Shanghai (Hong Kong) Limited (a subsidiary of Bank of Shanghai Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange under stock code 601229) since April 2023.

Mr. Sun served as a member of the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited from 2009 to 2014 and was appointed as a Justice of the Peace of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2012. He has been a governance committee member of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Foundation since 2014. In 2013, he was awarded the Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and in 2018, he was conferred a university fellowship by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

With nearly four decades of experience in accounting, Mr. Sun has extensive experience working in accounting firms and multinational corporations. He is familiar with business logic and regulatory requirements for listed companies, and has a deep understanding of the Hong Kong capital market and the sustainable development of listed companies. Mr. Sun has also been engaged in charity and social service work for a long time, demonstrating good social influence.