SENIOR MANAGEMENT
(The information of this section is updated as of 19 April 2021)
REN Shengjun
Age 57: vice chairman of the executive committee of the Company with effect from 18 June 2020. Mr Ren formerly served as a member of the business committee, general manager of the planning and financial management department (director level), president of Shanghai Branch and president of Shenzhen Branch of The Export-Import Bank of China. He also served as executive director, vice president of China Taiping Insurance Group Ltd., China Taiping Insurance Group (HK) Company Limited and China Taiping Insurance Holdings Company Limited. He is chairman of the supervisory board of CITIC Group Corporation and CITIC Corporation Limited. He graduated from Central University of Finance and Economics with a master degree in management. He is a senior accountant.
CUI Jun
Age 56: a member of the executive committee of the Company since 2018. Mr Cui currently serves as leader of Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of CITIC Group Corporation for The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC and The National Supervisory Commission. He formerly served as presiding judge of the second economic tribunal, presiding judge of the second civil tribunal, vice president of High People’s Court of Heilongjiang Province, chief of Supervision Department of Heilongjiang Province, executive deputy secretary of CPC Party Discipline Inspection Commission and deputy director general of Supervision Commission of Heilongjiang Province, and the secretary of the CPC Party Discipline Inspection Commission of CITIC Group Corporation. He graduated from Jilin University in jurisprudence with a Master’s degree and Doctorate in law.
LIU Zhengjun
Age 55: vice president of the Company and a member of the executive committee since 2018. He has been appointed as chairman of CITIC Asset Operation Corporation Ltd. since April 2019, chairman of CITIC Asset Management Corporation Ltd. since September 2019, chairman of CITIC Trust Corporation Ltd since 21 December 2020. Mr Liu formerly served as a non-executive director and chairman of the board of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited, a non-executive director of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited, staff member, deputy director, director of Jinan Regional Office of National Audit Office of the People’s Republic of China (“CNAO”), director general of Department of Public Finance Audit of CNAO, director general of Changchun Regional Office of CNAO, director general of Department of Non-profit Government Agencies Audit of CNAO, director general of Law Department of CNAO. He graduated from Nankai University in finance with a Master’s degree and Doctorate in economics.
WANG Guoquan
Age 48: vice president of the Company and a member of the executive committee with effect from 23 December 2020. He has been appointed as a non-executive director of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited since 4 March 2021, and chairman and a non-executive director of the board of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited since 11 March 2021. Mr Wang previously served as the deputy general manager of China Telecom Hebei Branch; since 2012, he has successively served as the general manager of Hebei Branch of China Telecom and the general manager of marketing department of China Telecom Group Co., Ltd.; from December 2018, he served as the deputy general manager of China Telecom Group Co., Ltd. and from August 2019, he served as an executive director of China Telecom Corporation Limited. Mr Wang graduated from Renmin University of China with an Executive Master of Business Administration.
XU Zuo
Age 55: vice president of the Company and a member of the executive committee since 2019. Mr Xu started his career in Bohai aluminium Co., Ltd in 1987. He participated in the establishment of Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in 1988, and has successively held the posts of senior manager, assistant to president, vice president, president and vice chairman. Currently he is vice president of CITIC Group Corporation, chairman of CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.; chairman of supervisory and advisory board meeting of the KSM Castings Group GmbH in Germany. Mr Xu has over 30 years’ working experience in automotive parts manufacturing, over 20 years’ experience in the international market development, overseas acquisitions and restructuring. He graduated from Renmin University of China, with an Executive Master of Business Administration. He is a professor and also a senior economist.
FANG Heying
Age: 54: vice president of the Company and a member of the executive committee with effect from 23 December 2020. Mr Fang previously worked in Zhejiang bank school and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank; from December 1996, he successively served as vice president of Hangzhou Branch, president of Suzhou Branch, director of financial market business of head office of China CITIC Bank, etc.; in November 2014, he served as vice president of China CITIC Bank, and served as chief financial officer since January 2017; he is an executive director of China CITIC Bank as from September 2018; and president of China CITIC Bank as from March 2019. Mr Fang graduated from Peking University with an Executive Master of Business Administration. He is a senior economist.