Assistant president of the Company since 2015. Currently Mr Zhang is assistant president of CITIC Group Corporation (“CITIC Group”), CITIC Corporation Limited and vice chairman of CITIC Financial Holdings Co., Ltd.. Mr Zhang has been appointed as an executive director and the chairman of CITIC Securities Company Limited (“CITIC Securities”) with effect from 19 January 2016. He formerly served as an associate manager, a deputy president, the president, a director of the CITIC Securities, the general manager of Changsheng Fund, the general manager and the chairman of China Securities Co., Ltd., a director-general of the office of the board of directors of CITIC Group. Mr Zhang obtained a Master’s degree in economics.