Ma Weihua

Dr. MA Weihua, is the chairman of the Sustainability Committee, a member of each of the Audit Committee and the CGRC Committee of the Company. Dr. MA was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company in February 2022. He is responsible for leading and steering the Group’s work on sustainability and ESG governance. He is the chairman and a non-executive director of Bison Finance Group Limited (The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (‘‘SEHK’’) Stock Code: 888), an independent non-executive director of Legend Holdings Corporation (SEHK Stock Code: 3396) and Haidilao International Holding Ltd. (SEHK Stock Code: 6862), an independent director of Guangdong Qunxing Toys Joint Stock Co., Ltd.* (廣東群興玩具股份有限公司) (Shenzhen Stock Exchange Stock Code: 002575), the chairman of National Fund for Technology Transfer and Commercialization, chairman of the board of China Global Philanthropy Institute, chairman of China Alliance of Social Value Investment, the director-general of One Foundation and held positions including adjunct professor in various higher education institutes such as Peking University and Tsinghua University. Dr. MA previously served as the executive director, president and chief executive officer of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd (SEHK Stock Code: 3968; Shanghai Stock Exchange (‘‘SSE’’) Stock Code: 600036), the chairman of the board of CMB Wing Lung Bank Limited (formerly known as Wing Lung Bank Limited), CIGNA and CMC Life Insurance Company Ltd. and China Merchants Fund Management Co., Ltd., as well as the deputy of the 10th National People’s Congress and the member of the 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He was appointed as Special Advisor by United Nations Development Programme in China and chairman of SDG Financing Advisory Committee in March 2019, and was appointed as a member of SDG Impact Steering Group* (可持續發展影響力投資全球指導委員會) by the United Nations Development Programme in April of the same year. Dr. MA was an independent director of Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. (SEHK Stock Code: 1658), China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (SEHK Stock Code: 670; SSE Stock Code: 600115) and China World Trade Center Co. Ltd. (SSE Stock Code: 600007). Dr. Ma received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Jilin University in 1982, and a doctor of philosophy degree in economics from Southwest Finance and Economics University in 1999. He has substantial experience in bank credit risk management, corporate management, risk management and sustainability.