Brent Richard Irvin, has been appointed as the non-executive Director in June 2018. Mr. Irvin joined the Group and has been appointed as one of the Directors since March 2018. Mr. Irvin joined Tencent in January 2010, and is currently serving as the vice president and general counsel of Tencent, the head of Tencent American branch. Prior to that, Mr. Irvin worked as a lawyer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati from August 2005 to November 2009, with a focus on technology companies.
Mr. Irvin has been a director of Tencent Music Entertainment Group(騰訊音樂娛樂集團), a company whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (stock symbol: TME), since July 2016.
Mr. Irvin obtained a bachelor’s degree in history from Carleton College in the United States in June 1994, a master’s degree in East Asian studies from Yale University in the United States in December 1995, and a doctor of jurisprudence degree from Stanford University in the United States in June 2003.