Ms. Hang Suong Nguyen has been appointed to join the Board as the Chairwoman of Highest Performances Holdings Inc. since September 2024. Since June 2023, Ms. Nguyen has servedas the Vice President of WEALTH WILL LIMITED, overseeing operational strategiesand driving the company's capital deployment and growth in multiple emergingmarkets. Prior to that, from late 2018 until May 2023, she held the position ofSales Director at Trustwell Far East Pte. Ltd., where she was responsible forformulating and executing sales strategies, managing the sales team, analyzingmarket demands, maintaining customer relationships, and expanding businesschannels, making significant contributions to the company's cross-borderbusiness. Ms. Nguyen obtained her Bachelor's degree in International Businessfrom Vietnam National University in 2008 and her Master's degree in BusinessAdministration from Hanoi University of Science and Technology in 2009.

Mr. Hu has served as our chief executive officer and Vice Chairman of the Board since February 2024 and Director since August 2018. Mr. Hu has been the director of AIX Inc. (NASDAQ: AIFU) since 1998 and has served as the chairman of the board of this company from 1998 to 2017. From 1998 to October 2011, Mr. Hu served as the chief executive officer of AIX Inc. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Hu served as chairman of the board of directors of Guangdong Nanfeng Enterprises Co., Ltd., a company he co-founded that engaged in import and export, manufacturing of wooden doors and construction. From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Hu was an instructor of money and banking at Guangdong Institute for Managers in Finance and Trade. Mr. Hu received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in China.

Mr. Ren has been our Director since September 2022. He served as our chief executive officer from September 2019 to February 2024 and as chairman of the Board from September 2022 to February 2024. Prior to joining us, Mr. Ren has more than 10 years’ experience in corporate management including three years’ experience as the vice president at a well-recognized financing company in the industry. Mr. Ren received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in 2005 and his master’s degree in finance from Shandong University in 2011.

Mr. Kong has been our Director since October 2022. He served as our co-chairman of the Board from October 2022 to February 2024. Before joining the Company, Mr. Kong has more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry in China, including work experience with the People’s Bank of China and China Insurance Regulatory Commission, as well as multiple security firms, fund management companies and insurance companies. Since 2005, he has successively served as vice general manager, general manager, director, or chairman of the board in several well-known financial companies. In 2005, he obtained a doctor’s degree in finance from Renmin University of China.

Since 2022, Ms. Yingying Li has served as the OEM cotton product director at Qinshu (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. From July 2021 to October 2022, Ms. Li served as the general manager of the Product Planning Department at Shanghai Metersbonwe Fashion Co., Ltd., where she had extensive experience in leading the planning team to collect, sort, analyze fashion trends, and develop product strategies based on brand positioning and annual business goals. She also had experience in preparing planning proposals, themes, and quarterly development timetables. From October 2017 to June 2021, Ms. Li served as the manager of the Product Planning Department at E-Land Group. She had extensive experience in leading the planning, design, and production teams in conducting product sketch review, sample review at selection meetings, and pricing work to ensure product completion. Ms. Li graduated from Donghua University with a Master’s degree in textile engineering.

Ms. Min Zhou has been an executive director of Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ “TIRX”) since April 2024. Prior to this role, Ms. Zhou worked as an investment manager at Huobi Capital from September 2021 to September 2022, where she developing investment plans and agreements for participating in the negotiation and trading of investment projects. She has rich experience in supervising the operation and development of investment projects. From September 2016 to June 2021, Ms. Zhou was the business development manager of Delta Insurance Brokerage Co. , Ltd. Ms. Zhou has extensive experience in ensuring compliance with securities laws and regulations, protecting shareholders’ interests, as well as participating in the formulation of company strategy and supervising management implementation to promote the company’s long-term development and enhance shareholder value. Ms. Zhou graduated from Hunan University with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical automation.

Dr. Zhai has more than 30 years’ experiences in the financial industry, including experiences as the lecture in finance at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and experiences as the director of a well-known trust and financing research institute. In addition, Dr. Zhai has extensive experiences in corporate management, and he has also held multiple senior management positions, including being an independent director and supervisor, in several banks and corporations. Dr. Zhai received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Shanxi University of Finance and Economics in 1991 and his master and doctor degrees in finance from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in 1999 and 2005, respectively.