Founder and Chairman
Xiaojun Zhang is our co-founder and has served as our chairman since 2014. Mr. Zhang has also served as a chairman and general manager of Shanghai Chejia since 2016. Prior to co-founding our company, Mr. Zhang served as a director and general manager of SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance Co., Ltd. from 2004 to 2013. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Zhang served as a deputy general manager of Shanghai Automobile Group Finance Company. From 1992 and 1998, Mr. Zhang served as a financial supervisor of People’s Bank of China, Shanghai Branch. Mr. Zhang received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 1992, a master’s degree in business administration from Peking University in 2003 and completed China Senior Executive Program at Harvard Business School in 2018, thereby attaining alumni status.
Compensation Committee
Nominating and Corporate Governance CommitteeFounder and CEO
Jiayuan Lin is our co-founder and has served as our director and chief executive officer since 2010. Prior to co-founding our company, Mr. Lin served as an assistant general manager of Shanghai Automobile Group Finance Company from 2007 to 2010. From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Lin served as a director of the sales department of SAIC-GMAC Automotive Finance Co., Ltd. From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Lin worked in SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited as a manager of tax and insurance in the finance department and a manager of finance support in the marketing department. From 1991 to 1997, Mr. Lin worked in the Pudong branch of Bank of China as a staff member in the finance department, deputy manager of the audit division and deputy manager of the credit division. Mr. Lin received a bachelor’s degree in economics, with specialization in investment management, from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 1991.
Nominating and Corporate Governance CommitteeCompensation CommitteeIndependent Director
Chi Ming Lee has served as our independent director since July 25, 2018. Mr. Lee has also served as an independent non-executive director of DIT Group Limited (formerly known as China Minsheng DIT Group Limited) since 2014 and Wanlian Securities Ltd. since 2019. Mr. Lee has been the director and managing partner of Alex KY Wong Asset Management Co. Ltd. (formerly known as Benington Capital Partners Ltd) since 2020. Mr. Lee served as an independent non-executive director of China Baoli Technologies Holding Ltd. from 2015 to 2017, Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. from 2015 to 2021, and as the director and managing partner of Nanguo International Asset Management Ltd. (formerly known as Benington Capital Limited) from 2014 to 2020. Prior to 2014, Mr. Lee served as the senior manager/director of licensing department, director of corporate planning, and director of finance and administration of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong. From 1976 to 1989, Mr. Lee served as the assistant assessor and then the assessor at Inland Revenue Department of the Government of Hong Kong. Mr. Lee obtained his higher diploma in accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic (now known as the Hong Kong Polytechnic University) in 1976, a bachelor’s degree in law from the University of London in 1988, and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Hong Kong in 1993. Mr. Lee is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Audit CommitteeIndependent Director
Mr. Yanjun Lin is a FinTech pioneer in digital banking and virtual asset wealth management, as well as a seasoned investment banker and investor. As a founding partner of I.N Capital, a blockchain and AI investment and consulting company, Mr. Lin focuses on financial market investments and services, particularly in AI and Web 3.0 technologies. Mr. Lin was also a senior investment banker at Credit Suisse and Barclays Capital. From 2021 to 2022, Mr. Lin was the chief executive officer for Asia at AMINA Bank AG, a FINMA-licensed Swiss bank specializing in virtual asset banking services, and from 2015 to 2021, the executive director and chief financial officer at 9F Inc. (NASDAQ: JFU), a FinTech company offering digital financial services. Mr. Lin graduated with a bachelor's degree from Guanghua School of Management at Peking University and obtained his EMBA degree from Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance. He is a fellow of the Aspen Institute's China Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
Audit CommitteeCompensation CommitteeIndependent Director
Prof. Haitian Lu is a professor in accounting and finance and the co-director of the Center for Economic Sustainability and Entrepreneurial Finance at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with aboundant expertise in FinTech, RegTech and SustainTech. Prof. Lu also serves as a director at Wiselaw Digital Technology Ltd., Wise International Development Ltd, Chinese FI Finance & Treasury Association of Hong Kong Limited, China Life Trustees Limited, Bosera Asset Management Co., Ltd. and Vitalink Technology Co., Ltd. Prof. Lu obtained his Ph.D in law from National University of Singapore, master of law from Liverpool University and bachelor of law from Nanjing University.
Audit CommitteeNominating and Corporate Governance Committee