About Us

Mr. Hao Weibao, aged 56, joined the Company in April 2023 as an executive director, the Chairman and the CEO of the Company. He is also an Authorised Representative, the chairman of the Nomination Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee and a director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. He was a member of the Risk Management Committee of the Company from 18 April 2023 to 26 March 2024. Mr. Hao is responsible for the strategic and corporate development, and the overall management and operations of the Group. Mr. Hao holds a Bachelor degree of Economics from Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, a Masters in Business Administration degree from Chinese University of Hong Kong and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Management awarded by the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Mr. Hao joined CITIC Limited (stock code: 267) (a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange, together with its subsidiaries, the “CITIC Group”) since April 2008 and has been serving as the chairman of CITIC Metal Group Co., Ltd.（中信金屬集團有限公司）since April 2024, and served as the vice chairman and general manager of CITIC Metal Group Co., Ltd.（中信金屬集團有限公司）between April 2023 and April 2024, the parent company of CITIC Metal Co., Ltd. （中信金屬股份有限公司， one of the first batch of listed companies in the main board registration system of the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges (stock code: 601061)). He served as the assistant to the general manager, subsequently as the deputy general manager and then as the general manager of CITIC Investment Holdings Limited（中信投資控股有限公司）between 2008 and 2015, during which period Mr. Hao also served as the general manager of CITIC Environment Protection (Investment) Co. Ltd.（中信環保（投資）股份有限公司）. He served as the party secretary, chairman and general manager of CITIC Environment Investment Group Co., Limited（中信環境投資集團有限公司）from 2015 to 2023. Prior to joining the CITIC Group, Mr. Hao held several positions at Sinopec Engineering Incorporation（中國石化工程建設公司）from July 1992 to November 1997, and was mainly in charge of financial and project management. Mr. Hao worked at China International United Petroleum and Chemical Company Limited (“UNIPEC”) as a director and the chief financial officer of the United Kingdom branch (“UK Branch”) from December 1997 to April 2002, the deputy general manager of the UK Branch from April 2002 to June 2006, the deputy manager of the crude oil department of the head office from September 2005 to March 2007, the acting general manager of the UK Branch from June 2006 to February 2007, and the vice chief accountant of the head office from March 2007 to March 2008. During his employment at UNIPEC, he was mainly responsible for financial management, futures market operation and internal risk control. Mr. Hao has over 31 years' experience in overseas business management, financial management, investment and project management, international financing and international trade.

Mr. Wang Xinli, aged 54, joined the Company in 2007, and has served as the vice president of the Company since 2017. In April 2021, he assumed the additional role of chief financial officer of the Company and has been appointed as an executive Director of the Company in December 2023 and a member of the Risk Management Committee on 26 March 2024. He is a director of several subsidiaries and joint ventures of the Company. Mr. Wang holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from the Beijing Institute of Machinery Industry. He is a qualified accountant of China. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wang was engaged in several subsidiaries of CITIC Group. Mr. Wang has over 31 years' experience in enterprise management, financial management and strategic management.

Mr. Chan Kin, aged 58, joined in 2017 as a non-executive director of the Company. Mr. Chan holds an AB degree from Princeton University and a master's degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania where he was a Palmer Scholar. He is the founder, a partner and chief investment officer of Argyle Street Management Limited (“ASM Limited”). He is the chairman and a deemed executive director of TIH Limited (Stock Code: T55) and a non-executive non-independent director of OUE Limited (Stock Code: LJ3), both companies listed on the Singapore Exchange. He has been appointed as a member of the board of commissioners of PT Lippo Karawaci Tbk, a real estate company listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange since April 2019. Mr. Chan has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Pioneer Global Group Limited (Stock Code:224), a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since September 2023. He ceased to act as a non-executive director of Mount Gibson Iron Limited (Stock Code: MGX), a company listed on the ASX and The ONE Group Hospitality, Inc. (Stock Code: STKS), a company listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market in January 2018 and January 2019 respectively. Mr. Chan is a responsible officer of ASM Limited and is licensed under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong) to carry on Type 4 (Advising on Securities) and Type 9 (Asset Management) regulated activity. He is also a licensed representative in Singapore for TIH Investment Management Pte Ltd. Mr. Chan has over 35 years' experience in international capital markets, investment banking, corporate advisory and major transactions, particularly in Asia.

Mr. Look Andrew, aged 60, joined the Company in 2015 as an independent non-executive director of the Company. He is the chairman of the Risk Management Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee, and has been re-designated from a member to the chairman of the Audit Committee with effect from 18 March 2025. Mr. Look holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Toronto and has over 34 years' experience in the equity investment analysis of Hong Kong and China stock markets. From 2000 to 2008, Mr. Look served in Union Bank of Switzerland as the head of Hong Kong research, strategy and product. He was rated as the best Hong Kong strategist and best analyst by the Asiamoney magazine, a leading monthly financial and capital markets publication for corporate and finance readers and investors, in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007. Mr. Look has been appointed as an independent non-executive director and members of the audit committee, and remuneration committee as well as the chairman of nomination committee of L.K. Technology Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 558) since 1 April 2022. He currently serves as independent non-executive directors of Hung Fook Tong Group Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 1446), EC Healthcare (formerly known as Union Medical Healthcare Limited) (Stock Code: 2138), all of which listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Look was an independent non-executive director of TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited (a company delisted on the Stock Exchange on 30 September 2016) from September 2010 to September 2016. He also previously served as an independent non-executive director of Baijin Life Science Holdings Limited (formerly known as Affluent Partners Holdings Limited) (Stock Code: 1466), Cowell e Holdings Inc. (Stock Code: 1415) and Ka Shui International Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 822), all of which listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange from September 2014 to December 2016, from April 2017 to December 2018 and from December 2009 to May 2024, respectively.

Mr. Lu Dequan, aged 65, joined the Company in December 2023 as an independent non-executive director of the Company. He is the chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Risk Management Committee. Mr. Lu holds a Bachelor's Degree from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in Chemical Synthesis, a Senior Engineer Certificate from China Petrochemical Corporation (“SINOPEC”), a Qualified Foreign Trader Certificate from the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade of the People's Republic of China, and a Qualified Futures Trader Certificate from the China Securities Regulatory Commission. From October 2008 to July 2020, Mr. Lu served as the vice president of Innovation Technology Limited and 3I Corporation Limited in Hong Kong and was in charge of the petrol chemical products and equipment business. He served as the vice president of China Petrochemical International Company Limited*（中國石化國際事業有限公司）from July 2007 to April 2008, where he was in charge of chemicals and equipment import and export business. Prior to that, he worked at China International United Petroleum and Chemical Company Limited (“UNIPEC”), a trading arm of SINOPEC, serving as the vice general manager and general manager at the Crude Oil Department of UNIPEC from January 1998 to July 2000, the managing director at the UK branch of UNIPEC from July 2000 to June 2006, and the vice president of UNIPEC from June 2006 to July 2007. During his employment at UNIPEC, Mr. Lu was mainly responsible for crude oil trading, shipping and finance derivative hedging businesses. Prior to working at UNIPEC, Mr. Lu held several positions in the subsidiaries of SINOPEC, including the general manager of oil department and the vice president of SINOPEC (Hong Kong) Limited from September 1991 to December 1997, where he was responsible for import, export and international trading of crude oil and oil products, crude oil processing, and hedging business. Mr. Lu has over 39 years' experience in petrochemical and international trading business.

Dr. Cai Jin, aged 43, joined the Company in December 2024 as an independent non-executive Director and member of the Risk Management Committee, and is appointed as a member of each of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee on 18 March 2025. Dr. Cai is a neo-institutionalist economist and private investor who holds a Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Economics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (under the joint supervision of the Institute of World Economics and Politics and the Asia-Pacific Research Institute), with a focus on the History of Money in the domain of International Political Economy. Dr. Cai also holds an MBA from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, a Master's degree in Law with a specialization in Legal History from Renmin University of China, and a Bachelor's degree in Economics specializing in Finance and Banking from Xiamen University.

Dr. Cai has a solid academic background and extensive leadership experience in international cooperation and major projects. Dr. Cai has previously held positions in Poly Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of the stated-owned enterprise, China Poly Group Corporation, between 2012 and 2016, with her last position being Deputy General Manager where she was responsible for strategic development, international trading and legal matters. She previously worked in the Department of International Cooperations at China South Industries Group between 2004 and 2008, where she was responsible for managing contract negotiations and joint venture projects. She also practiced law as a founding partner at HanTong Law Firm between 2008 and 2009. In March 2023, Dr. Cai was appointed Vice-chairman of the Investment Association of China, and in July 2023, she was named the Asia Chair of Gate Center, a think tank in the Spanish-speaking regions. In January 2024, she took a role as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) for AXA Group in Greater China. Dr. Cai was also a member of the first cohort of FranceChina Young Leaders pursuant to the “Young Leader” program organized by the France China Foundation.

Prof. Lin, aged 47, has more than 20 years of experience in the field of finance. Prof. Lin has been the interim Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Business) of The University of Hong Kong since June 2025 and the Chair of Finance and Stelux Professor in Finance at The University of Hong Kong since 2013. Mr. Lin obtained a bachelor’s degree in Engineeringfrom the South China University of Technology（華南理工大學） in Guangdong, the PRC, in July 2000 and an MBA in May 2004, M.A. in August 2005 and Ph.D. in August 2006 from University of Florida in Florida, the United States.

Prof. Lin has been a member of the Council of Advisers of the Hong Kong Institute for Monetary and Financial Research since 2019, a member of the Fintech Advisory Group of Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission since March 2021, a member of the Hang Seng Index Advisory Committee of the Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited since August 2021, a member of the Academia Europaea since June 2022, a fellow of the Academy of
Social Sciences, UK since March 2023, a non-official member of the Task Force on Promoting Web3 Development of the Government of Hong Kong since July 2023 and a member of the Central Bank Digital Currency Expert Group of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority since October 2023. Mr. Lin also served as a member of the Currency Board Sub-Committee of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority from 2016 to 2022.

Prof. Lin has been serving as an independent non-executive director of China Merchants Land Asset Management Co., Limited (the manager of China Merchants Commercial REIT, with its units listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“Stock Exchange”) (stock code: 1503)) since December 2019 and an independent non-executive director of Shiyue Daotian Group Co., Limited (stock code: 9676) since October 2023 and Smart-Core Holdings Limited (stock code: 2166) since June 2025, both of which are listed on the Stock Exchange, and an
independent director of Waterdrop Inc., a company listed on New York Stock Exchange (stock code: WDH), since March 2025.

Mr. Zhao Hongbing, aged 57, joined Tincy Group Energy Resources Limited, a subsidiary of the Company, in 2017, and successively served as the chief geologist, technical deputy general manager and general manager. He joined the Company in 2021 as a vice president of the Company. He is also a general manager of 中信石油技術開發（北京）有限公司 (CITIC Petroleum Technology Development (Beijing) Limited), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Zhao holds a bachelor's degree in petroleum geology from the Northwest University. Before joining the Company, Mr. Zhao worked in the Shengli Oilfield of the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation. Mr. Zhao has over 36 years' experience in oil and gas industry.

Mr. Wat Chi Ping Isaac, aged 53, joined in 2019 as chief legal officer and was appointed as the company secretary of the Company with effect from September 2021. Mr. Wat has over 24 years of legal and compliance experience from private practice in law firms as well as serving as company counsels in renowned multinational companies and Chinese Central Government-owned enterprises. His exposure covers corporate finance transactions, public and private merger and acquisitions, private equity, investment funds, corporate restructuring, litigation and dispute resolution, intellectual property rights, internal control and risk management and regulatory compliance works. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wat worked at a number of major international law firms and served as a member of the senior management team and general counsel of CGN Energy International Holdings Co., Limited, general counsel and the company secretary of CGN New Energy Holdings Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 1811, a company listed on the Stock Exchange) and the director – legal counsel of CITIC Securities International Company Limited. Mr. Wat became a qualified solicitor in Hong Kong and in England and Wales in November 1998 and March 1999, respectively.