Directors
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.
(中信金屬集團有限公司), 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.
Dr. Fan Ren Da, Anthony, aged 64, joined the Company in 2000 as an independent non-executive director
of the Company. He was the chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee,
Nomination Committee and Risk Management Committee. Dr. Fan holds a master’s degree in Business
Administration from the United States of America and a PhD degree in Economics. Dr. Fan had served as
an independent non-executive director of China Development Bank International Investment Limited (Stock
Code: 1062) from 21 March 2012 to 20 March 2024, an independent non-executive director of 3DG Holdings
(International) Limited (Stock Code: 2882, formerly known as Hong Kong Resources Holdings Company Limited)
from 2008 to 9 February 2024, an independent non-executive director of China Dili Group (Stock Code: 1387)
from 2008 to 12 August 2024, and an independent non-executive director of Haitong Securities Co., Ltd (Stock
Code before delisting: 6837) between 12 October 2023 and 4 March 2025. He is currently the chairman and
managing director of AsiaLink Capital Limited. He is also an independent non-executive director of Uni-President
China Holdings Ltd. (Stock Code: 220), Shanghai Industrial Urban Development Group Limited (Stock Code: 563),
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (Stock Code: 981), Technovator International Limited
(Stock Code: 1206) and Neo-Neon Holdings Limited (Stock Code: 1868), all listed on the Main Board of the Stock
Exchange. Dr. Fan has been re-designated from an independent non-executive director to an executive director
and resigned as the chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of each of the audit committee
and the nomination committee of Tenfu (Cayman) Holdings Company Limited (Stock Code: 6868), a company
listed on the Stock Exchange, with effect from May 2021. Dr. Fan has also been appointed as a non-executive
director of Hilong Holding Limited (Stock Code: 1623) since July 2022. He is also the founding president of
The Hong Kong Independent Non-Executive Director Association. Dr. Fan held senior positions with various
international financial institutions.
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 nonexecutive 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 M彋iers, 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.
Senior Management
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
Procedures for shareholders to propose a person for election as a director
Updated: 18 Mar 2025