Board of Directors

Mun Wah (Lewis) Wan

Chairman of Board of Directors

Mr. Wan was appointed as a member of our board of directors on April 18, 2019 and chairman of our board of directors on May 10, 2019. Since February 2007, Mr. Wan has served as chairman of the board of directors of HKFAEx Group Limited, one of our principal shareholders, a Hong Kong corporation and securities dealer which is licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to carry on the regulated activities of dealing in securities, advising on securities and asset management, and Mr. Wan is also the sole shareholder of The Pride Group Holdings Limited, which owns 100% equity interest of HKFAEx Group Limited. Since February 2013, Mr. Wan has served as committee member of Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. Since 2008, Mr. Wan has serviced as the vice president and chairman of China Investment Committee of the China Hong Kong International Economic Trading Association. From December 2012 to December 2022, Mr. Wan was the visiting professor of Beijing University of International Business & Economics. From August 2004 to February 2007, Mr. Wan was the director and chief investment officer of Marco Polo Investments Group Limited. From September 1997 to August 2004, Mr. Wan worked at the Financial Services Division of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mr. Wan received his Bachelor Degree of Business Administration, majoring in Finance, from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in November 1997. Mr. Wan is a senior fellow of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute, a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. We believe that Mr. Wan’s extensive experience and leadership in the investment, business and corporate management will benefit the Company’s operations and qualifies him to serve as the chairman of our board of directors.

Yi Shao 

Chief Executive Officer 

Mr. Shao was appointed a member of our Board on April 17, 2019 and as our Chief Executive Officer on May 10, 2019. Since October 2018 to March, 2019, Mr. Shao served as the General Manager of Jiangsu Yanggu Culture Development Co., Ltd.. From October 2017 to September 2018, Mr. Shao served as the Deputy General manager of Jiangsu Dahe Live Network Technology Co., Ltd. From October 2015 to October 2017, Mr. Shao worked as a Project Manager at Nanjing Cultural and Art Property Exchange Limited. From June 2013 to October 2015, Mr. Shao worked as a Software Developer at Marvell Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. Mr. Shao received his Bachelor Degree of Electronic Information Science and Technology from Nanjing University in 2010 and his Master Degree of Biomedical Engineering from Nanjing University in 2013. The Board believes that Mr. Shaos extensive experience in art industry, market development and corporate management will benefit the Company’s operations and management and make him an important member of the Board and its committees. 

Xiaobing Liu 

Independent Director 

Mr. Liu was appointed as a member of our board of directors on May 10, 2019.  Since April 2006, Mr. Liu has been a professor at Nanjing Tech University School of Law. Since June 2022, Mr. Liu has served as an independent director of the board of Nanjing Yigao Medical Technology Co., Ltd. Since March 2022, Mr. Liu has served as the Dean of the Legislative Research Institute at Jinling University of Science and Technology. From May 2016 to May 2022, Mr. Liu served as an independent director of the board of GPRO Titanium Industry Co., Ltd. From September 2012 to September 2018, Mr. Liu served as an independent director of the board of Nanjing Baotai Special Materials Co., Ltd. From January 2014 to July 2017, Mr. Liu served as the Dean of Nanjing Tech University School of Law. Mr. Liu received his Bachelor of Law degree from East China University of Political Science and Law (“ECUPL”) in 1983 and his Master’s Degree of Legal History from ECUPL in 1986. Mr. Liu received his Doctor’s Degree of Constitution and Administrative Laws from Wuhan University in 2007. Mr. Liu holds a public company independent director qualification certificate from Shanghai Stock Exchange since November 2011. We believe that Mr. Liu’s legal expertise and knowledge will benefit the Company’s business and operations and make him a valuable member of the board of directors and its committees.

Jinren Chen
Independent Director
Mr. Chen was appointed a member of our Board of directors on December 16, 2021. Since January 2020, Mr. Chen has served as Chairman and President of Nanjing Shuoming Investment Management Co., Ltd., a private equity fund management company.  From February 2019 to December 2019, Mr.Chen was the fund manager for Shanghai Rongru Assets Management Co., Ltd.From May 2014 to February 2019, Mr. Chen served as an industry analyst and then deputy general manager of market making department of Debang Securities Co., Ltd. From May 2001 to April 2014, Mr. Chen served as a researcher and then a senior researcher for Huatai Securities Co, Ltd.  Mr. Chen received his master degree of Engineering Management from Business School of Hohai University in Nanjing in 2000 and his Ph.D degree in Economics from Business School of Nanjing University in 2009. Mr. Chen has passed securities practitioner and fund  practitioner qualification tests in China. 

Nelson Wong
Independent Director

Mr. Wong was appointed as a member of our board of directors on December 16, 2021. Since 2008, Mr. Wong has served as an Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair of Recon Technology Ltd. (Nasdaq: RCON). He is Chairman and Managing Director of ACN Worldwide, a business and investment consultancy established in Hong Kong since 1995. Prior to that, he was Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of Vigers, a Hong Kong based real estate and investment consultancy, which he first joined in 1990 as a negotiator and later in 1993 acquired together with his partners. Mr. Wong received his bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from the PLA Institute of International Relations in Nanjing in 1983 and was a college teacher before moving to Hong Kong in 1986 to pursue his career in business.

In parallel, Mr. Wong is President of the Shanghai Centre for RimPac Strategic and International Studies, a private think tank in China, expert of the Valdai Discussion Club in Moscow, and writes a political column for the London-based media outlet Middle East Eye. We believe that Mr. Wong’s leadership skills and extensive management experience as well as his insight in global politics will benefit the Company and make him an important member of the board of directors and its committees.