Ms. Jingbo Wang, is one of the Founders and has been the chairwoman of our Group since its inception in August 2005. She had also served as the chief executive officer of our Group from 2005 to December 2023. Ms. Wang has over 20 years of experience in wealth management and asset management industries. Prior to co-founding our Company, from May 2000 to September 2005, Ms. Wang worked in several departments and affiliates of Xiangcai Securities Co., Ltd. (“Xiangcai Securities”), a securities firm in China. Ms. Wang served as the general manager of private banking department at Xiangcai Securities from August 2003 to September 2005, during which she established the securities firm’s wealth management business. Prior to that, she served as a deputy general manager of ABN AMRO Xiangcai Fund Management Co., Ltd., an affiliate of Xiangcai Securities, from February 2002 to August 2003, and as the head of the asset management department at Xiangcai Securities from May 2000 to February 2002.

Ms. Wang was recognized as one of Top 30 Most Influential Business Woman in China in 2019 by China Entrepreneur. In 2017, she was listed on Forbes’ China Top 100 Businesswomen in 2017. In the same year, she was also recognized as an Outstanding Leader of the Year by Wealth APAC, and received International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge Award from the International Women’s Entrepreneurial Challenge (IWEC) Foundation.

Ms. Wang graduated from Global CEO Program of China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, China, in September 2009. Ms. Wang received her master ’s degree in management in December 1999 from Sichuan University in Sichuan China.

Mr. Zhe Yin is one of the Founders and has served as CEO since December 2023 and Director since June 2007. He has been serving as the chairman of Gopher Asset Management since March 2021, and served as the chief executive officer of Gopher Asset Management from April 2014 to March 2021 and as the chairman of asset sector of Gopher Asset Management from February 2010 to April 2014. Prior to co-founding our Company, Mr. Yin worked at Xiangcai Securities from November 2003 to September 2005 as a deputy general manager of the private banking department. From July 1997 to October 2003, Mr. Yin served as various positions at Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch, with his last position as the foreign exchange product manager of private finance division. Since August 2021, Mr. Yin has been serving as a director of Dalian Zeus Entertainment Co., Ltd., the shares of which are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code: 002354). From November 2017 to June 2021, Mr. Yin served as an independent director of Guizhou Xinbang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., the shares of which are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code: 002390).

Mr. Yin served as a co-chairman of the Fund of Funds Professional Committee of Asset Management Associate of China from 2017 to August 2021. He was named as one of the Top 20 China’s Best Private Equity Investors in 2017 and as one of the Top 50 China’s Best Private Equity Investors in 2019, respectively, by China Venture Investment Consulting.,Ltd., a leading financial services technology enterprise in China’s private equity investment industry.

Mr. Yin received his MBA degree from China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, China, in September 2010 and his bachelor ’s degree in economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in Shanghai, China, in July 1997.

Ms. Chia-Yue Chang has been a Director since August 2007. She served as the chief marketing officer from January 2017 to February 2021, and served as the general manager of Noah Upright from July 2011 to March 2018 and from March 2019 to December 2020. From March 2021, she has also been serving as the director of the ethics compliance committee (including discipline supervision and compliance), the fairness committee and the sustainable development committee, respectively, of our Company.

Ms. Chang received her master’s degree in library science from University of California, Los Angeles in California, the U.S., in March 1987, and her bachelor’s degree in library science from National Taiwan University in Taiwan, in June 1983.

Mr. Wang has extensive experience in venture capital and private equity investment. In July 2010, Mr. Wang joined Sequoia Capital China and has since held various roles within the firm. His responsibilities have encompassed investment sourcing, investment recommendations, and post-investment management. Currently, Mr. Wang is serving as a managing director of Sequoia Capital China. He has also been serving as a director of Shanghai Noah Yijie Financial Technology Co., Ltd.* (上海諾亞易捷金融科技有限公司), a subsidiary of the Company, since November 2019, mainly responsible for overseeing its management and development and providing strategic guidance. From August 2007 to June 2010, Mr. Wang served as an assistant manager at KPMG Advisory (China) Co., Ltd. (畢馬威企業諮詢（中國）有限公司), primarily responsible for transaction advisory. Mr. Wang received his bachelor’s degree in international economics and trade from University of International Business and Economics (對外經濟貿易大學) in Beijing, China, in July 2007.

Mr. Boquan He has been a Director since August 2007 and has served as an independent Director since October 2011 under applicable U.S. regulations. Mr. He is the founder and has been serving as the chairman of the board of directors of Guangdong Nowaday Investment Co., Ltd. since August 2000, a private investment company specializing in greenfield investments in retail and service industries in China. In 1989, he founded and, until 2000, served as the chief executive officer of Guangdong Robust Group, a then renowned food and beverage company which was acquired by Danone Group in 2000. He also serves as the chairman or vice chairman of the board of directors of several privately owned companies in China. Mr. He served as a director of iKang Healthcare Group Inc., the shares of which were previously listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (ticker symbol: KANG) till its delisting in January 2019, from July 2007 to January 2019.

Mr. He received his two-year college graduation certificate from Guangdong Television Public University (currently known as Guangdong Open University in Guangdong, China, in July 1986.

Ms. May Yihong Wu, formerly named as Ning Wu has been serving as an independent Director since November 2010. Ms. Wu has served as the board adviser from July, 2019 to May, 2023 at Homeinns Hotel Group, a leading economy hotel chain company in China, the shares of which were listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (ticker symbol: HMIN) from October 2006 to April 2016, where she also served as the chief strategy officer from May 2010 to June 2019 and chief financial officer from July 2006 to April 2010. Since May 2017, Ms. Wu has been serving as an independent non-executive director, and chairwoman of the audit committee of Swire Properties Limited, a leading real estate developer and manager based in Hong Kong, the shares of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 01972). Since August 11, 2023, Mrs. Wu has been appointed as an independent non-executive director and chairwoman of the audit committee of Alibaba Health lnformation Technology Limited, the shares of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 00241).

Ms. Wu obtained her MBA degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management (currently known as Kellogg School of Management) at Northwestern University in Illinois, the U.S., in June 1998, her master’s degree of arts in economics from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York in New York, the U.S., in June 1993 and her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Fudan University in Shanghai, China in July 1989.

Ms. Meng has extensive experience in corporate advisory, strategy development, stakeholder engagement and integrating ESG/sustainability. In June 2016, Ms. Meng established Credence Investment Holding Limited (“Credence”), and has since been serving as a managing partner of Credence, primarily responsible for business development, general management and advising entrepreneur founders and management team on critical business strategies and issues. From September 2018 to February 2023, Ms. Meng served as a partner at Brunswick Group Ltd., a London-based global critical issues advisory firm, primarily responsible for advisory, business development and stakeholder engagement, with a focus on crisis management, risk mitigation, integrating ESG/sustainability strategies, and support for corporate clients on investor and capital markets strategic communications.

Prior to founding Credence, Ms. Meng had over ten years of experience in investment banking as a recognized equity research analyst. From January 2011 to June 2016, she served as a managing director and the head of Greater China technology, media, and telecom (“TMT”) equity research at Jefferies Hong Kong Limited. From September 2007 to October 2010, she served as a vice president, senior publishing equity research analyst and the head of China telecom services and equipment research team at Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Limited. From August 2006 to August 2007, she served as a vice president and publishing equity research analyst at China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited. From October 2005 to July 2006, she served as a vice president and a regional telecoms services team support of J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited. From April 2005 to October 2005, she served as an associate and research team support for global technology hardware and telecom equipment sector at Thomas Weisel Partners, a New York-based investment bank. Prior to that, Ms. Meng also served as (i) a management consultant at Adventis Corporation, a Boston-based global TMT strategy consultancy, from July 1999 to March 2005; (ii) a management consultant at Arthur D. Little, a management consultancy headquartered in Boston, from July 1998 to July 1999; and (iii) a marketing executive at Mobile Oil Asia Pacific pte Ltd. from October 1994 to August 1996.

Ms. Meng obtained her master’s degree in business administration from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University in Illinois, the U.S. in June 1998 and her bachelor’s degree in English literature from Ningbo University in Zhejiang, China, in June 1992. In addition, Ms. Meng has obtained the qualification as Securities and Futures Intermediaries issued by the Hong Kong Securities Institute and also received completion certificates for educational and professional programs at numerous prestigious universities and institutions worldwide over the past decade, including, among others, Harvard Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Jinbo Yao has been an independent Director since November 2014. Mr.Yao is a pioneer in China’s internet industry. He is the founder and has been serving as the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of 58.com Inc., the shares of which were listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: WUBA) until September 2020, since 2013. Since April 2015, Mr. Yao has been serving as the chief executive officer of Ganjiwang (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd., the company which owned Ganji.com, a leading online classifieds platform in China. Prior to founding 58.com Inc., in 2000, Mr. Yao founded domain.cn, a domain name transaction and value-added service website in China. After domain.cn was acquired by net.cn in September 2000, Mr. Yao served in various managerial roles at net.cn with his last position as a vice president of sales until May 2001. In September 2001, Mr. Yao co-founded the education company Xueda Education Group, the shares of which were listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: XUE) in November 2010 until its delisting in September 2016.

Mr. Yao received his bachelor’s degrees in marine chemistry and computer application from Ocean University of Qingdao (currently known as Ocean University of China in Shandong, China in July 1999.

Dr. Zhiwu Chen has served as an independent Director since January 2014. Dr. Chen has been a faculty member at the University of Hong Kong since July 2016, and is currently serving as a director of the Asia Global Institute, the chair professor of Finance and Victor and William Fung Professor in Economics at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Chen is a former professor of finance at Yale University from 1999 to 2017. He was also a special-term visiting professor at School of Economics of Peking University and at School of Social Science and School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University. In 2001, Dr. Chen also co-founded Zebra Capital Management, L.L.C. and remained with the company with the position as chief investment manager until March 2011. Dr. Chen received research awards including the Graham and Dodd Award in 2013 by Financial Analysts Journal, the Pacesetter Research Award in 1999 by Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Competitive Research Award in 1994 by Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. Dr. Chen was listed as one of the top ten political influencers in China by Burson-Marsteller’s 2012 “G20 Influencers” report. Dr. Chen was also one of members of the International Advisory Board of the CSRC from August 2012 to November 2019. Since March 2021, Dr. Chen has been serving as an independent non-executive director at Bairong Inc., the shares of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 06608). From July 2015 to October 2018, he served as an independent non-executive Director of IDG Energy Investment Limited (previously known as Shun Cheong Holdings Limited), the shares of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 00650). From May 2011 to June 2017, he served as an independent non-executive director at PetroChina Company Limited, the shares of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 00857), the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 601857) and the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: PTR). From November 2010 to August 2018, he served as an independent non-executive director of Bank of Communications Co., Ltd., the shares of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code: 03328) and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 601328).

Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. in financial economics from Yale University in December 1990, his master’s degree in systems engineering from Changsha Institute of Technology (currently known as National University of Defense Technology in Hunan, China, in January 1986 and his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Central South University in Hunan, China, in July 1983.