Mr. Mak Ming Hoi (麥名海) was appointed as our independent non-executive Director, the chairman of the Remuneration Committee, and a member of each of the Nomination Committee and the Audit Committee on 30 September 2024. Mr. Mak is primarily responsible for supervising the management of our Group independently.

Mr. Mak has over 15 years of experience in accounting, finance, company secretarial and compliance through working at different listed companies. Mr. Mak has been a company secretary in Dakin Asset Management Limited since March 2017, and then is reassigned to be a Responsible Officer for Type 9 (Asset Management) regulated activity under the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong), where he is responsible for its strategies development, supervisory and implement the operations in asset management.

Mr. Mak obtained a Degree of Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) from Curtin University of Technology, Australia, and a Degree of Master of Corporate Governance from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Mr. Mak has been a member of each of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, CPA Australia, The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute, and The Chartered Governance Institute.

Saved as disclosed in this section, Mr. Mak is not connected with any other Directors or members of the senior management of our Company.