Board of Directors

Mr. CHEN Zhiyu (陳志宇)

Non-executive Director

Mr. CHEN Zhiyu (陳志宇), has served as our Director since November 2020. Mr. Chen provides professional advice, opinion, and guidance to our Board.

Mr. Chen has extensive experience in the retail and merchandise industry and has over 16 years of management experience both in China and overseas. He has served as a board consultant of Metro Commerce Group Co., Ltd. since June 2024 and the deputy chief executive officer of Metro Commerce Group Co., Ltd., a leading wholesaler and retailer in China, from March 2021 to June 2024, where he has been responsible for overseeing the company’s business operations, including the management of the product management team, supply chain team, information technology department and marketing and membership department. Prior to joining our Group, Mr.Chen served as a senior vice president of Wal-Mart (China) Investment Co., Ltd. from June 2017 to August 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Chen served as the chief commercial and product officer of AliExpress, an Alibaba Group company, from November 2015 to June 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Chen served as a senior product specialist for financial products of Alipay, from May 2014 to November 2015. Prior to that, Mr. Chen worked at Barclays Bank, a British multinational universal bank, from September 2008 to April 2014 with last position as vice president.

Mr. Chen received his bachelor’s degree in engineering from Zhejiang University (浙江大學) in China in June 2006. He received his master’s degree in biomedical engineering from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom in November 2007.