Dr. MAO Jiye (毛基業)

Independent non-executive Director

Dr. MAO Jiye (毛基業), has served as an independent non- executive Director since the listing of the Company on the Stock Exchange on December 6, 2024. Dr. Mao supervises and provides independent judgment to the Board.

Dr . Mao is the dean of the School of Entrepreneurship and Management at ShanghaiTech University (上海科技大學) . Previously, he was a professor in the business school at Ren min University of China (中國人民大學) in China from June 2004 to October 2023. His research primarily focuses on digital transformation of traditional firms, digital innovation and entrepreneurship, management of IT outsourcing and management of information technology projects. He was the dean of the business school at Renmin University of China (中國人民大學) from October 2015 to September 2021, and previously taught at University of Waterloo in Canada from January 1995 to August 2022. He also served as the chairman of China Association for Information Systems (信息系統協會中國分會) from October 2013 to October 2021. Dr. Mao has served as a director of Hubei Forbon Technology Co ., Ltd. * (湖北富邦科技股份有限公司) (a company listed on The Shenzhen Stock Exchange, SZSE: 300387), a China-based high-tech chemical enterprise, since November 2019. He has served as an independent director of Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group Co ., Ltd. (大連萬達商業管理集團股份有限公司), a China-based commercial real estate company that was previously listed on the Stock Exchange, since July 2022 and an independent director of Hengmingda Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.* (恆銘達電子科技股份有限公司) (a company listed on The Shenzhen Stock Exchange, SZSE: 002947), a China- based electronic technology company, since August 2022. He has also served as an independent director of Shanghai Hysea Industrial Communication Co., Ltd. (上海海希工業通訊股份有限公司) (a company listed on The Beijing Stock Exchange, stock code: 920405) since December 2024.

Dr. Mao received his bachelor ’s degree in economic information management from Renmin University of China (中國人民大學) in China in July 1985. He received his MBA degree from McGill University in Canada in June 1989, and Ph.D. in management information systems from University of British Columbia in Canada in November 1995.