Dr. MAO Jiye (毛基業)

Independent non-executive Director

Dr. MAO Jiye (毛基業), will be an independent non-executive Director upon Listing. Dr. Mao supervises and provides independent judgment to our 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 Renmin 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 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 from October 2013 to October 2021. Dr. Mao has served as a director of Hubei Forbon Technology (SZSE: 300387), a China-based high-tech chemical enterprise, since November 2019. Dr. Mao has also served as an independent director of Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group Co., Ltd., a China-based commercial real estate company, since July 2022 and an independent director of Hengmingda Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. (SZSE: 002947), a China-based electronic technology company, since August 2022.

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.