Mr. Zhe (David) Wei has served as our independent director since August 2025. Mr. Wei is the founding partner and chairman of Vision Knight Capital, a private equity fund manager focusing on investments in China. Prior to launching Vision Knight Capital in 2011, Mr. Wei served from 2007 to 2011 as an executive director and the chief executive officer of Alibaba.com Limited, a leading global e-commerce company wholly owned by Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA; HKEx: 9988). Mr. Wei was the president from 2002 to 2006, and chief financial officer from 2000 to 2002, of B&Q (China) Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Kingfisher PLC, a leading home improvement retailer in Europe and Asia. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Wei was also the chief representative for Kingfisher’s China sourcing office. Prior to joining B&Q and Kingfisher, Mr. Wei served as the head of investment banking at Orient Securities Company Limited from 1998 to 2000 and as corporate finance manager at Coopers & Lybrand (now part of PricewaterhouseCoopers) from 1995 to 1998. Mr. Wei is currently a non-executive director of PCCW Ltd. (HKEx: 0008), JNBY Design Limited (HKEx: 3306), Sansure Biotech Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 688289) and Weilong Delicious Global Holdings Ltd. (HKEx: 9985). Mr. Wei served on the boards of Leju Holdings Limited (formerly listed on NYSE) from April 2014 to March 2021, OneSmart International Education Group Limited (formerly listed on NYSE) from March 2018 to April 2021, Zall Smart Commerce Group Ltd. (HKEx: 2098) from April 2016 to January 2023, Polestar Automotive Holding UK PLC (NASDAQ: PSNY) from June 2022 to June 2025 and Oriental Pearl Group Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 600637) from September 2022 to December 2025. He was also a promoter and executive chair of Vision Deal HK Acquisition Corp. from January 2022 to June 2025 (formerly listed on HKEx). Mr. Wei holds a bachelor’s degree in international business management from Shanghai International Studies University.