Biography

Adrian Ding |
Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Adrian Ding has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2025. Mr. Ding joined the Company in March 2019 as Vice President of Corporate Finance. He served as Chief Investment Officer of the Company from February 2020 to March 2025, General Manager of the Company’s Lavazza joint venture from March 2022 to December 2024, and Acting Chief Financial Officer of the Company from October 2024 to March 2025. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ding worked for Alibaba Group Holding Limited from 2018 to early 2019, responsible for strategic investments in the technology and media sectors. Before that, Mr. Ding gained extensive experience in investment banking, having advised clients on a number of capital markets and M&A projects. Mr. Ding worked at UBS AG as a Director in Investment Banking. He also previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited. Mr. Ding currently serves as a director of Fujian Sunner Development Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 002299). Mr. Ding obtained a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from Columbia Business School, and a bachelor’s degree in quantitative finance from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.