Biography

Adrian Ding |
Acting Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Adrian Ding has served as our Acting Chief Financial Officer since October 2024. Mr. Ding joined the Company in March 2019 as Vice President of Corporate Finance. He has served as Chief Investment Officer of the Company since February 2020 and additionally as General Manager of the Company’s Lavazza joint venture since March 2022. 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.