Annual Report 2019

DIRECTORS’ REPORT (CONTINUED) China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2019 43 BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) Mr. CHU Lap Lik, Victor, aged 62, has been an Executive Director of the Company since June 1993 and holds directorship in the Investment Manager. He is also Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group which is a pioneer of private equity investments in the PRC. Mr. CHU is currently Chairman of the Hong Kong-Europe Business Council. He has formerly served on the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong Government, the Council of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Takeovers and Mergers Panel and the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission. Outside of Hong Kong, Mr. CHU was a Foundation Board Member of the World Economic Forum in Geneva from 2003 to 2015 and currently co-chairs the Forum’s International Business Council. He is a Director of Grand Harbour Marina PLC, a company listed on the Malta Stock Exchange and Airbus SE, a company listed on the major European stock exchanges. Mr. CHU took his law degree at University College London where he is now an Honorary Fellow. Mr. WANG Xiaoding, aged 51, has been an Executive Director of the Company since September 2014 and holds directorship in a number of subsidiaries of the Company. He has also been the Director and General Manager of the Investment Manager since May 2014. He served as the Chief Representative of the Investment Manager’s Shenzhen Representative Office from March 2009 to May 2017. He served as the Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Manager from June 2011 to May 2014. Before joining the Investment Manager, Mr. WANG served as Chief Executive Officer of Guangxi Baihe Chemicals Corp., Chief Financial Officer of Guangxi Fenglin Group Co., Ltd., Senior Software Engineer of Thrive Media Corporation in Canada, Finance Manager of Wellkent International Corporation in Canada. Currently, Mr. WANG serves as a Director of Wuhan Rixin Technology Co., Ltd., China Media (Tianjin) Investment Management Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Huaer Quartz Materials Co., Ltd., Hwagain Group Co., Ltd. and China Credit Trust Co., Ltd., and a Supervisor of JIC Leasing Co., Ltd. Mr. WANG is licensed with the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong as responsible officer. Mr. WANG studied in Peking University, People’s (Renmin) University of China and University of Alberta in Canada, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree in Geo-economics, master’s degree in Regional Economics and master’s degree in Economics, respectively.