Annual Report 2025

DIRECTORS’ REPORT (CONTINUED) 52 China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2025 BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED) Mr. KE Shifeng, aged 60, has been a Non-executive Director of the Company since December 2009. He has 29 years’ investment experience. Between 1997 and 2011, Mr. KE was the senior portfolio manager for Martin Currie Investment Management Limited providing research and investment management services to its clients investing in the Greater China (including Taiwan) markets. Mr. KE and his team ran a range of China strategies, including the China Fund Inc. (CHN US, a NYSE listed company), Martin Currie China Hedge Fund, Taiwan Opportunities Fund and Martin Currie China A Share Fund with total assets under management reaching US$5.5 billion at the end of 2011. In November 2011, Mr. KE as a founding partner co-founded Open Door Group providing investment management services to foreign institutional clients investing in the Greater China area. In May 2017, Mr. KE with three senior investment analysts co-founded Shanghai Heartland Investment Management Limited, an onshore investment management platform providing Renminbi investment management services to domestic high- net-worth clients and institutional investors investing in the Greater China area. Mr. KE holds a law degree from Renmin University of China and an MBA degree from The University of Edinburgh, UK. Mr. ZOU Chuan, aged 44, was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company on 11 September 2025. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of TF International Securities Group Limited (being an associate of TFI Asset Management Limited which is a substantial shareholder of the Company), the Board Director of the Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association, the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Financial Association of Hong Kong, Executive Deputy Director of the 3rd Belt and Road Financial Cooperation Committee of AFCA, Deputy Director of the 3rd Green Finance Cooperation Committee of AFCA. Mr. ZOU previously held positions as the Head of the Financial Markets Department at The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (now known as MUFG Bank), the Executive Director and Head of Trading at Bank of America Merrill Lynch Greater China, and the Co-Head of the Financial Markets Department at CEB International Capital Corporation Limited. Mr. ZOU has extensive experience working in Chinese and foreign financial institutions both domestically and internationally, with deep understanding and expertise in areas such as investment, trading and sales, cross-border business, and financing operations. Mr. ZOU holds a dual bachelor’s degree in Japanese and Economics from Peking University.