Prof. Ma, aged 72, is currently an independent non-executive Director of the Company, a chairman and independent nonexecutive director of FWD Group, an independent nonexecutive director of HH&L Acquisition Co. (a company listed on New York Stock Exchange (stock code: HHLA)), an independent non-executive director of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 2388 (HKD counter) and 82388 (RMB counter))) and its principal operating subsidiary Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, an independent non-executive director of Unicorn II Holdings Limited (privatized and delisted from the New York Stock Exchange since January 2022). Prof. Ma is a honorary professor of the Faculty of Economics and Finance at the University of Hong Kong, a honorary professor of the Faculty of Business Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a honorary advisor of the School of Accountancy at Central University of Finance and Economics, a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development, a member of the International Advisory Council of China Investment Corporation, a member of the Global Advisory Council of Bank of America and a member of the International Advisory Council of Investcorp. Prof. Ma served as a board member of several listed companies in the past, including the non-executive chairman of China Strategic Holdings Limited (currently known as CSC Holdings Limited) (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 0235)), an independent non-executive director of Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 2600) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 601600)), an independent nonexecutive director of Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd. (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 525) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 601333)), an independent nonexecutive director of Husky Energy Inc. (a company listed on Toronto Stock Exchange (stock code: HSE)), an independent non-executive director of the Agricultural Bank of China Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1288), Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 601288), and New York Stock Exchange (stock code: ACGBY)), a nonexecutive director and the chairman of MTR Corporation Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 66)), and an independent non-executive director of China Resources Land Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1109)). Prof. Ma served as a managing director of UK branch of RBC Dominion Securities Inc., a vice chairman and managing director of Kumagai Gumi (Hong Kong) Limited (currently known as Hong Kong Construction (Holdings) Limited), the managing director and head of Asia of the private banking department of Chase Bank, the AsiaPacific chief executive officer of private banking of JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (stock code: JPM)), an executive director and the chief financial officer of PCCW Limited (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 0008)), the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, an independent non-executive director of Hutchison Port Holdings Limited, an external director of China Oil and Foodstuffs Corporation, an external director of China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd, an independent non-executive director of New Frontier Corporation, and the chairman of the Council of the Education University of Hong Kong. Prof. Ma graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Hong Kong majoring in economics and history. He was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star and appointed as a Non-Official Justice of the Peace of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.