Mr. ZHU Tao, aged 53, is currently an executive Director, the deputy general manager of the Company, an executive director, the chairman of the board, the chairman of the executive committee, and the investment and strategic planning committee, and a member of the environmental, social and governance committee of COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited, a controlled subsidiary of the Company and a company listed on the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 01199). Mr. ZHU started his career in 1995 and previously served as a deputy business manager and the business manager of the dispatching division of the liner department of COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. (currently known as COSCO SHIPPING Lines Co., Ltd.), a deputy head of the business division of the coastal transportation department of COSCO Container Lines, the manager of the East and South China operating department of the Sino-Japan trade division of COSCO Container Lines, a deputy general manager and the chairman of the labour union of Shanghai PANASIA Shipping Co., Ltd., a deputy general manager of Americas trading division of COSCO Container Lines, the general manager of COSCO Container Lines (Netherlands) B.V., the supervisor of the general manager’s office of COSCO Container Lines, the general manager and a deputy party secretary of Shanghai PANASIA Shipping Co., Ltd., and a deputy general manager and a member of the party committee of COSCO SHIPPING Lines Co., Ltd., and an non-executive director of Qingdao Port International Co., Ltd. (a company listed on the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 06198)) etc. Mr. ZHU Tao graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a master’s degree in business administration and is an economist.