お知らせ • Aug 19
Digital China Holdings Limited Announces Board Changes
The board of directors of Digital China Holdings Limited announced that, with effect from 19 August 2024: Dr. GUO Song has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director; Mr. CHAN Wai Hong, Michael has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and the chairman of the audit committee of the Board; and Dr. LI Jing has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee. Dr. GUO Song, aged 51, has been a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since August 2023. He was a professor at the Department of Computing of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from July 2016 to August 2023; from October 2007 to July 2016, he served as an Associate Professor, Senior Associate Professor and Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering of the University of Aizu, Japan; from September 2006 to August 2007, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Northern British Columbia, Canada. Dr. GUO is an internationally renowned scholar in the field of distributed computing and artificial intelligence. He has been a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering since 2021, a Foreign Member of the European Academy of Sciences since 2022, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers since 2020, a Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association since 2021, and Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Scientist since 2020. Dr. GUO graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a Bachelor's Degree in computer science in July 1995, a Master's Degree in computer engineering from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in July 1998, and a PhD degree in computer science from the University of Ottawa, Canada in March 2006. Mr. Chan Wai Hong, Michael, aged 60, had worked in international accounting firms for over 30 years and has substantial experience in auditing, corporate internal control and governance, corporate initial public offerings, acquisition and restructuring. Mr. CHAN was a Certified Public Accountant (Practising) in PricewaterhouseCoopers - Hong Kong and has served as an assurance partner of both PwC HK and of PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP ("PwC CN"), Shenzhen Branch from July 2007 until his retirement in June 2024. Mr. CHAN obtained an Honors Degree of Bachelor of Arts majoring in Accountancy in November 1992 and a Master's Degree in Business Administration in October 2001, both conferred by City University of Hong Kong. Mr. Chan was admitted as a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 2003 and 1999, respectively. Mr. CHAN has the appropriate professional qualifications, accounting and related financial management experience as required under Rule 3.10 of the Listing Rules. Dr. LI Jing, aged 46, has been an associate accounting professor (with tenure) at the University of Hong Kong since July 2016. She held an academic position as an assistant professor in accounting at the Tepper School of Business at the Carnegie Mellon University from September 2009 to July 2016 prior to joining the University of Hong Kong. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree in economics (major in accounting) and a Master's Degree in management (major in accounting), both conferred by Tsinghua University in July 1999 and July 2002, respectively. She received her PhD degree in accounting from Columbia University in October 2009. Dr. LI focuses on the research of the role of accounting information and corporate disclosures in mitigating information asymmetry and resolving agency conflicts in settings such as debt financing, executive compensations and corporate takeovers. Her recent work has appeared in top academic journals including the Journal of Accounting and Economics, The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Review of Accounting Studies. Dr. LI has taught Financial Accounting, Valuations Using Financial Statements, and Fundamental Analysis of Financial Institutions. The Board further announces that, with effect from 19 August 2024: Dr. LIU Yun, John and Mr. KING William, each an independent non-executive Director, have been appointed as members of the nomination committee of the Board (the "Nomination Committee"); and Mr. LIN Yang, an executive director, has been appointed as a member of remuneration committee of the Board.