Governance

Ping An Group
MA Mingzhe, Peter
Founder of the Company
Chairman (Executive Director)
Aged 67
Director since March 1988

Work experience

Since the establishment of the Company, Mr. Ma had been fully involved in the operations and management of the Company until June 2020 when he ceased to act as the CEO. He now plays a core leadership role, in charge of decision-making on the Company’s strategies, human resources, culture and major issues. Mr. Ma successively served as the President, a Director, and the Chairman and CEO of the Company.

Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Ma was the Deputy Manager of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Social Insurance Company.

Educational background and qualifications

Ph.D. in Money and Banking from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (previously known as Zhongnan University of Economics)

Ping An Group
XIE Yonglin
Executive Director
President
Co-CEO
Aged 54
Joined the Company in 1994
Director since April 2020

Other positions held within the Group

Mr. Xie is the Chairman of Ping An Bank.

Past offices

Mr. Xie was the Deputy Director of the Company’s Strategic Development & Reform Center from June 2005 to March 2006. He held positions of the Operations Director, the Human Resources Director, and a Vice President of Ping An Bank from March 2006 to November 2013, and served as the Special Assistant to the Chairman, the President and the CEO, and the Chairman of Ping An Securities from November 2013 to November 2016 consecutively. He was a Vice President of the Company from September 2016 to December 2019. Previously, Mr. Xie served as the Deputy General Manager of Ping An Property & Casualty’s sub-branches, the Deputy General Manager and then the General Manager of Ping An Life’s branches, and the General Manager of Ping An Life’s Marketing Department.

Educational background and qualifications

Master’s degree in Science from Nanjing University

Ph.D. in Corporate Management from Nanjing University

Ping An Group
TAN Sin Yin, Jessica
Non-executive Director
Aged 46
Joined the Company in 2013
Director since April 2020

Other positions held within the Group

Ms. Tan is a Director of a number of controlled subsidiaries of the Company including Ping An Life, Ping An Property & Casualty and Ping An Bank.

Other major offices

Ms. Tan is a Non-executive Director of Ping An Health.

Past offices

Ms. Tan served as the Chief Information Officer of the Company from January 2013 to November 2019, the Chief Operating Officer of the Company from December 2013 to February 2021, a Vice President of the Company from June 2015 to December 2015, the Executive Vice President of the Company from January 2016 to December 2023, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Company from October 2017 to November 2018, and a Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company from December 2018 to December 2023.

Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Tan was a Global Partner of McKinsey & Company.

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT

Ping An Group
CAI Fangfang
Executive Director
Senior Vice President
Aged 49
Joined the Company in 2007
Director since July 2014

Other positions held within the Group

Ms. Cai is a Director of a number of controlled subsidiaries of the Company including Ping An Life, Ping An Property & Casualty and Ping An Bank.

Past offices

Ms. Cai successively held the positions of the Vice General Manager and the General Manager of the Remuneration Planning and Management Department of the Human Resources Center of the Company from October 2009 to February 2012, served as the Vice Chief Financial Officer and General Manager of the Planning Department of the Company from February 2012 to September 2013, served as the Vice Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company from September 2013 to March 2015, and served as the Chief Human Resources Officer from March 2015 to April 2023 .

Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Cai served as the consulting director of Watson Wyatt Consultancy (Shanghai) Ltd. and the audit director on the financial industry of British Standards Institution Management Systems Certification Co., Ltd.

Educational background and qualifications

Master’s degree in Accounting from The University of New South Wales

Ping An Group
Soopakij CHEARAVANONT
Non-executive Director
Aged 59
Director since June 2013

Other major offices

Mr. Chearavanont is the Chairman of CP Group, an Executive Director and the Chairman of C.P. Lotus Corporation, a Non-executive Director and the Chairman of Chia Tai Enterprises International Limited, an Executive Director and the Chairman of C.P. Pokphand Co., Ltd. and the Chairman of CT Bright Holdings Limited. Mr. Chearavanont is also the Chairman of CP ALL Public Company Limited and Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (both listed in Thailand).

 

Past offices

Mr. Chearavanont served as a Director of True Corporation Public Company Limited (listed in Thailand).

 

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Science from the College of Business and Public Administration of New York University

Ping An Group
YANG Xiaoping
Non-executive Director
Aged 59
Director since June 2013

Other major offices

Mr. Yang is the Senior Vice Chairman of CP Group, the Vice Chairman and CEO of CPG Overseas, an Executive Director and the Vice Chairman of C.P. Lotus Corporation, the CEO of CT Bright Holdings Limited, the Non-executive Director and the Vice Chairman of True Corporation Public Company Limited, the Vice Chairman of the board of directors of China Minsheng Investment Co., Ltd., and a Non-executive Director of CITIC Limited and Honma Golf Limited. Mr. Yang is an Associate Dean of the China Institute for Rural Studies of Tsinghua University, a Vice Director of the Management Committee of Institute for Global Development of Tsinghua University, the President of Beijing Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment and an Adviser on Foreign Investment to the Beijing Municipal Government.

 

Past offices

Mr. Yang was a member of the Twelfth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and served as the Manager for China Division and the Chief Representative of Beijing Office of Nichiyo Co., Ltd. Mr. Yang was a Non-executive Director of Tianjin Binhai Teda Logistics (Group) Corporation Limited and Chery Holding Group Co., Ltd.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from Nanchang University (previously known as Jiangxi Polytechnic College)

Experience of studying in Japan

Certificate for completing a doctoral program in Tsinghua University

Ping An Group
He Jianfeng
Non-executive Director
Aged 51
Director since July 2022

Other major offices

Mr. He is currently the Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of Shenzhen Investment Holdings Co., Ltd., and the President of Research Institute of Tsinghua University in Shenzhen.

 

Past offices

Mr. He served as the Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co., Ltd., the Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of Shenzhen Food Materials Group Co., Ltd., the Chief Economist and a Party Committee Member of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Management Commission of Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, a Vice President of Shenzhen SEZ Construction and Development Group Co., Ltd., and so on.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor of Laws degree in International Law from Wuhan University

Senior Economist

Admitted to practice in the PRC as a qualified lawyer

Ping An Group
Cai Xun
Non-executive Director
Aged 48
Director since July 2022

Other major offices

Ms. Cai is currently an Employee Director and the Deputy Secretary to the Party Committee of Shum Yip Group Limited, an executive director of Shenzhen Investment Limited and a Non-executive Director of Road King Infrastructure Limited.

 

Past offices

Ms. Cai served as the division director of the Cadre Division I, the division director of the Research and Publicity Division, the division director of the Cadre Supervision Division and the deputy division director of the Cadre Division I and II of the Organization Department of Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Central South University

(formerly known as Central South University of Technology)

Ping An Group
YAO Bo, Jason
Non-executive Director
Aged 52
Joined the Company in 2001
Director since June 2009

Prior Job Experience

Mr. Yao served as the Senior Vice President of the Company from June 2009 to January 2016, the Chief Financial Officer (Financial Director) of the Company from April 2010 to December 2022 and the Chief Actuary of the Company from October 2012 to March 2021, the Executive Vice President of the Company from January 2016 to April 2023 and the Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company from July 2020 to April 2023. Prior to that, Mr. Yao successively held positions of the Deputy General Manager of the Product Center, the Deputy Chief Actuary, the General Manager of the Planning Department, the Deputy Financial Officer and the Assistant to the General Manager of the Company.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Yao served in Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu as a consulting actuary and Senior Manager.

Education Background and Qualifications

MBA degree from New York University

Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA)

Ping An Group
NG Sing Yip
Independent Non-executive Director
Aged 72
Director since July 2019

Other major offices

Mr. Ng currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Professional Advisory Board of Asian Institute of International Financial Law of University of Hong Kong, the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of HSBC Bank Vietnam Limited, an Independent Non-executive Director of HSBC Bank Australia Limited, and an Independent Non-executive Director of Hang Seng Bank Limited.

 

Past offices

Mr. Ng served as a Crown Counsel in the Attorney General’s Chambers in Hong Kong before going into private practice. Mr. Ng joined HSBC in June 1987 as an Assistant Group Legal Consultant, and was later appointed as a Deputy Head of the Legal and Compliance Department, and the Head of Legal and Compliance in Asia Pacific, and served as a Non-executive Director of HSBC Bank (China) Limited.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Laws (L.L.B. and L.L.M.) from the University of London

Bachelor’s degree in Laws (L.L.B.) from Peking University

Solicitor to the supreme courts of England, Hong Kong and Victoria, Australia

Ping An Group
CHU Yiyun
Independent Non-executive Director
Aged 58
Director since July 2019

Other major offices

Mr. Chu’s former name was Chu Yiyun (儲祎昀). He is a professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Accountancy of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, a full-time researcher of the Accounting and Finance Research Institute of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, a Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, the Executive Secretary-General of the Accounting Education Branch of the Accounting Society of China, a Director of the Ninth Council of the Accounting Society of China and a Renowned Accounting Expert designated by the Ministry of Finance. Mr. Chu is an Independent Non-executive Director of Bank of Hebei Co., Ltd., and an Independent Supervisor of Bank of China Co., Ltd.

 

Past offices

Mr. Chu was a member of the First Accounting Standards Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Finance, an Independent Supervisor of Ping An Bank, and an Independent Non-executive Director of Tellhow Sci-tech Co., Ltd., Bank of Jiaxing Co., Ltd. and Universal Scientific Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.,

 

Educational background and qualifications

Ph.D. in Management (Accounting) from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Ping An Group
LIU Hong
Independent Non-executive Director
Aged 55
Director since July 2019

Other major offices

Mr. Liu is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor of Peking University as well as the Vice President of Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence. Mr. Liu is a member of the leading expert group of “Intelligent Robots” in the National “13th Five-Year Plan” Key Research and Development Plan and one of the first group of experts under the “National High-level Talent Special Support Plan.”

 

Past offices

Mr. Liu served as an Independent Director of Shenzhen JingQuanHua Electronics Co., Ltd.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Ph.D. in Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology

Completed postdoctoral research in Peking University

Ping An Group
Ng Kong Ping Albert
Independent Non-executive Director
Aged 65
Director since August 2021

Other major offices

Mr. Ng is currently the President of the Hong Kong China Chamber of Commerce, an Honorary Advisor of the Hong Kong Business Accountants Association, and a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Accountancy of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Mr. Ng is a member of the Audit Committee of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and a Council Member of the Education Foundation of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. Mr. Ng is also an Independent Non-executive Director of China International Capital Corporation Limited, Beijing Airdoc Technology Co., Ltd. and Shui On Land Limited, and an Independent Director of Alibaba Group Holding Limited.

 

Past offices

Mr. Ng served as the Chairman of Ernst & Young China, Managing Partner of Ernst & Young in Greater China and a member of The EY Global Executive. He has over 30 years of professional experience in the accounting industry in Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. Before joining Ernst & Young, Mr. Ng was the partner-in-charge of Arthur Andersen LLP in Greater China, the partner-in-charge of China business of PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Managing Director of Citigroup China Investment Banking. Mr. Ng served as a member of the First and Second Accounting Standards Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the PRC.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Business Administration from The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Member of HKICPA, CA ANZ, CPAA and ACCA

Ping An Group
JIN Li
Independent Non-executive Director
Aged 52
Director since August 2021

Other major offices

Mr. Jin is currently the Vice President and Chair Professor of Southern University of Science and Technology, a member of the Committee for Economic Affairs of the 14th CPPCC National Committee, a member of the Central Committee of Jiusan Society, a member of the Board of Directors and the Academic Committee of the Global Corporate Governance Forum, and the Vice Chairman of China Management Science Society. Mr. Jin is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Guosen Securities Co., Ltd.

 

Past offices

Mr. Jin was an Associate Dean of Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, a tenured professor and a doctoral supervisor in the Department of Finance at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, and an associate professor of the Department of Finance at Harvard Business School. He was also an Independent Non-executive Director of Yingda International Trust Company Limited, Beijing Financial Holdings Group, Dacheng Fund Management Co., Ltd. and CITIC aiBank Corporation Limited, and an Independent Director of S.F. Holding Co., Ltd.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Ph.D. in Finance, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Ping An Group
Wang Guangqian
Independent Non-executive Director
Aged 67
Director since July 2023

Other major offices

Mr. Wang is currently a professor at the School of Finance of the Central University of Finance and Economics and concurrently serves as the vice president of the China Society for Finance and Banking and the China Modern Finance Society.

Past offices

Mr. Wang served as the vice dean of Central Institute of Finance and Banking (now known as Central University of Finance and Economics), and the vice president and president of the Central University of Finance and Economics.

Education background and qualifications

Ph.D. in Economics from Renmin University of China

(update data:4 January 2024)

Procedures for Nomination of Directors by The Board of Directors

The measures and procedures to nominate directors other than those representing employees are as follows:

  1. the board of directors may nominate the candidate for directors to be elected from shareholders within the headcount limit as provided in the Articles of Association and according to the intended numbers to be elected.
  2. the nomination committee shall preliminarily examine the qualification and conditions of the candidate directors. The qualified candidates shall be submitted to the board of directors for examination. After the board of directors and the has approved the candidates by resolution, a written proposal of the candidate directors shall be submitted to the shareholders' general meeting. The board of directors shall provide to the shareholders the resume and brief conditions of the candidate directors.
  3. the shareholders' general meeting shall vote on the candidates one by one.
  4. in case of any need to add or change any director, the board of directors is responsible for proposing to the shareholders' general meeting the selection or change of a director.
Procedures for Nomination of Directors by Shareholders

A written notice of the intention to nominate a person for election as a director and a written notice by that person expressly indicating his acceptance of such nomination shall be given to the Company no earlier than the day after the dispatch of the notice of the shareholders' general meeting and no later than 7 days before the date of such shareholders' general meeting, and the minimum period during which the notices shall be given will be 7 days. The nomination of each director shall be by way of a separate resolution to be considered.

Functions and Powers of the Board of Directors

The board of directors shall be accountable to the shareholders' general meeting and shall exercise the following functions and powers:
(1) to be responsible for convening shareholders' general meetings and reporting its work to the shareholders' general meetings;
(2) to implement the resolutions of the shareholders' general meeting;
(3) to determine the Company's management and operation plans and investment schemes;
(4) to formulate the Company's annual budgets and final accounts;
(5) to formulate the Company's profits distribution plans and loss recover plans;
(6) to formulate plans of increasing or decreasing the Company's registered capital, and issuing corporate bonds or other securities, and listing plans;
(7) to draft plans for important acquisition or acquisition of the shares of the Company because of the circumstances (1) and (2) as required in Article 36 of the Articles of Association or the plans of merger, division, dissolution and change of the formation, of the Company;
(8) to determinate the setup of the Company's internal management structure;
(9) to appoint and remove the Company's senior management as nominated by the chairman of the board of directors(CEO) and decide their remuneration, reward and reprimand matters;
(10) to formulate the Company's basic management system and regulations; to formulate and enhance working mechanisms of the Company, such as internal control, compliance, risk, development planning;
(11) to formulate proposals to amend the Articles of Association; to formulate procedural rules of shareholders’ general meeting, procedural rules of the board of directors and to consider the working rules of the special committees of the board of directors;
(12) to manage the issues in respect of the Company's information disclosure;
(13) to decide on issues in respect of the material investment, acquisition or sale of assets, disposal and write-off of assets, asset mortgage, external guarantee, entrusted financing, affiliated transactions, etc. as authorized by shareholders' general meetings;
(14) to receive the work report of the Company's CEO and supervise his/her work;
(15) to conduct an annual due diligence appraisal of the directors, and submit the due diligence report of the directors to the shareholders’ general meeting and the supervisory committee;
(16) to propose to shareholders’ general meetings the engagement or dismissal of the accounting firms responsible for performing regular and statutory audits on the financial reports of the Company;
(17) to select and engage an external auditor responsible for auditing the directorsand senior management of the Company;
(18) to pass resolutions on purchase of the shares of the Company because of the circumstances (3), (5) and (6) as required in Article 36 of the Articles of Association;
(19)to exercise other powers as provided by laws, adminis trative rules or these Articles of Association and as authorized by the shareholders' general meeting.
All the above board resolutions shall be passed by over one half of the directors;
provided that the resolutions covered in items (6), (7) and (11) and in relation to the granting of external guarantee shall be passed by over two-thirds of the directors.

Our Committees
Strategy and Investment Committee

MA Mingzhe (Chairman), YANG Xiaoping, He Jianfeng, LIU Hong, Jin Li

Terms of Reference and Modus Operandi
Audit and Risk Management Committee

Members: Ng Kong Ping Albert(Chairman), YANG Xiaoping, NG Sing Yip, CHU Yiyun, Wang Guangqian

Terms of Reference and Modus Operandi

Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Members: Jin Li(Chairman) , Ng Sing Yip, CHU Yiyun, LIU Hong, Wang Guangqian

Terms of Reference and Modus Operandi

Related Party Transaction Control and Consumer Rights Protection Committee

Members: NG Sing Yip (Chairman), Ng Kong Ping Albert, Jin Li, Tan Sin Yin, YAO Jason Bo

Terms of Reference and Modus Operandi

(update data:21 July 2023)

Report of the Directors
Ping An Group
SUN Jianyi
Chairman of Supervisory Committee (Employee Representative Supervisor)
Aged 70
Joined the Company in 1990
Supervisor since August 2020

Past offices

Since joining the Company in July 1990, Mr. Sun has been the General Manager of the Management Department, Vice President, Executive Vice President, Vice Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Company, and the Chairman of the board of directors of Ping An Bank.

 

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Sun was the Head of the Wuhan Branch of the People’s Bank of China, the Deputy General Manager of the Wuhan Branch of the People’s Insurance Company of China and the General Manager of Wuhan Securities Company.

 

Mr. Sun was also a Non-executive Director of China Vanke Co., Ltd., a Non-executive Director of China Insurance Security Fund Co., Ltd. and an Independent Non-executive Director of Haichang Ocean Park Holdings Ltd.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Diploma in Finance from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (previously known as Zhongnan University of Economics)

Ping An Group
Zhu Xinrong
Independent Supervisor
Aged 66
Supervisor since July 2022

Other major offices

Ms. Zhu is currently a second-level professor and doctoral advisor of finance at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, a director of the Hubei Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center of “Industrial Upgrade and Regional Finance” of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and the head of the doctoral advisor group in finance. Ms. Zhu also serves as an executive council member of the China Society for Finance and Banking, and the deputy director of the Academic Committee of the Hubei Finance Society.

 

Past offices

Ms. Zhu was a decision support consultant of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Hubei Provincial People’s Government. She was a member of the first and second National Supervisory Committee for Professional Degrees in Finance. Ms. Zhu served as an Independent Supervisor of Tri-Ring Group Corporation, and an Independent Non-executive Director of Guangdong Sanhe Pile Co., Ltd., Hubei Xianning Rural Commercial Bank, Changjiang Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Ltd., Dalian Friendship (Group) Co., Ltd., Hainan Haide Capital Management Limited, Zhongbai Holdings Group Co., Ltd., and Wuhan Credit Investment Group Co., Ltd.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Doctorate degree in Money and Banking from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (previously known as Zhongnan University of Economics)

Ping An Group
Liew Fui Kiang
Independent Supervisor
Aged 56
Supervisor since July 2022

Other major offices

Mr. Liew currently serves as an Independent Non-executive Director of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd., China Apex Group Limited, Zhaoke Ophthalmology Limited, Zhengye International Holdings Company Limited and Zhongchang International Holdings Group Limited.

 

Past offices

Mr. Liew served as an Independent Non-executive Director for Baoshan Iron & Steel Company Limited and the Chairman of PacRay International Holdings Limited.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Master of Business Administration from the University of Hull Business School, United Kingdom

Bachelor of Laws from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Solicitor of Hong Kong and Solicitor of England and Wales

Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors

Ping An Group
Hung Ka Hai Clement
Independent Supervisor
Aged 67
Supervisor since July 2022

Other major offices

Mr. Hung’s former name was Hung Yu Sum Clement (洪如心). He is currently serving as an Independent Non-executive Director of Gome Finance Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Sino Credit Holdings Limited), Aoyuan Healthy Life Group Company Limited, China East Education Holdings Limited, Huarong International Financial Holdings Limited, Skyworth Group Limited and Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Limited and a Non-executive Director of High Fashion International Limited.

 

Past offices

Mr. Hung has served Deloitte China for 31 years where he had assumed the Chairman role of Deloitte China and a board member of Deloitte International. Mr. Hung served as an adviser to the Guangzhou Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also served as a member of the Political Consultative Committee of Luohu District, Shenzhen and was appointed as an expert adviser to the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China.

 

Mr. Hung was an Independent Non-executive Director and then a Non-executive Director of SMI Holdings Group Limited, an Independent Non-executive Director, then a Non-executive Director and subsequently a re-designated Independent Non-executive Director of Lerthai Group Limited (formerly known as LT Commercial Real Estate Limited). Mr. Hung was also an Independent Non-executive Director of Zhongchang International Holdings Group Limited (formerly known as Henry Group Holdings Limited), Tibet Water Resources Ltd. and SY Holdings Group Limited (formerly known as Sheng Ye Capital Limited).

 

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy from the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom (previously known as The Polytechnic, Huddersfield)

Life member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Ping An Group
WANG Zhiliang
Employee Representative Supervisor
Aged 43
Joined the Company in July 2002
Supervisor since August 2017

Other Positions held within the Group

Mr. Wang is the Administrative Director and the Director of General Office of the Group as well as the Chairman of Ping An Financial Leasing.

 

Past offices

Mr. Wang served as the Deputy General Manager of the Group’s Head Office in Shanghai and the Deputy Director of the Group’s General Office, and served in the Administration Department of Tianjin Branch of Ping An Life.

 

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Economic Information Management from Tianjin University of Finance and Economics (previously known as Tianjin Institute of Finance and Economics)

(update data:15 March 2023)

Procedures for Nomination of Supervisors other than those representing employees

The measures and procedures to nominate directors and supervisors other than those representing employees are as follows:

  1. the supervisory committee may nominate the candidate for supervisors to be elected from shareholders within the headcount limit as provided in the Articles of Association and according to the intended numbers to be elected.
  2. the supervisory committee shall preliminarily examine the qualification and conditions of the candidate supervisors. After the supervisory committee has approved the candidates by resolution, a written proposal of the candidate supervisors shall be submitted to the shareholders' general meeting. The supervisory committee shall provide to the shareholders the resume and brief conditions of candidate supervisors.
  3. the shareholders' general meeting shall vote on the candidates one by one.
  4. in case of any need to add or change any supervisor, the supervisory committee is responsible for proposing to the shareholders' general meeting the selection or change of a supervisor. The shareholder representative supervisor and independent supervisors shall be elected and dismissed at the shareholders’ general meeting, and the employee representative supervisors shall be elected and dismissed by the employees of the Company at the employees’ representative meeting or through other democratic means. More than one third of supervisors shall be employee representative supervisors.
Functions and Powers of the Supervisory Committee

The supervisory committee shall be accountable to the shareholders' general meeting and exercise the following functions and powers according to law:

  1. to submit written audit opinions on the regular reports prepared by the board of directors of the Company;
  2. to examine the Company's financial affairs;
  3. to supervise the act of the directors and the senior management who perform the companies' duties. To suggest the removal of the directors and senior management who violate any laws, regulations, the Articles of Association or resolutions passed in the shareholders' general meeting;
  4. to require a director or other senior management of the Company to rectify an act if such act is harmful to the Company's interests;
  5. to verify financial information such as financial reports, business reports, profit distribution plans, etc. that the board of directors intends to submit to the shareholders' general meeting and, if in doubt, to be able to appoint a registered accountant or practicing auditor in the name of the Company to assist in reviewing such information;
  6. to propose the holding of extraordinary general meetings and hold and preside over the shareholders' general meetings in the event that the board of directors fails to act in accordance with the regulation of the Company Law to hold and preside the shareholders' general meeting;
  7. to submit proposals to the shareholders' general meetings and nominate independent directors;
  8. to institute litigation against directors and senior management according to the Article of the Company Law;
  9. to provide supervision over the internal control, compliance, risk and the formulation and implementation of development planning of the Company, and if it is aware that the operation of the Company is improper, it can conduct investigations; if necessary, it can employ professional institutions such as accounting firms, law firms to assist his investigation work;
  10. other functions and powers provided for in the Articles of Association.

(update data:1 July 2022)

Report of the Supervisory Committee
Ping An Group
Michael Guo
Co-CEO
Senior Vice President
Aged 52
Joined the Company in 2019
Term of office: December 2023-present

Other positions held within the Group

Mr. Guo is a Director of Ping An Securities.

Past offices

Mr. Guo served as the Vice Chief Human Resources Officer and the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Company from August 2022 to September 2023. Before then, he successively served as a Special Assistant to the Chairman and the Executive Vice President of Ping An P&C.

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Guo served as a Partner and a Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group, and a Global Co-CEO of Capital Market Businesses at Wills Towers Watson.

Educational background and qualifications

MBA degree from the University of New South Wales

Ping An Group
HUANG Baoxin
Senior Vice President
Aged 59
Joined the Company in 2015
Term of office: April 2020-present

Other positions held within the Group

Mr. Huang is the General Manager of the Group’s Beijing Head Office.

Past offices

Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Huang served as the Deputy Division Director of the Industrial Transportation Department of the Ministry of Finance of the PRC, the Deputy Director General of the Second Secretary Bureau of the General Office of the State Council of the PRC, the Deputy Director General and then Director General of the Supervisory Bureau of the General Office of the State Council of the PRC, and the deputy head of the discipline inspection team of the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the CPC accredited by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC.

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (previously known as Zhongnan University of Economics)

Master’s degree in Political Economics from Renmin University of China 

Doctorate degree in Public Finance from the Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences (previously known as Research Institute for Fiscal Science, Ministry of Finance of the PRC)

Ping An Group
FU Xin
Senior Vice President
Aged 44
Joined the Company in 2017
Term of office: August 2023-present

Other positions held within the Group

Ms. Fu is a Director of Ping An Life and Ping An Asset Management.

Past offices

Ms. Fu joined the Company as the General Manager of the Group’s Planning Department in October 2017, and served as the Group’s Vice Chief Financial Officer from March 2020 to March 2022, the Chief Operating Officer of the Company from March 2022 to September 2023.

Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Fu served as a Financial Services Partner at Roland Berger International Management Consulting and an Executive Director of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Educational background and qualifications

MBA degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Ping An Group
SHENG Ruisheng, Richard
Board Secretary
Company Secretary
Aged 54
Joined the Company in 1997
Term of office: April 2017-present

 Other positions held within the Group

 Mr. Sheng serves as the Brand Director and spokesperson of the Company.

Past offices

Mr. Sheng served as the Assistant to the General Manager, Deputy General Manager, and General Manager of the Company’s Branding Department from August 2002 to January 2014.

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor of Arts degree from Nanjing University

MBA degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong  

Ping An Group
ZHANG Zhichun
Chief Financial Officer (Financial Director)
Aged 47
Joined the Company in 1998
Term of office: January 2023-present

Other positions held within the Group

Ms. Zhang is a Director of a number of controlled subsidiaries of the Company including Ping An P&C, Ping An Trust, and Ping An Securities.

Past offices

Ms. Zhang successively served as the Assistant President, Chief Investment Officer, Person-in-charge of Finance, and Board Secretary of Ping An P&C from December 2017 to December 2022. Before then, she served as the Deputy General Manager of Ping An P&C’s Planning Department and the Deputy General Manager and then the General Manager of the Company’s Planning Department.

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Associate of China Association of Actuaries 

Ping An Group
SUN Jianping
Chief Human Resources Officer
Aged 62
Joined the Company in 1988

Other positions held within the Group

Mr. Sun is a Director of Ping An Technology, Shenzhen Ping An Finserve, and Ping An Fund Management.

Past offices

Since joining the Company in 1988, Mr. Sun has been the Vice President, Executive Vice President, President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Ping An Property & Casualty.

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (previously known as Huazhong Institute of Technology)

Master’s degree in Economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Senior Economist 

Ping An Group
ZHANG Xiaolu
Compliance Officer
Chief Risk Officer
Aged 55
Joined the Company in 2019
Term of office: June 2021-present

Past offices

Ms. Zhang served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company from February 2021 to October 2021,and a Special Assistant to the President of Ping An Bank from June 2019 to August 2020.

Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Zhang served as a Managing Partner of Advisory Services (CEO of Advisory) at Ernst & Young Greater China, and the General Manager of Consulting Service in Insurance Industry at IBM.

Educational background and qualifications

MBA degree from Massey University, New Zealand 

Ping An Group
DENG Bin, Benjamin
Assistant President
Chief Investment Officer
Aged 54
Joined the Company in 2021
Term of office: March 2022-present

Other positions held within the Group

Mr. Deng is a Director of a number of controlled subsidiaries of the Company including Ping An Life, Ping An Annuity and Ping An Asset Management.

Past offices

Prior to Joining the Company, Mr. Deng served as the Chief Investment Officer of China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd. and China Pacific Insurance Co., (H.K.) Ltd, the Head of Investment Analytics & Derivatives of AIA Group, and the Head of Market Risk Management (Asia-Pacific ex. Japan and South Korea) of AIG.

Educational background and qualifications

MBA and master’s degree in Quantatative Method and Modeling from Baruch College, City University of New York

Chartered Financial Analyst

Financial Risk Manager(FRM)

Ping An Group
Huang Yuqiang
Person-in-charge of Auditing
Aged 41
Joined the Company in 2004
Term of office: June 2023-present

Other positions held within the Group

Mr. Huang is the General Manager of the Company’s Audit and Supervision Department, and a director of Ping An Trust and Ping An Financial Leasing.

Past offices

Mr. Huang joined the Company in July 2004, and served as head of the Asset Monitoring Department under the Risk Management Division of Ping An Bank and deputy head (person-in-charge) of the Risk Management Department of the Group.

Educational background and qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Corporate Management from Nanjing University

(update data:4 January 2024)

For the work experience and concurrent positions of Mr.Ma Mingzhe, Mr.Xie Yonglin and Ms.Cai Fangfang, please refer to Board of Directors.

The Executive Committee

The Company has established an Executive Committee, which is the highest execution authority under the Board. The primary duty of the Executive Committee is to review the Company’s internal business reports, the Company’s policies in relation to investment and profit distribution and the Company’s management policies, development plans and resource allocation plans. The Executive Committee is also responsible for making management decisions in relation to matters such as material development strategies, compliance risk management, capital allocation, synergy and brand management. In addition, the Executive Committee is responsible for reviewing the business plans of the subsidiaries of the Company and evaluating the subsidiaries’ financial performance. The Company has also established several management committees under the Executive Committee, including the Risk Management Executive Committee, the Investment Management Committee, the Investor Relations and ESG Committee and the Technology Development Committee.

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