Biography

Mr. Chi Ping Martin Lau has served as our director since December 2017. Mr. Lau is the president of Tencent Holdings Limited (SEHK: 0700), or Tencent. He joined Tencent in 2005 as the chief strategy and investment officer, and was responsible for corporate strategies, investments, merger and acquisitions, and investor relations. In 2006, Mr. Lau was promoted as president of Tencent to manage the day-to-day operation of Tencent. Prior to joining Tencent, Mr. Lau was an executive director at Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C.’s investment banking division and the chief operating officer of its telecom, media, and technology group. Prior to that, he worked at Mckinsey & Company, Inc. as a management consultant. Mr. Lau received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan in July 1994, a master of science degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University in July 1995 and an MBA degree from Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University in June 1998. Mr. Lau previously served as a director of Tencent until May 2023.