Ms. June YANG Lijuan, aged 45, was appointed as the chief executive officer and executive director of the Group on July 1, 2024. She is primarily responsible for coordinating the management and strategic development of the Group.
Ms. YANG demonstrates a commitment to excellence in the catering industry. From June 1997 to March 2001, Ms. YANG served as a manager at Sichuan Haidilao Catering Co., Ltd. In April 2001, she was appointed as a director of Sichuan Haidilao and re-designated as a non-executive director of Sichuan Haidilao in January 2018. Ms. YANG’s career and leadership further expanded through her roles at Haidilao International, a company currently listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (stock code: 6862), including (i) as a director from July 2015 to January 2018; (ii) as the chief operating officer from January 2018 to March 2022; (iii) as the deputy chief executive officer from August 2021 to March 2022; (iv) as an executive director from August 2021 to June 2024; and (v) as the chief executive officer from March 2022 to June 2024. Throughout her tenure at Haidilao International, Ms. YANG has been instrumental in overseeing management and strategic development, consistently driving it towards greater success.
Ms. YANG completed the PRC Entities CEO and Finance CEO Program hosted by the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (長江商學院) in September 2016.
Ms. QU Cong, aged 41, was appointed as the financial director of the Group on August 29, 2023 and as a joint company secretary on December 30, 2022. She is responsible for overseeing financial and investment management of the Group, as well as corporate governance matters.
Ms. QU joined Haidilao International as the secretary of the board of directors in March 2018, while serving as a joint company secretary from May 2018 to May 2019. Since then, she successively served as a restaurant manager in October 2019, a coach in March 2020 and a regional manager in June 2021. Prior to the above positions, Ms. QU worked for the investment banking department of China International Capital Corporation Limited for nearly ten years from July 2008 to February 2018, and held different positions including the executive director. She advised for dozens of companies of various sizes on their capital market and business transactions, including initial public offerings on the Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange, placing, private equity financings and mergers and acquisitions. She has extensive experience with international capital market, corporate governance, communication with regulatory authorities and investor relationship.
Ms. QU obtained her bachelor's degree in mathematics and applied mathematics and master's degree in probability and statistics from Peking University in China in July 2005 and July 2008, respectively.
Mr. JIANG Wenhai, aged 37, was appointed as the product director of the Group on August 29, 2023. He is responsible for the overall management of the products development of the Group.
Mr. JIANG joined the Group in 2013 and was subsequently promoted to the roles of restaurant duty manager, restaurant front office manager and restaurant manager from 2016 to 2018, gaining abundant frontline work experience in overseas catering management. In April 2022, he ascended to the role of deputy overseas products director, and in October of the same year, he was further promoted as the deputy product director.
Mr. JIANG graduated from Hainan College of Vocation and Technique (海南職業技術學院) in China in July 2008, majoring in landscape design.
Mr. ZHOU Shaohua, aged 37, was appointed as the vice president and senior regional manager of the Group on March 25, 2022. He is responsible for overseeing the brand management and participating in the management and strategic development of the Group.
Mr. ZHOU has over 13 years of experience in the catering service sector. Mr. ZHOU joined Haidilao International Group in October 2010 and was relocated to Singapore as a project manager in January 2013 to assist with the local business development after Haidilao International Group decided to expand the overseas business and start its first overseas restaurant business in Singapore. He was successively promoted as (i) a restaurant duty manager in July 2014, (ii) a branch manager in April 2016, and (iii) a senior regional manager in March 2022.
Mr. ZHOU obtained his college degree in tourism management from Dalian Polytechnic University (大連工業大學) in China in July 2010.