has been an Executive Director since May 2021. She was the Joint Chief Executive Officer and has been re-designated as a Chief Executive Officer since 1 July 2023. Ms. Xie joined the Company in 2001. She is the chairman of the executive committee of the Board and a member of the remuneration committee and the nomination committee of the Board. She is responsible for monitoring and supervising the legal affairs, contractual management, human resources strategy and development, staff training and administrative management of the Company. In addition, Ms. Xie is also in charge of matters relating to the overall management of the Company, promoting the business development and implementing the operational strategy of the Company. Ms. Xie is also a director and/or legal representative of a number of subsidiaries of the Company. Ms. Xie graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law, and has over 20 years of managerial experience at large-scale corporate chain stores. She has extensive experience in the management of legal affairs, structuring of corporate risk management system, corporate governance, project management and planning. She is also experienced in areas such as formulating human resources strategy, planning staff development and training, as well as corporate administrative management.

was appointed as an executive Director in June 2007 and became a non-executive Director in February 2018. Mr. Cheung has been re-designated as an executive Director since August 2018. He was the managing director of the Company until his resignation from such office on 17 March 2017 and has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer in August 2019 and re-designated as the Joint Chief Executive Officer in May 2021. Mr. Cheung is a member of the executive committee, the remuneration committee and the nomination committee of the Board. He is also a director of a number of subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Cheung joined the Group in 1993 and has been responsible for the overall management of the Group. He has over 40 years of experience in the retail industry and possesses extensive experience in managing retailing stores in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Cheung has held various senior management positions in large retail groups in Hong Kong and Taiwan, including working as a general manager in a large Japanese department store and as a general manager in the retail division of a UK-based conglomerate in Hong Kong, as well as being a general manager in a large pharmaceutical retail company in Taiwan.