Ziyu Shen has served as our director and Chief Executive Officer since November 2019 and our Chairman since May 2021. Mr. Shen has served as director and Chief Executive Officer of Hubei ECARX since 2017. In addition to his current roles in our company, Mr. Shen is also serving as a director of DREAMSMART TECHNOLOGY PTE. LTD. and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hubei Xingji Meizu Group Co., Ltd. Prior to founding ECARX, Mr. Shen served as General Manager of Shanghai Pateo Network Technology Service Co., Ltd. from October 2012 to March 2016. Earlier in his career, Mr. Shen was an industry director of T-Systems P.R. China Ltd. from October 2011 to October 2012, and before then he worked at Shanghai OnStar Telematics Service Co., Ltd. as senior manager from August 2009 to October 2011, and had worked as an engineer and then as a senior manager at Shanghai General Motors Company Limited from August 2006 to August 2008. Mr. Shen received a master’s degree in information security from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2008.
Zhenyu Li has served as a director since January 2020. Mr. Li is Senior Vice President of Baidu Company, General Manager of the Baidu Intelligent Driving Group (IDG), and has the overall responsibility for Baidu’s autonomous vehicle business and management. Since 2007, Mr. Li has held various leadership positions within Baidu’s Technology and Artificial Intelligence divisions. In October 2015, Mr. Li built Baidu’s Autonomous Driving Unit (ADU) and led the drafting and implementation of the autonomous driving business plan. Before joining Baidu, Mr. Li worked for Huawei from 2001 to 2007, specializing in network technology development. Mr. Li received a master’s degree in 2001 and a bachelor’s degree in 1998, both in Computer Science, both from Beihang University.
Ni Li has served as a director since March 2021. Ms. Li founded Hone Capital in 2017 and is the legal representative of Shanghai Kaixin Investment Co., Ltd. from September 2015. Ms. Li also served as an investment manager at Rothschild Holdings Co., Ltd. from January 2008 to April 2011. Ms. Li received a bachelor’s degree in financial management from the Nottingham University.
Jim Zhang (Zhang Xingsheng) has served as a director since March 2021. Mr. Zhang is the founding partner of Daotong Investment Co., Ltd. which was established in December 2013. Mr. Zhang served as an independent director at Volvo Car Group from August 2018 to May 2022 and as a director at The Nature Conservancy’s North Asia Region from 2008 to 2013. Mr. Zhang also served as Chairman at Beijing Link Capital Investment Co., Ltd. from 2005 to 2008. Prior to that, Mr. Zhang held various leadership position at Asiainfo Holdings, Inc., a company previously listed on Nasdaq, from 2003 to 2005, including as its director, president, and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Zhang served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Ericsson (China) Co., Ltd. from 1990 to 2003. Mr. Zhang served as deputy manager at China Telecom Construction Corporation from 1986 to 1990 and worked as an engineer at Beijing Long Distance Telecom Office from 1977 to 1986. Mr. Zhang received his MBA from BI-Fudan MBA program offered in partnership by BI Norwegian Business School and School of Management Fudan University in 1999 and a bachelor’s degree in 1981 from Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications.
Grace Hui Tang has served as a director since March 2021. Ms. Tang was an audit partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 2001 to 2020, when she retired. Ms. Tang serves as a director at Textainer Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: TGH) since July 2020 and as a director at Elkem ASA (ELK: Oslo) since April 2021. Ms. Tang also serves as a director at Brii Biosciences Ltd (HKG: 2137) since July 2021 and as of July 2022, she has been appointed as a director, of NetEase Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES). Ms. Tang is a member of the AICPA and HKICPA. Ms. Tang has also dedicated herself to social, welfare and educational affairs, she serves as an advisor to the Beijing Capital Market and Securities Legal Affairs Committee since 2006 and as a supervising board member of Beijing New Sunshine Leukemia Charity Foundation since 2011, a public fund that had been awarded the highest grade qualification by the Civil Affairs Bureau of Beijing and she is also the treasurer for the Silvermine Arts Foundation in the USA. Ms. Tang has been an adjunct professor at the Guanghua School of Management of Peking University since 2018. Ms. Tang received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Utah in June 1982 and an MBA from Utah State University in June 1984.
Jun Hong Heng has served as a director since December 2022. Mr. Heng was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of COVA as well as the Chairman of COVA’s board of directors. Mr. Heng is the Founder of Crescent Cove Advisors, LP (“Crescent Cove”) and has served as Chief Investment Officer of Crescent Cove since August 2018. Mr. Heng is also the Founder of Crescent Cove Capital Management LLC and has served as its Chief Investment Officer since February 2016. Mr. Heng has also served as a member of the board of directors of Luminar Technologies, Inc. since June 2021. Prior to Crescent Cove Capital Management LLC, Mr. Heng served as Principal of Myriad Asset Management, an investment firm, from August 2011 to January 2015, where he focused on Asian credit and equity, including special situations. From June 2008 to June 2011, he served as Vice President of Argyle Street Management, a spin-off from Goldman Sachs Asian Special Situations Group. Previously, Mr. Heng served as an analyst at Morgan Stanley, where he focused on Asia, and as an analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co., where he served in a multi-disciplinary role across technology, media and telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions, and equity and debt capital markets. Mr. Heng holds a B.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.