mr. cui zhi hui has been appointed as an executive director and the chief executive officer of the company with effect from 31 march 2021. he served as the group’s chief financial officer since january 2016 and is responsible for the group’s management, including overseeing its financial affairs and leading the merger and acquisition and post management. he also holds directorship in a number of the group’s subsidiaries. mr. cui was admitted as a fellow of the chartered institute of management accountants in september 2015.
mr. mcginnis was appointed as our non-executive director on 29 june 2020. he was appointed as the executive vice president and the chief financial officer of the man group since february 2016. he is responsible for man’s worldwide finance, accounting and internal audit functions.mr. mcginnis joined man from morgan stanley, where he served from january 2014 through february 2016 as global controller responsible for financial accounting and controls, u.s. securities and exchange commission (sec) and regulatory reporting, financial planning and analysis, and the finance function for the bank. from july 2012 through january 2014, he served as chief financial officer in hsbc north america holdings inc. he was also the chief financial officer of hsbc usa inc. from july 2010 to june 2012 and the chief accounting officer/controller of hsbc north america holding inc. from march 2006 to june 2010, and before that, he served and reached the position of partner at ernst & young llp from 1989 through march 2006.
mr. zhang was appointed as our director on august 28, 2015 and was re-designated as our non-executive director on january 18, 2019. he is responsible for providing strategic guidance for the overall development of our group. he has been serving as managing director at citic private equity funds management co., ltd. (中信產業投資基金管理有限公司) since january 2011, where he was primarily responsible for managing private equity investments in commercial services sector and the daily operations of the commercial services investment department.
mr. zhai was appointed as our director on august 28, 2015 and was re-designated as our non-executive director on january 18, 2019 and is primarily responsible for providing strategic guidance for the overall development of our group. he has been serving as managing director and head of the investment management department at citic private equity funds management co., ltd. (中信產業投資基金管理有限公司) since january 2013, a company that specializes in asset management, where he is primarily responsible for management and operation related matters after investments. from july 1991 to november 2012, he worked at procter & gamble (china) sales co. ltd. (寶潔(中國)有限公司), a company specializing in the production and sale of consumer products, where he last served as president of sales in greater china.
mr.colin patrick alan jones, aged 58, has been the head of legal for the asia-pacific and middle east for manpowergroup inc. (“man”), being one of the controlling shareholders (with the meaning ascribed to it under the listing rules) of the company, effective from january 2016. as the regional general counsel, he is responsible for strategic transactions in the region as well as compliance and legal affairs for man’s operations in japan, australia, india, singapore, thailand, the phillippines, malaysia, the middle east, korea and vietnam.
as a member of man’s global leadership team, mr. jones also played a key role in executing the listing of the company on the stock exchange in 2019.
mr. yeoh was appointed as our independent non-executive director on march 15, 2019, and he is responsible for providing independent advice to our board. mr. yeoh has over 25 years of experience in public service, private sector and capital markets. since january 2010, he has served as director of corporate development at phillip securities pte ltd., a retail stock broker in singapore, where he was primarily responsible for the business development.
ms. wong was appointed as our independent non-executive director on march 15, 2019,and she is responsible for providing independent advice to our board. ms. wong has over 26 years of experience in management, marketing and sales, operations and product innovation. since september 2017, she has served as chief executive officer, greater china at inchcape hong kong limited, a distributor and retailer in the premium and luxury automotive sectors.
mr. huang was appointed as our independent non-executive director on march 15, 2019, and he is responsible for providing independent advice to our board. mr. huang has over 26 years of experience in finance, accounting and transaction services. he joined pricewaterhousecoopers in hong kong in january 1993 and became its partner in july 2005.