Webuy Global Ltd. announced that on September 25, 2025, Mr. Heng Wee Koon notified the Company of his resignation as an independent director, effective September 25, 2025. On October 22, 2025, approved by the Board of Directors, the Nominating Committee and the Compensation Committee, Ms. Amanda Guo Jie was appointed as independent director and chair of audit committee of the Company, effective October 22, 2025. Ms. Amanda Guo Jie has nearly two decades of experience in financial management, audit, and advisory across public accounting and listed company environments.
Ms. Guo began her career at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Singapore, where she served from September 2005 to January 2022, progressing from Audit Assistant to Senior Manager in both the Audit and Assurance Group and the Global IFRS and Offering Services Group. During her tenure, she led cross-border IPO and M&A advisory engagements for clients across Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia, providing technical accounting and compliance support for listings on the SGX and HKSE, as well as financial advisory for M&A transactions, group restructuring, and purchase price allocations. In 2022, Ms. Guo transitioned to the corporate sector as Chief Financial Officer of Ascent Bridge Limited, a SGX Mainboard-listed company with operations in Singapore, China, Australia, Hong Kong, and the United States, where she oversaw group finance, strategic planning, budgeting, and regulatory compliance.
In 2024, she was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Sino Grandness Food Industry Group Limited, another SGX Mainboard-listed company headquartered in Shenzhen, China, where she leads a 20-member finance team and oversees the full spectrum of financial and management reporting functions. Ms. Guo holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Applied Accountancy from Oxford Brookes University. On October 22, 2025, approved by the Board of Directors, the Nominating Committee and the Compensation Committee, Mr. Youyi Zhang was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer, effective October 23, 2025.
Ms. Catherine Phang Ai Lian will assume the role of Chief Operating Officer, as also approved by the Board of Directors, the Nominating Committee and the Compensation Committee. Mr. Youyi Zhang has over 15 years of experience in financial management, audit, and corporate governance across listed companies and multinational environments. Mr. Zhang began his career at Y.M. Kew & Co.
in Singapore, where he led statutory audits for clients in construction, manufacturing, and trading industries, before joining China Construction (South Pacific) Development Co. Pte. Ltd. to oversee full-set accounts and project finances exceeding S$700 million annually.
He later served as Finance Manager at Double-Trans Pte. Ltd. and Samco Civil Engineering Pte. Ltd., subsidiaries of Shuang Yun Holdings Limited (HKEX Mainboard), where he managed group reporting, treasury operations, and internal controls, and led the finance team through the Group?s Hong Kong IPO.
In 2022, he became Group Finance Controller of Ascent Bridge Group Limited (SGX Mainboard), responsible for group consolidation, M&A due diligence, and regulatory compliance, and in 2024 joined Webuy Group Limited (Nasdaq: WBUY) in the same capacity, overseeing group finance, audit coordination, treasury, and corporate governance across multiple markets. Mr. Zhang is an IS Chartered Accountant (Singapore), ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant, and holds a Bachelor?s Degree in Economics from Shandong University of Finance.
