The Board of China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd. announced that Mr. LIU Jie has been appointed as a vice president (chief financial officer) of the Company with effect from April 21, 2023. Ms. KWONG Yin Ping Yvonne with effect from April 21, 2023. Mr. LIU, aged 51, is currently a member of the Party Committee of the Company.

Mr. LIU has served as the deputy head of the preparatory group, a member of the Party Committee, the deputy general manager and the chief financial officer of China Merchants Life Insurance Company Limited from December 2016 to March 2023 successively, a director of China Merchants Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. from June 2016 to March 2023, a director of China Merchants Life Community Investment Co., Ltd. from April 2019 to March 2023 and a director of China Merchants Health Care (Shenzhen) Company Limited from January 2020 to March 2023. Mr. LIU was the assistant to the general manager of the Capital Market Planning Department of the Company, the deputy general manager of the finance department and the deputy chief financial officer of China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited, the assistant to general manager of the finance department of China Merchants Group Limited and the chief financial officer of China Merchants Finance Holdings Co., Ltd. Mr. LIU obtained a bachelor's degree of Engineering in industrial management engineering (industrial accounting) from the Management Engineering Department of Hefei University of Technology in July 1993, a master's degree in accounting from the Accounting Department of Xiamen University in July 1996, and a doctoral degree in accounting from the Accounting Department of Xiamen University in July 1999. Ms. KWONG was appointed as one of the Joint Company Secretaries of the Company in April 2016, which took effect on the listing date of the H shares of the Company.

Ms. KWONG is the vice president of SWCS Corporate Services Group (Hong Kong) Limited (formerly known as SW Corporate Services Group Limited), a company focusing on the provision of listed company secretarial and compliance services. She currently serves as the company secretary or joint company secretary of several companies listed on the Stock Exchange. Ms. KWONG possesses the professional qualifications required under Note 1 to Rule 3.28 of the Listing Rules.

Ms. KWONG received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Hong Kong Polytechnic University in November 1997. She has been a fellow of The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute and a fellow of The Chartered Governance Institute in United Kingdom (formerly known as The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators) since December 2012.