Xiaodan Liu has served as our independent director and chair of the audit committee of the Board since February 2025. Ms. Liu currently serves as the Managing Partner of FirstLight Capital, a leading private equity firm in China. Prior to founding FirstLight Capital, Ms. Liu has over two decades of experiences in financial markets and was the CEO and Chairperson of Huatai United Securities from July 2012 to January 2017 and from January 2017 to September 2019 respectively, where she led the firm to become a top investment bank in China. Additionally, she served as Chairperson of the Board of AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMK) from 2016 to 2020, and served as an independent director of the Board for China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd. (SSE: 601601, HKEX: 02601) from January 2021 to April 2025. In addition, Ms. Liu actively participate in advising on capital markets policymaking and served as a member of the M&A and Restructuring Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) from June 2012 to June 2016. Ms. Liu holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in law from Peking University.