Board of Directors

Wei Fu

Chairman, Executive Director

Mr. Fu has served as the chief executive officer and managing partner of CBC Group, a healthcare dedicated private equity firm, since April 2014. From August 2011 to December 2013, Mr. Fu served as the general manager of the investment department at a wholly-owned subsidiary of Far East Horizon Limited, a financial services organization listed on the Stock Exchange (HKEX: 3360). From March 2008 to April 2010, Mr. Fu worked as an associate director at Standard Chartered Business Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd., where he was mainly responsible for private equity investments in infrastructure projects. From July 2006 to March 2008, Mr. Fu worked at Macquarie Capital (Singapore) Pte. Limited, where his last position was as a business analyst.

Mr. Fu received his bachelor's degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in February 2005.

Rogers Yongqing Luo

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Luo was previously the president and general manager of Greater China of Brii Biosciences Limited (HKEX: 2137) from 11 September 2020 to 15 September 2022 and its executive director from 30 March 2021 to 15 September 2022, and the chief executive officer of a subsidiary of Brii Biosciences Limited, TSB Therapeutics, from December 2021 to 15 September 2022. From September 2016 to September 2020, he was the global vice president and general manager of China of Gilead Sciences, Inc., during which he helped to build Gilead Sciences, Inc.’s presence in China. He led the clinical development, regulatory approval process and successful commercial launch of eight innovative products as well as established a unique business model encompassing science, commercialization and patient access. Prior to that, he held senior positions in multiple multinational pharmaceutical companies including Roche and Novartis. 

Mr. Luo received his medical education from Xiangya School of Medicine, Central-South University, in China and graduated in July 1992, and then served for three years as a surgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital, Shanghai, from July 1992 to July 1995. He obtained an executive master of business administration from China Europe International Business School in China in September 2006.

Ian Woo

Executive Director, President and Chief Financial Officer

Prior to joining our Company in June 2018, Mr. Woo served as a managing director in the healthcare advisory team at Lazard Frères & Co. LLC ("LFNY"), a subsidiary of the financial advisory and asset management firm Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ). Mr. Woo joined LFNY in March 2005 and was based in New York until June 2018, other than from January 2012 to June 2016 during which period he worked at Lazard Asia (Hong Kong) Limited, LFNY's Hong Kong office and an SFC licensed corporation.

Mr. Woo received his bachelor's degree in biology from Tufts University in the United States in May 1994, his master's degree in cellular, molecular and biomedical studies from the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in the United States in May 1998 and his master of business administration degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business in the United States in May 2003.

Honggang Feng

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Feng, aged 59, has more than 35 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He is currently a senior advisor of CBC Group, a controlling shareholder of the Company, where he assists in portfolio management and is responsible for the post-investment management. He was the president of Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Limited (stock code: 2096.hk) from January 2015 to November 2019, and held other leadership positions in Simcere from 1994 to 2007, including as a director of biomedical department, vice president of its research institute and as a director of marketing department. From August 2007 to October 2014, Mr. Feng was the general manager of Shihuida Pharma Group. Mr. Feng started his career as an internist and an endocrinologist in different hospitals.

Mr. Feng received his medical education from Yangzhou Medical College (now known as Medical School, Yangzhou University) in 1982 and obtained a Master of Medicine from China Medical University in 1989.

 

William Ki Chul Cho

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Cho is currently a Senior Managing Director of CBC Group, a controlling shareholder of the Company, where he is a member of the Management Committee and helps lead the portfolio management and private equity investments functions of CBC Group. Prior to joining CBC Group in 2023, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Zai Lab Limited (stock code: 9688.hk) from March 2018 to July 2023. Mr. Cho also served as Managing Director and Head of Asia Healthcare Investment Banking at Citigroup from 2011 to 2018. Based in Hong Kong since 2011, Mr. Cho was responsible for healthcare client coverage at Citigroup across the Asia Pacific region and led many biopharma transactions in China. Prior to this, he was based in the United States, involved in healthcare investment banking and also spent time in corporate development for a pharmaceutical services company. Mr. Cho started his career at Ernst & Young LLP as an auditor in the healthcare group.

Mr. Cho obtained his MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, his Master degree in Accounting from the University of Virginia, and his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business.

Shidong Jiang

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Jiang has over a decade of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He was previously the general manager of Hemony Pharma Co., Ltd., a private pharmaceuticals business in China, including in 2017, the chief executive officer of Hisun-Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a joint venture between Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (SSE: 600267), in 2015, the president of St. Jude Medical (Shanghai) Limited, St. Jude Medical, Inc.'s (NYSE: STJ, delisted) Chinese subsidiary, including in 2012, and employed by the Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) pharmaceutical group including as general manager for specialty/anti-infectives in 2010 and 2011.

Mr. Jiang received his bachelor's degree in power engineering from the Dalian University of Technology in Dalian, China in July 1989.

Yifan Li

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Li has been a vice president of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. since October 2014. He served as chief financial officer of Sanpower Group Limited from May 2014 to September 2014, and of China Zenix Auto International Limited (NYSE: ZXAIY) from December 2010 to February 2014. Mr. Li received his bachelor's degree of economics in world economy from Fudan University in China in July 1989, his master's degree in management and administrative sciences from the University of Texas at Dallas in the United States in May 1994 and his master of business administration from the

University of Chicago in the United States in June 2000.

Mr. Li is a certified public accountant in the United States and a chartered global management accountant with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Hoi Yam Chui

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms. Chui, has been an executive director of China Biotech Services Holdings Limited, a company listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 8037), since December 2022. Previously, she was president of Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (“Harbin Pharmaceutical”), acompany listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 600664), from March 2019 to May 2022 and a director of Harbin Pharmaceutical from January 2021 to May 2022, where she was responsible for the overall business operation. Ms. Chui has previously also worked in China Hewlett-Packard Co., Ltd. and Novartis International.

Ms. Chui received her bachelor’s degree in Economic Administration and master’s degree in Finance from Peking University, the People’s Republic of China in July 1990 and July 2001, respectively.