Board of Directors

Board of Directors

• Mr. Pu Hai Tao

  Chairman, Non-executive Director

  Mr. Pu Hai Tao has served as non-executive director and Chairman of the Board since October 2024. Mr. Pu joined Tencent in September 2010, and currently serves as the Joint General Counsel of Tencent. Mr. Pu has been serving as a director of HUYA Inc. (NYSE: HUYA) since April 2020. Mr. Pu served as a member of the Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited from June 2018 to July 2023 and a listing committee member of Shenzhen Stock Exchange ChiNext from June 2020 to July 2023. Prior to joining Tencent, Mr. Pu practiced corporate and M&A, capital markets and commercial law at international law firms from May 2005 to September 2010. Mr. Pu received his Juris Doctor from Melbourne Law School of the University of Melbourne in April 2005.

• Mr. Hou Xiaonan

  CEO, President, Executive Director

  Mr. Hou Xiaonan joined the Company in April 2020 and currently serves as its Chief Executive Officer, President and executive director. Mr. Hou also serves as the Vice President of the Platform and Content Group of Tencent. Mr. Hou joined Tencent in 2003 and has held various management positions for Tencent businesses including Mobile QQ, Qzone, Tencent Open Platform, YingYongBao, Qingteng and Penguin Media Content Platform. Mr. Hou graduated from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2003, majoring in computer science, and holds an EMBA degree.

• Mr. Huang Yan

  Senior Vice President, Executive Director

  Mr. Huang Yan joined the Company in November 2021 and currently serves as its senior vice president and executive director. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Huang served as the director of Platform Research and Development Line of Tencent from May 2008 to October 2012, served as chief research and development architect of Baidu, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU; HKEX: 9888) from October 2012 to March 2015, and served as chief technology officer and president of the Smart Education Platform Group of TAL Education Group (NYSE: TAL) from April 2015 to August 2021. Mr. Huang obtained a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree, both in computer science and technology, from University of Science and Technology of China in 2003 and 2006, respectively.

• Mr. Cao Huayi

  Non-executive Director

  Mr. Cao Huayi has served as non-executive director of the Company since May 2019. Mr. Cao is the founding shareholder of New Classics Media. Mr. Cao has been the chairman of New Classics Media since 2007 and has served as the general manager of New Classics Media since 2013. Before the establishment of New Classics Media, Mr. Cao successively served as the general manager of Zhongsheng Chunqiu Film and Television Culture (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and the manager of Beijing Jiying Culture Company. From 1986 to 1995, Mr. Cao served as a literary editor of Beijing Huayi Publishing House. Mr. Cao graduated from the Department of Journalism at Fudan University and received a bachelor’s degree of arts from Fudan University.

• Mr. Xie Qinghua

  Non-executive Director

  Mr. Xie Qinghua has served as non-executive director of the Company since May 2023. Mr. Xie joined Tencent Group in December 2003, and currently serves as the corporate vice president of the Tencent Group. Mr. Xie also currently serves as a non-executive director of Yixin Group Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange under the stock code: 2858), a non-executive director of Tongcheng Travel Holdings Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange under the stock code: 0780) and a director of Huya Inc. (listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock code: HUYA). Mr. Xie obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics from Sun Yat-Sen University in 2001.

• Ms. Yu Chor Woon Carol

  Independent Non-executive Director

  Ms. Yu Chor Woon Carol has served as independent non-executive director of the Company since October 2017. Ms. Yu held positions including director, company secretary and vice president for finance at Hisense Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited (formerly known as Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Company Limited) from December 2000 to January 2002, was the president and chief financial officer of Sohu.com Inc. between March 2004 and July 2016, and has been the chief executive officer of Virtues Holding Limited since February 2017. Ms. Yu received her professional diploma in accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic (now known as the Hong Kong Polytechnic University).

• Ms. Leung Sau Ting Miranda

  Independent Non-executive Director

  Ms. Leung Sau Ting Miranda has served as independent non-executive director of the Company since October 2017. Ms. Leung was a trainee at the London office of Slaughter and May from September 1990 to September 1992, an associate in the firm’s Hong Kong and London offices from September 1992 to September 2001, and a partner in the firm between September 2001 and November 2016. Ms. Leung was also a director of the Lion Academy Trust from September 2015 to June 2019 and a director of CCBI Metdist Limited from November 2018 to November 2020. Ms. Leung has been a director of Indochina Starfish Foundation since July 2019 and a member of the with-profits committee of the board of Aviva Insurance UK since March 2020. Ms. Leung qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales in December 1992, and as a solicitor in Hong Kong in August 1993. Ms. Leung received her bachelor’s degree in arts from Oxford University.

• Mr. Liu Junmin

  Independent Non-executive Director

  Mr. Liu Junmin has served as independent non-executive director of the Company since October 2017. He is also an independent non-executive director of Chinese People Holdings Company Limited (listed on the Stock Exchange under the stock code: 00681). He taught in Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, and served as a lecturer from September 1982 to December 1992. He has been teaching in the Department of Economics of Nankai University since December 1992, as an associate professor from December 1993 to December 1998, and as a professor since December 1998. Mr. Liu was an independent non-executive director of China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd. (listed on the Stock Exchange under the stock code: 02799) from June 2015 to October 2020 and an independent director in China Railway Materials Co., Ltd. (listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange under the stock code: 000927) from November 2016 to December 2020. Mr. Liu graduated from Nankai University with a bachelor’s degree in economics in July 1982, a master’s degree in economics in July 1988, and a doctorate degree in economics in July 1994.