Mr. Wu Xiao An (also known as Mr. Ng Siu On) (吳小安), aged 58, is the chairman of the Company. He was appointed as a director of the Company on 10 March 2011 and designated as an executive director of the Company on 24 April 2012. He has over 25 years of experience in the automotive industry and is primarily responsible for the overall strategic planning and business development of the Group. From April 1998 to September 2016, Mr. Wu was a director of Southern State Investment Limited. From April 1998 to September 2005 and from July 2011 to November 2016, he was a director of Mianyang Xinchen Engine Co., Ltd. (綿陽新晨動力機械有限公司) (“Mianyang Xinchen”). Since February 2011, he has been a director of Brilliance Investment Holdings Limited. Since 2002, Mr. Wu has served various positions in Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (“Brilliance China”, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1114)), including the chairman of Brilliance China since June 2002, an executive director since January 1994 and the vice chairman and chief financial officer from January 1994 to June 2002. He has also been a director of Huachen Automotive Group Holdings Company Limited (“Huachen”) since October 2002 and the chairman of BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. since May 2003. From January 1994 to August 2016, he was a director of Shenyang Brilliance JinBei Automobile Co., Ltd.. From 1988 to 1993, he was the deputy manager of the Bank of China, New York Branch. Mr. Wu obtained a bachelor’s degree of arts from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute (北京外國語學院) (now known as Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外國語大學)) in 1985 and a master of business administration degree from Fordham University in New York in 1992.