NONEXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Mr. Lu Jian, aged 48, was appointed as a non-executive director on 27 March 2020. Mr. Lu graduatedfrom Beijing University of Technology in July 1996 with a bachelor's degree of metal press forming.
Mr. Lu has extensive experience in sales and marketing of stainless steel. He is currently the deputyhead of the systems innovation department of Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co.. Ltd.(“TaiyuanSteel%), a state-owned enterprise incorporated in the People's Republic of China
From July 1996 to April 2002, Mr. Lu was the operations officer at the medium-sized rolled platesection of the sales office of Taiyuan Steel. From April 2002 to January 2005, he was deputy managerof Taiyuan Spot Sales Company. Mr. Lu was the head of the medium-sized rolled plate section of thesales office of Taiyuan Steel and the head of the medium-sized rolled plate section at the operationsand sales department of Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co, Ltd. (“Shanxi Taigang”) from January2005 to April 2007. From April 2007 to July 2009, Mr. Lu was the head of the medium-sized rolledplate section of the sales and marketing department of Shanxi Taigang. From July 2009 to Januar2010, Mr. Lu was the director of the operations planning office of the sales and marketing departmentof Shanxi Taigang. From January 2010 to May 2011, he was the assistant to the head of sales andmarketing department of Shanxi Taigang and the director of the operations planning office of the salesand marketing department of Shanxi Taigang. Mr. Lu was the deputy head of the sales and marketingdepartment and the deputy general manager of the marketing centre of Shanxi Taigang from 2011 to2022. In September 2022, he was appointed as the deputy head of the systems innovation department ofTaiyuan Steel.
Mr. Zhu Baomin,aged 55, wasappointed as a non-executive director of the Company on 11 June 2021.Hegraduated from Beijing University of Technology in July 1989 with a bachelor ofengineering degreein metal materials and heat treatment.
Mr. Zhu has extensiveexperience in relation to the business of stainless steel. He is currently thegeneral manager of the stainless steel business unit ofOuyeel Co., Ltd., the chairman of the board of directors ofFoshan Baosteel Stainless Steel Trading Co., Ltd. and a director of Ningbo BaosteelStainless SteelProcessing Co., Ltd. These companies are subsidiaries of China Baowu Steel Group Corporation Limited,which is a substantial shareholder of the Company.
From July 1989 toOctober 1998, Mr. Zhu was responsible for quality control in the technical department ofShanghai Baoshan General Iron and Steel Works. From October 1998 to July 1999,he was responsible for project management in the technical centre of Shanghai BaosteelGroup Company. FromJuly 1999 to August 2002, Mr. Zhu was responsible for electrical steel sales inthe sales departmentof Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. From August 2002 to September 2003, hewas the deputy directorof the electrical steel product office of the sales department of Baoshan Iron& Steel Co., Ltd. From September 2003 to June 2006, Mr. Zhu was the director of the electrical steelproduct office of thesales centre of Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. From June 2006 to November2009, he was the deputy general manager of Tianjin Baosteel Northern Trading Co., Ltd. From November 2009 to May 2012,Mr. Zhu was the general manager of Changchun Baosteel Steel Trading Co., Ltd. From May 2012 to September 2013, he was the department head of the technical quality department of Shanghai BaosteelStainless Steel Co., Ltd. From September 2013 to March 2014, Mr. Zhu was the deputy department head of the marketing department of Shanghai Baosteel Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. From March 2014to March 2015, he was the deputy general manager of Shanghai Krupp Stainless Co., Ltd. From March 2015 to November 2019, Mr. Zhu was the general manager of Shanghai BaosteelStainless Steel Trading Co., Ltd. From November 2019 to January 2020, he wasthe general manager of Shanghai Baosteel Stainless Steel Trading Co., Ltd. and the general manager ofFoshan BaosteelStainless Steel Trading Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Ouyeel Stainless Steel Branch).From January 2020 to February2020, Mr. Zhu was the general manager of Foshan Baosteel Stainless SteelTrading Co., Ltd.(Shanghai Ouyeel Stainless Steel Branch). From February 2020 to April 2020, Mr.Zhu was the group leader of the stainless steel promotion group of Ouyeel Co., Ltd. and the generalmanager of Ningbo BaosteelStainless Steel Processing Co., Ltd. From April 2020 to June 2020, he was the general manager of thestainless steel business unit of Ouyeel Co., Ltd. and the general manager ofNingbo Baosteel StainlessSteel Processing Co., Ltd.
China Baowu SteelGroup Corporation Limited was formerly known as Shanghai Baoshan General Iron and SteelWorks and Shanghai Baosteel Group Company.
Baoshan Iron& Steel Co., Ltd. is a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Eachof Baoshan Iron & SteelCo., Ltd., Tianjin Baosteel Northern Trading Co., Ltd., Changchun BaosteelSteel Trading Co., Ltd.,Shanghai Baosteel Stainless Steel Co., Ltd., Shanghai Baosteel Stainless SteelTrading Co., Ltd., FoshanBaosteel Stainless Steel Trading Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Ouyeel Stainless SteelBranch), Ouyeel Co., Ltd.and Ningbo Baosteel Stainless Steel Processing Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary ofChina Baowu Steel GroupCorporation Limited, which is a substantial shareholder of the Company.