Mr. William GILES, aged 62, was appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company in February 2021. He is also a member of the Company’s Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee and the chairman of the Company’s Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee and Share Repurchase Committee. He holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (Hons) from The University of Sheffield. Mr. GILES was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 1987 and in Hong Kong in 1990. Mr. GILES was a partner of Hart Giles, Solicitors & Notaries until 30 June 2022. He has joined Lee Law Firm as a senior consultant on 1 July 2022. Mr. GILES has over thirty years of extensive experience in practising law as a specialist in large-scale commercial litigation, insolvency work, restructuring and regulatory investigations. Mr. GILES has acted in numerous cases in the High Court and Court of Appeal concerning civil fraud, white-collar crime, financial services, employment, commercial contracts and shareholder disputes. Mr. GILES has also acted as liquidator of more than 70 companies. Mr. GILES has been an independent non-executive director of Esprit Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability whose shares are listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (stock code: 330), since December 2020.