An inspiring leader and a Harvard graduate, Mr. Bernard AUYANG rejoined CTGL as a Non-Executive Director in January 2020, and was appointed as an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer in April 2020. In April 2022, he was further appointed as Chairman of the Board, and the chairperson of each of the Executive Committee and the Nomination Committee, and a member of the Remuneration Committee. He was the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer since the company went public until October 2009. Mr. AUYANG is the shareholder of Solar Power Group Limited, the controlling shareholder of the Company. He is the son of Mr. AUYANG Ho, the Chairman Emeritus of the company. Bringing with him over 30 years of experience in the electronic industry and general management, Mr. Bernard AUYANG also serves as the chairman of the Nomination Committee and the Executive Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee. Mr. Bernard AUYANG has been the chairman of a Hong Kong-based investment firm; and was a chief executive officer of a brand and technology company focusing on innovative communication and outdoor products. Mr Bernard AUYANG is the vice chairman of the board of directors of CUHK Medical Centre Limited. Mr. Bernard AUYANG was an independent non-executive director, the chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of the audit committee and the nomination committee of Lever Style Corporation, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (Stock Code: 1346) from 12 October 2019 to 2 May 2022. He was also an outside director, and the chairman of both of the nomination committee and the compensation committee of Sumida Corporation, a company listed on the Tokyo stock exchange, First Section (stock code: 6817) from 20 March 2013 to 25 March 2022. Mr. Bernard AUYANG received the Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong in 1999 and was named the Hong Kong Young Industrial Ambassador in 2002. He was also the past international chairman of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a global network of chief executives, from 2014 to 2015. Mr. Bernard AUYANG is the Vice-Chairman, IT Committee Chair, and a Board member of CUHK Medical Centre. He is a Trustee of St. Paul’s Co-educational College Charitable Trust and was a Council Member of St. Paul’s Co-educational College from 2012 to 2023. He is a Member of the Committee of Overseers of Wu Yee Sun College of CUHK, an Honorary Awards Committee Member, an Honorary Court Member of the Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a former Council member and current Honorary Court Member of Lingnan University. Mr. Bernard AUYANG obtained a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude in East Asian Studies and Economics from Harvard University in the U.S.A. in 1991.