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Alexander N. Shokhin was born 25 December, 1951. Graduated from the Moscow State University in 1974. Doctor of Economics, Professor. Twice, in 1991-1994 and in 1998, Mr. Shokhin held the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. In 1991-1994 he also held positions of Minister of Labor, Minister of Economics, Chairman of the Russian Agency for International Cooperation and Development. From 1994 to 2002 – Deputy of the State Duma, with the posts of First Vice Chairman of the State Duma, leader of the Duma party bloc 'Our Home is Russia', Head of the Duma Committee on Credit Institutions and Capital Markets. Since 1995 - President of the National Research University – Higher School of Economics. From 2002 to 2006 – Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Investment Group "Renaissance Capital". From 2005 to 2009 – member of the RF Public Chamber. Since 2005 – President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Mr. Shokhin is a member of several deliberative bodies under the Russian President and Government. He is also an independent director on the Boards of several companies, including ALROSA, Russian Railways, TMK and others.

Guangze Wu is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Leze Capital, a private equity fund co-founded with Jia Yueting. As the strategic co-operation partner, Leze Capital is dedicated to assist LeEco to globally acquire the optimum recourses including capital, business and talents etc. Guangze is also the founder and Managing Partner of China Consumer Capital Partners, currently managing 2 funds with a total asset-under-management (“AUM”) of over Rmb2 billion. Guangze sits on most of portfolio companies’ boards and has been actively involved in these companies’ business strategy formations and capital market activities. He was the deal maker of many high-profiled cross-border transactions.

With VTB Bank since 2002. President and Chairman of the Management Board, Member of the Supervisory Council Previously held positions: In 1996 under the Presidential Decree Appointed as Chairman of Vnesheconombank, with the authorities being extended in 1999 for another three years. In 1995 – Elected First Deputy Chairman, National Reserve Bank. 1993-1995 – Deputy Head of Foreign Investment Department, Imperial Bank. 1979-1992 – Diplomatic service: during 1979-1982 – in the USSR Consulate General in Australia, in 1985-1990 – in the USSR Embassy in Great Britain. In 1979 – graduated cum laude from Moscow State University with a degree in International Economics, Ph.D. in Economics. Awarded with the Orders of Merit for the Fatherland III, IV degree, the Medal of Honor and the Order of Merit (France). Born in 1956, in Moscow.

Mr. Jianmin Miao is the Vice Chairman and President of China Life Insurance (Group) Company. He is concurrently a Director of China Life Asset Management Company Limited, the Chairman of China Insurance Plaza Company Limited, a Director of China World Trade Center Co. Ltd., and an Executive Director of the China Finance 40 Forum. He became a Non-executive Director of the Company in October 2008. Mr. Miao Jianmin was granted a special award by the State Council. In 2009, he was named a State-level Candidate for the New Century Talents Project and one of the 60 People in China’s Insurance Industry in the 60-year History of New China. Mr. Miao Jianmin graduated from the Central University of Finance and Economics with a Doctor’s degree in Economics. Prior to this, he graduated from the postgraduate division of the People’s Bank of China with a Master’s degree in Money and Banking, and the Central University of Finance and Economics with a Bachelor’s degree in Insurance. Mr. Miao Jianmin is a Senior Economist.

The president of LeEco Russia and Eastern Europe, the Academician of the International Telecommunication Academy, the head of the "Internet + China" working group at the Institute of the Internet Development Victor Xu has graduated at Qinghua University, and also MAKU and MGTU University. For the eighteen-year period of work in the Huawei company since 1996 he has created and led the international business of Huawei, built from scratch the company's globalization strategy, also headed the directions of network safety cloud systems and systems of data storage. Victor worked in positions of the marketing director on key international clients, the vice-president of Huawei for the European region, the vice-president for the international business of Huawei-Symantec, the commercial director (CMO), the strategy director (CSO) of Huawei Device, the president of electronic commerce of the Huawei company. In 2014 Mr. Xu became the president of the international business group at JD.com. In 2016 Victor has headed division of LeEco Russia and Eastern Europe. In May, 2016 he was appointed the Internet + China working group leader at Institute of Internet development.

Mr. Yu Ping serves as Vice Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) and the China Chamber of International Commerce (CCOIC) since 2003. Mr. Yu began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Trade of China in 1976, and has worked at the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade since 1977. Mr. Yu’s current and past positions include: • Chairman, Chinese Business Council, Shanghai Cooperation Organization. • Chairman, East Asia Business Council (2006, 2012). • Vice Chairman, Pacific Basin Economic Council (2012). • Lead Shepherd, APEC Working Group on Trade Promotion (2004). • Member of Trade & Investment Taskforce, The Business 20 (2012). • Co-Chair of Trade Taskforce, The Business 20 (2013, 2014). • Vice-President, AIPPI China. • President, LES China. • Vice President, China-Russia Friendship Association. • Member of the Board, China-Japan Friendship Association. • Member of the Board, Chinese People’s Institute for Foreign Affairs. • Chief Delegate of China, International Bureau of Expositions. Mr. Yu graduated from the English Department of the Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages in 1975. He later completed training in the advanced studies program in international trade at the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In 2004, he received an MBA degree from Fordham after completing the post graduate course run by BiMBA and Fordham in Beijing. Mr. Yu studied literature and English courses at the Bayero University, Nigeria on government exchange program 1977-1979.