Ms. SI Wen, is our executive Director and executive director of human resources. Ms. SI first joined our Group as director of human resources in October 2020. She has been our Director since April 23, 2021 and was re-designated as our executiveDirector on August 12, 2024. Ms. SI is primarily responsible for the management of human resources affairs of our Group.
Ms. SI’s career demonstrates a consistent dedication to human resources expertise. With over 20 years of industry experience spanning diverse sectors, including, among others, pharmacology, chemicals, and healthcare, she has established herself as a human resources trailblazer. Ms. SI began her career honing her operational expertise at Kentucky Fried Chicken (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. (currently known as Yum! Restaurants (Guangdong) Co., Ltd.), an affiliate of Yum China Holdings, Inc., a restaurant company listed on both the Stock Exchange (stock code:9987) and the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: YUMC), from January 2002 to November 2002.
Prior to joining our Group, Ms. SI served as various positions in several companies, including but not limited to:
• at Wrigley Confectionery (China) Limited (currently known as Mars Wrigley Confectionery (China) Limited ), from December 2002 to April 2006;
• at the China-based subsidiaries of Novartis AG, a medicines company listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: NVS) and the SIX Swiss Exchange (ticker symbol: NOVN), from January 2009 to November 2011;
• at Tecan (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd. (currently known as Tecan (Shanghai) Laboratory Equipment Co., Ltd.), an associate of Tecan Group AG, a healthcare company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ticker symbol: TECN), from December 2011 to November 2013, and from August 2014 to December 2018, respectively, being, among others, its director of human resources;
• at Dow Chemical (China) Investment Company Limite, an associate of Dow Inc., a global materials science company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: DOW), from November 2013 to August 2014;
• at Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Industrial Development Co., Ltd. , a wholly-owned subsidiary Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd., a pharmaceutical manufacturing company listed on both the Stock Exchange (stock code: 2196) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 600196), from December 2018 to October 2020, being its senior director of human resources.
Ms. SI obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics from Southwest University of Science and Technology in the PRC in June 2001, and a postgraduate diploma in managerial psychology from the Institute for China Business, School of Professional and Continuing Education of the University of Hong Kong in November 2023.