Ms. June YANG Lijuan, aged 46, was appointed as an executive Director and chief executive officer of the Company on July 1, 2024. She is responsible for coordinating the management and strategic development of the Group.
Ms. YANG has over 27 years of experience in restaurant operation and overall management of Haidilao. She demonstrates a commitment to excellence in the catering industry. From June 1997 to March 2001, Ms. YANG served as a manager at Sichuan Haidilao. In April 2001, she was appointed as a director of Sichuan Haidilao and re-designated as a non-executive director of Sichuan Haidilao in January 2018. Ms. YANG’s career and leadership further expanded through her roles at Haidilao International, a company currently listed on the Stock Exchange (stock code: 6862), including (i) as a director from July 2015 to January 2018; (ii) as the chief operating officer from January 2018 to March 2022; (iii) as the deputy chief executive officer from August 2021 to March 2022; (iv) as an executive director from August 2021 to June 2024; and (v) as the chief executive officer from March 2022 to June 2024. Throughout her tenure at Haidilao International, Ms. YANG has been instrumental in overseeing management and strategic development, consistently driving it towards greater success.
Ms. YANG completed the PRC Entities CEO and Finance CEO Program (中國企業CEO/金融CEO 課程) hosted by the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (長江商學院) in September 2016.
Ms. QU Cong, aged 42, was appointed as the chief financial officer of the Group on August 29, 2023 and as a joint company secretary on December 30, 2022. She is responsible for overseeing financial and investment management of the Group, as well as corporate governance matters.
Ms. QU joined Haidilao International as the secretary of the board of directors in March 2018, while serving as a joint company secretary from May 2018 to May 2019. Since then, she successively served as a restaurant manager in October 2019, a coach in March 2020 and a regional manager in June 2021. Prior to the above positions, Ms. QU worked for the investment banking department of China International Capital Corporation Limited for nearly 10 years from July 2008 to February 2018, and held different positions including the executive director. She advised for dozens of companies of various sizes on their capital market and business transactions, including initial public offerings on the Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange, placing, private equity financings and mergers and acquisitions. She has extensive experience with international capital market, corporate governance, communication with regulatory authorities and investor relationship.
Ms. QU obtained her bachelor’s degree in mathematics and applied mathematics and master’s degree in probability and statistics from Peking University in China in July 2005 and July 2008, respectively.
Mr. ZHOU Shaohua, aged 38, was appointed as the vice president and senior regional manager of the Group on March 25, 2022. He is responsible for overseeing the brand management and participating in the management and strategic development of the Group.
Mr. ZHOU has over 14 years of experience in the catering service sector. Mr. ZHOU joined Haidilao International Group in October 2010 and was relocated to Singapore as a project manager in January 2013 to assist with the local business development after Haidilao International Group decided to expand the overseas business and start its first overseas restaurant business in Singapore. He was successively promoted as (i) a restaurant duty manager in July 2014, (ii) a branch manager in April 2016, and (iii) a senior regional manager in March 2022.
Mr. ZHOU obtained his college degree in tourism management from Dalian Polytechnic University (大連工業大學) in China in July 2010.
Mr. LI Yu, aged 39, was appointed as an executive Director on March 30, 2023 and as the chief operating officer of the Group since March 17, 2025. He is responsible for implementing and promoting the Group’s development strategies as well as the operation and improvement of the Group’s restaurant business.
Mr. LI joined Haidilao International Group in November 2007. He possesses over 17 years of experience in the catering industry. He was responsible for the operation and management of the Haidilao restaurants in Japan, Korea, Thailand and Taiwan from May 2021 to March 2022 and was further appointed as the chief operating officer (mainland China) from March 2022 to October 2022, mainly assisting the chief executive officer of Haidilao International to improve the operational efficiency and to strengthen the supervision and implementation of the management execution. Since October 2022, Mr. LI had been assisting Mr. ZHOU Zhaocheng, a previous executive Director and then chief executive officer of the Company in overseeing the management and operation of the Group’s business. Mr. LI acted as an executive director of Haidilao International from August 2021 to September 2022. Mr. LI was also appointed as the chief executive officer of the Group from March 30, 2023 to June 30, 2024.
Mr. LI completed the Master of Business Administration Program held by National Chengchi University in Taiwan in October 2017.