Mr. ZHU, aged 52, is an Executive Director and the Chairman of the Board. He served as an Executive Director, the Chairman of the Board and the Managing Director of the Company between June 2024 and April 2025, and served as an Executive Director and the Managing Director of the Company between June 2022 and June 2024. He is the Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Investment and Strategic Planning Committee, and a member of the Environmental, Social and Governance Committee of the Company. He is also an executive director and the deputy general manager of COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co., Ltd. and a non-executive director of Qingdao Port International Co., Ltd. (both listed in Hong Kong and Shanghai). Mr. ZHU served as a business deputy manager and business manager of the Dispatching Division of the Liner Department of COSCO Container Lines Co., Ltd. (“COSCO Container Lines”) (now known as COSCO SHIPPING Lines Co., Ltd. (“COSCO SHIPPING Lines”)), deputy head of the Business Division of the Coastal Transportation Department of COSCO Container Lines, manager of the East and South China Operating Department of Sino-Japan Trade Division of COSCO Container Lines, deputy general manager and chairman of the Labour Union of Shanghai PANASIA Shipping Company Limited (“Shanghai PANASIA”), deputy general manager of Americas Trading Division of COSCO Container Lines, general manager of COSCO Container Lines (Netherlands) B.V., supervisor of the General Manager’s Office of COSCO Container Lines, general manager and deputy party secretary of Shanghai PANASIA, and deputy general manager and member of the Party Committee of COSCO SHIPPING Lines, etc. Mr. ZHU graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. He is an economist.