On the evening of March 8, CITIC Guoan (000839) announced six directors, four of whom were non-independent directors and two of whom were independent directors.
Two of these directors are current directors and two are also associated with CITIC, one of whom is the deputy general manager of CITIC Guoan. In the election of independent directors, there is also a former independent director. CITIC Guoan has 15 directors.
The announcement shows that the election of new directors is due to the expiration of the term of the sixth board of directors of the company, and according to the relevant provisions of the company's articles of association, the company intends to elect the board of directors. Nominated by citic Guoan Co., Ltd., the controlling shareholder of the company, Liu Zhe, Xia Guilan, Liu Xin and Wanzhong were recommended as non-independent director candidates for the seventh board of directors of the company, and Zeng Huiming and Zhang Nengkun were recommended as independent director candidates.
Born in 1982, Liu Zhe holds a master's degree in management science and engineering from Tsinghua University, and has served as senior manager of the financial industry group of the Investment Banking Management Committee of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd., vice president of the equity financing business line, senior vice president of the financial industry group, senior vice president, director, and joint administrative head of the department of the comprehensive industry group, director of the M&A business line, executive general manager, and joint administrative head of the department.
Xia Guilan was born in 1962 and has served as a director and deputy general manager of CITIC Guoan Corporation and vice chairman of CITIC Guoan Group Co., Ltd. He is currently the chairman of the board of directors and party secretary of CITIC Guoan Group Co., Ltd. (the parent company of the controlling shareholder), the vice chairman of CITIC Guoan Co., Ltd. (the controlling shareholder), the director of Baiyin Nonferrous Metals, and the vice chairman of the company. It currently holds 173366 shares of the company's shares.
Born in 1980, Liu Xin is a doctoral candidate of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has served as deputy general manager of Beijing CITIC Real Estate Co., Ltd., director and general manager of CITIC Real Estate (Beijing) Investment Co., Ltd., assistant general manager and deputy general manager of CITIC Guoan Group Co., Ltd. He is currently the General Manager of CITIC Guoan Group Co., Ltd., the Vice Chairman and General Manager of CITIC Guoan Investment Co., Ltd., and the Chairman and Director of Hetai Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
Wanzhong was born in 1971, Northwest University of Political Science and Law, bachelor of law, lawyer, member of the Communist Party of China, successively served as the assistant general manager of Hainan Boao Investment Holding Co., Ltd., the assistant general manager of the company and the manager of the legal department. He is currently the deputy general manager and deputy secretary of the party committee of the
Zeng Huiming, born in 1970, is currently the chairman of Beijing Zhongguang Grand Information Technology Co., Ltd., and is currently an independent director of the company.
The newly launched independent director candidate is Zhang Nengkun, born in 1976, Ph.D. of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, senior accountant, senior auditor, lawyer, registered tax agent, once served as the financial director of Tsinghua Tsinghua Unigroup's Yingli Technology Co., Ltd., the financial manager of Chia Tai Pharmaceutical Group China Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd., the financial director of Zhongyuan Concord, and the financial director of LVGEM Holdings. He is currently the executive director and general manager of Zhongxue Investment (Beijing) Co., Ltd., the director of Beijing Energy Group Co., Ltd., the director of Beijing Yongxin Zhicheng Technology Co., Ltd., and the director of Zhejiang Gaoyu Home Furnishing Technology Co., Ltd.
From the above list, it can be seen that the director candidate Liu Zhe's background is CITIC Securities, has M&A business experience, and is a relatively new candidate, and the independent director candidate Zhang Nengkun has rich financial and auditing experience.
On March 4, CITIC Guoan issued an announcement that the company received a prior notice of administrative penalties from the CSRC, saying that the company was suspected of seven consecutive years of annual financial fraud from 2009 to 2015, with a total of 1.012 billion yuan of inflated profits. In May 2020, CITIC Guoan was investigated by the CSRC for suspected violations of laws and regulations on information disclosure. The CSRC intends to decide to order CITIC Guoan to make corrections, give a warning, and impose a fine of 600,000 yuan; Nine responsible persons were given warnings and fined between $50,000 and $300,000.