Executive Officers

Sze Hau Lee, 36
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Since June 2020, Mr. Lee has served as the Chief Financial Officer of Lion Group Holding Ltd. (Nasdaq: LGHL), or Lion, an online trading platform company. Prior thereto, he served as corporate finance director of Lion. From September 2017 to February 2019, Mr. Lee served as corporate finance director of Carnival Group International Holdings Limited (0996.HK), or Carnival, one of China’s leading operators of large-scale integrated tourism, hospitality and retail attractions. While working at Carnival, Mr. Lee was primarily responsible for leading, originating, structuring and executing financing transaction and providing investment advice to the management. From February 2017 to September 2017, Mr. Lee served as a manager of syndicated finance department at China Minsheng Banking Corporation Hong Kong Branch, or China Minsheng Hong Kong, a banking corporation. From April 2016 to February 2017, Mr. Lee served as a vice president of structured and leveraged finance department in Hengfeng Bank Shanghai Branch, or Hengfeng Bank Shanghai, a banking corporation. From January 2014 to April 2016, Mr. Lee served as an assistant manager of structured and leveraged finance department in China Minsheng Hong Kong. While working at China Minsheng Hong Kong and Hengfeng Bank Shanghai, Mr. Lee was primarily responsible for the origination, structure and execution of syndicated facilities as well as financing arrangements in large transactions. From October 2012 to December 2013, he served as a senior associate in Ernst & Young, or E&Y, a public accounting company. From September 2007 to October 2012, he served as an associate and was subsequently promoted to senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, or PWC, a public accounting company. Mr. Lee received his bachelor’s degree in professional accountancy from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in August 2007. He has been a member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 2011.

Di Wu, 35
Chief Financial Officer

Ms. Wu also joined Aquarius II Acquisition Corp. in May 2021 and has served as its chief financial officer since then. Since April 2021, Ms. Wu has served as the financial controller of Lion, and has been in charge of the accounting functions. From 2017 to 2021, Ms. Wu served as a manager of Albeck Financial Services Inc., a financial services company. From 2014 to 2016, Ms. Wu served as a senior auditor of Ernst & Young LLP, a public accounting company. From 2010 to 2014, Ms. Wu served as a senior auditor of GBH CPAs, a public accounting company. Ms. Wu received her bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting and finance from Texas A&M University in 2010. Ms. Wu holds a CPA license issued by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy since February 2017.

Board of Directors

Chunning Wang, 43
Director

Mr. Wang also joined Aquarius II Acquisition Corp. in May 2021 and has served as its director since then. Since May 2019, Mr. Wang has served as the director and chief executive officer of Lion, and has been responsible for Lion’s fund raising activities. From October 2017 to March 2019, Mr. Wang served as the chief executive officer, director and vice chairman of the board at Carnival. From January 2016 to September 2017, Mr. Wang served as an assistant chief executive officer at Hengfeng Bank Shanghai, where he was responsible for corporate business. From October 2006 to December 2015, Mr. Wang served as a product manager in the head office of China Minsheng Banking Corporation Limited, a banking corporation, and was subsequently promoted to general manger in China Minsheng Hong Kong. While working at China Minsheng Hong Kong, he was primarily responsible for the bank’s overseas mergers and acquisition and other large-scale projects. Mr. Wang received his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Foreign Trade from International Business School of Hunan University in 2000, and obtained a master’s degree in management from The Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration of The University of British Columbia in 2005.

Ngai Wong, 41
Director 

Mr. Wong also joined Aquarius II Acquisition Corp. in May 2021 and has served as its director since then. Mr. Wong has approximately 18 years of experience in finance. Mr. Wong is currently serving as the chief financial officer and the company secretary of Grandshroes Technology Group Limited (01647.HK), or Grandshores, a company engaged in integrated building services business and blockchain technology development and application business. Mr. Wong joined Grandshores as group financial controller in June 2018 and was promoted to chief financial officer and has served in that position since September 2019. From February 2017 to January 2018, Mr. Wong served as an associate director for the Group Internal Audit of Chiho Environmental Group Limited (00976.HK), a company engaged in the collecting, recycling, disassembling, sorting and processing of mixed metal scraps to recover reusable resources. From May 2014 to February 2017, Mr. Wong served as the Asia Pacific regional financial controller for international logistic business of G4S PLC (GFS.LON), a security and logistic services company. From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Wong served as the financial controller for the global sourcing office of ODP Corporation (Nasdaq: ODP), an office supply retail company. From 2009 to 2011, Mr. Wong served as the group financial controller of Adicon Clinical Laboratories Inc., a health care testing services company. From 2003 to 2009, Mr. Wong served as an associate and was subsequently promoted to senior associate at PWC. Mr. Wong received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Accounting) from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2003, and obtained a master’s degree in Corporate Governance from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2016. Mr. Wong has been a fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since June 2012 and a member of The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since March 2009. He is also an associate member of both The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in the United Kingdom since August 2017 and The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries since March 2017. Mr. Wong also obtained his estate agent’s license from Estate Agents Authority since January 2019.

Chi Fai Choi, 44
Independent Director

Mr. Choi also joined Aquarius II Acquisition Corp. in May 2021 and has served as its independent director since then. Since May 2020, Mr. Choi has served as an independent director of Lion. Since November 2018, Mr. Choi has served as the investment management department consultant of OCI International Holdings Limited (0329.HK), or OCI, an investment holding company principally engaged in securities trading and investments, trading of wines and provision of financial advisory services in the PRC. Mr. Choi is responsible for fund raising for general corporate purposes, setting up fund, and originating new potential investment opportunities to OCI. From March 2015 to December 2017, Mr. Choi served as an executive director of Rentian Technology Holdings Limited (0885.HK), a Hong Kong-based investment holding company principally engaged in Internet of Things (IoT) businesses. From May 2012 to March 2018, Mr. Choi served as the chief investment officer of Carnival. From July 2011 to July 2014, Mr. Choi served an independent non-executive director of Energy International Investments Holdings Limited (0353.HK), a company engaged in the leasing of port and storage facilities, insurance brokerage service and the oil production. From November 2007 to May 2012, Mr. Choi served as an associate director of CCB International Asset Management Limited, or CCBIAM, an asset management company. CCBIAM is ultimately controlled by China Construction Bank Corporation (0939.HK and CH.601939), a banking corporation. From April 2004 to October 2007, Mr. Choi served as a senior officer of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, an investment holding company. From November 2000 to March 2004, Mr. Choi served as a senior accountant of E&Y. Mr. Choi received his bachelor’s degree of business administration in accounting from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in August 2000. Mr. Choi is a member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since July 2004 and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since March 2009.

Walter R. Cook, 68
Independent Director

Since July 2020, Mr. Cook has been an independent director of Lion. From June 2019 to June 2020, Mr. Cook served as a director of Proficient Alpha Acquisition Corporation. He has extensive experience in turnarounds, acquisitions, and start-up financial institutions. Since August 2016, Mr. Cook has been a Managing Director at Tangent Capital Partners, LLC, an investment bank serving investment advisors and asset managers, and provided critical expertise in roll out of The Community Development Fund (CDCDX), a CRA-qualified mutual fund for commercial banks to Dr. Kenneth H. Thomas, CDCDX’s adviser. From January 2015 to July 2016, he was an independent consultant. From January 2014 to December 2015, he was an expert witness providing expert opinions and trial testimony on lending and banking practices in Florida State Court and Federal bankruptcy Court in Boston, Massachusetts. From 2003 to 2010, Mr. Cook served as the chief executive officer and the chairman of the board of the Republic Federal Bancorp, Inc.. Mr. Cook received a master’s degree in business administration specializing in finance and marketing from Harvard University in 1982, a master’s degree in law and diplomacy from Tufts University in 1978 and a bachelor’s degree in political science & psychology from Duke University.

Boyu Xu, 28
Independent Director

Since June 2020, Mr. Xu served in the investment department of the Tsinghua Yangtze River Delta Research Institute. From February 2019 to June 2019, Mr. Xu served in the cross-border e-commerce department of NetEase Kaola, a company under Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA and 9988.HK), a technology company. From September 2017 to February 2019, Mr. Xu served as the general manager assistant of Guangxi Yixing Agricultural Science and Technology Development Co. Ltd, a company engaged in researching, developing, and manufacturing agriculture products. Mr. Xu received his bachelor’s degree in management science from The University of California San Diego in July 2017, and obtained a master’s degree in project management from Georgetown University in May2020.

Feng Wu, 37
Independent Director

Mr. Wu also joined Aquarius II Acquisition Corp. in May 2021 and has served as its independent director since then. Since 2011, Mr. Wu has been general manager and a co-founder of Guangzhou Jianyi Investment Management Co., Ltd, an investment management company. From 2008 to 2010, Mr. Wu served as a client manager of Orient Securities Company Limited (600958.SH, 3958.HK and OS9.F), an investment bank and brokerage firm. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Wu served as a client manager of GF Securities Co., Ltd. (000776.SZ and 1776.HK), a financial services company. Mr. Wu received his bachelor’s degree in international business English from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in 2005.