Energy Cloud I Acquisition Corporation
MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Qingxun (Kenn) Kong, 61
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
Mr. Kong is a successful entrepreneur, experienced business executive manager and a well-known emerging business opinion influencer in China. Before joining us, he has successfully founded several business companies such as VS Group, VHudong, Geekbeans Capital and ChainPlusOne. As an experienced investor, Mr. Kong has invested in 60+ projects involving green energy, blockchain technologies and social media focusing on leading internet technology development. As the chief executive officer of Vision Extraordinary Inc. within the VS Group, an emerging fintech company founded by him in June 2019 held over USD 40 million assets by the end of 2019, Mr. Kong has established extensive business connections and relationships with sophisticated and institutional investors, funds and venture capitals throughout mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Seychelles, as well as other jurisdictions around the world. Mr. Kong was also the chief strategy officer of ChainPlusOne from February 2018 to April 2019, a marketing agent company in blockchain industry founded by him. ChainPlusOne was a leading company providing one-stop professional marketing, strategy consulting and financial advisory services for overseas blockchain enterprises. From March 2018 to December 2019, he was the managing partner of Geekbean Capital, which is one of the earliest venture capital funds engaged in the blockchain industry in China. Between October 2016 and January 2019, Mr. Kong was the chief executive officer of Guangzhou Vhudong Culture, a media communication and investor relations company in China whose clients ranged from unicorn start-up companies and entrepreneurs to globally public-listed companies and Fortune 500 companies. He has been also the chief operating officer of Skyline II Acquisition Corp. since September, 2021, a SPAC focusing on the technology sector. Mr. Kong is also an active participant in charitable and philanthropic activities for social welfare, environmental sustainability and technological development. Specifically, he focuses on the projects and programs committed to promoting science and technology education, sports, health, culture development and community welfare for young children and teenagers in rural areas of China. He was a contributor and endorser at GuangDong Youth Development Foundation, which has helped more than 183,000 Chinese young students in poverty and established 884 primary schools for those children. Mr. Kong holds a Bachelor degree in management from Jinan University and participated in the Entrepreneur’s Training Camp and Entrepreneurship Study Program organized by Peking University. He is a start-up member of China Young Entrepreneur Association since July, 2020 and a member of G20 Young Entrepreneur Association since February 2021. He was elected on the list of Hurun China Under 30s to Watch 2020.
Shuyi Chen, 53
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Ms. Chen is an experienced financial and accounting manager with years of working experience in the investment and capital market industry. She has been a partner of the investment business department in PH Capital since December 2019, where she was in charge of the fund’s financial compliance and accounting reviews for portfolio companies, managing and overseeing the corporate governance relating to financial and accounting transactions, as well as working together with auditors and other financial professional teams on financial pro forma reconciliation reports for invested projects. From December 2015 to December 2019, Ms. Chen worked as a manager in Super Class Education Tech Co., Ltd., a leading innovative K-12 education and tutoring service company, as a co-founding partner of the company. During her works at Super Class Education Tech, she was in charge of the overall business operation management, marketing strategy decision, budgets, accounting management, and the seeking of financing opportunities for the company. Under her business leadership, the company had achieved an annual sales revenue of over USD 2.3 million. From June 2012 to December 2015, Ms. Chen worked in China Everbright Bank, one of the first twelve stock-based commercial banks operating in China, as an account manager in the corporate finance department of the bank. During her works at the bank, she was responsible for the banking credit evaluation and compliance, financial due diligence review, lending policy review and reporting, and client relationship maintenance.
Board of Directors
Zhijiang Yang, 64
Director
Mr. Yang is a seasoned financial manager and banker with over 40 years working experience in the banking industry. Before joining us, Mr. Yang worked as a director in the sales department of Jinxi Rural Commercial Bank in China from January 2015 to October 2018. He was in charge of the overall sales and credit transactions of the bank as a department director and was responsible for the business development, business operation budgeting, financial decisions and approvals, annual performance review, banking regulation compliance, client relationship maintenance as well as financial management and risk control management, etc. From March 1981 to December 2014, Mr. Yang was the in-charging manager in Jinxi County Rural Credit Cooperative Association, the former business entity of Jinxi Rural Commercial Bank, where he was responsible for all financial, accounting and banking services and business decisions, including managing the bank’s internal control policies, banking business development, regulation compliance and customer relations.
Wenhui Zhang, 40
Director
Ms. Zhang is an experienced business manager with years of working experience in the venture capital industry. She has been the research and investment director of No-Limit Capital since January 2018, a venture capital fund that has been investing in over 20 technology companies since its inception. Ms. Zhang has initiated, participated and managed several successful investment projects, such as HuaYou, a social media app that has raised USD 8 million from Matrix Partners China, one of the largest venture capital firms in China; Nayota, an IOT technology company; DAMO, a leading electric vehicle and driverless technology company; E-sign, the largest electronic contract signing technology company in China which was later acquired by Alipay and Ant Group of Alibaba; Ping Pong, the first fintech company in cross-border and global funds payment solution business solely to focus on business sellers and merchants; etc. From September 2016 to January 2018, Ms. Zhang worked as an equity researcher at YC Capital, a leading financing service provider and business operation risk management consultant in the industry. During her work at YC Capital, she conducted multiple financing project research, analyzed potential target companies for investment purposes, built financial forecasts models, and reviewed and issued investment reports and financial valuation reports.
Tianshi (Stanley) Yang, 48
Director
Mr. Yang has extensive working experience as a senior management team member in U.S. public companies. He was appointed as the chief financial officer of TD Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: GLG) since June 2021, the head of the investor relations of Aesthetic Medical International holdings Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: AIH) from March 2020 to May 2021, and the financial department director of Meten EdtechX Education Group (Nasdaq: METX) from January 2019 to February 2020. From May 2016 to October 2018, Mr. Yang served as the investment director of China First Capital Group, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx: 01269). He has also served as a senior auditor at Ernst & Young from September 2011 to December 2013. During his works at Ernst & Young, he has participated in serval IPO audit projects for more than 15 clients. Mr. Yang has over 9 years’ experience in the management of domestic and global investment and listing projects, including the public listings and offerings, investments and financings, business mergers and acquisitions, as well as the periodical reporting and information disclosure compliance for public companies.
Zeyi (Jeff) Wang, 32
Director
Mr. Wang is an experience entrepreneur and business executive in equity investments, covering a wide range of sectors of industries. He has been the president of Goldhouse Capital since 2018 as a co-founder. His invested companies include QianheFood (SZ.603027)-the first RMB fund project invested by Golden Saches, Ximalaya FM-the largest audio app and community in China, BBTree (SH.300279), Bright Dairy (SH.600597), etc. From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Wang worked as a founding and managing partner in China Highrun Capital Limited, where he had participated the establishment of Qianhai Equity Exchange Center project thoroughly, as well as the joint venture capital project of GP of Fidelity Investment, Inc. with a size of raised funds of over USD 1.5 billion. The projects he participated and was involved was recognized as the best investment fund project in Qianhai district of Shenzhen, China in 2014 and one of the top quality of business M&A projects completed within Asian region in 2014. During his work at Highrun Capital, he was also appointed as the director of a joint venture capital firm invested by Zhongrong International Trust Co. Ltd., one of the top leading integrated financial service providers in China. From 2011 to 2014, Mr. Wang worked as an investment advisor in Wens Group (SZ.300498), a public company in China, being in charge of the capital investment business line of the company. Under his leadership, the company was elected as one of the top 30 equity investment firms in China. Between 2008 to 2011, Mr. Wang worked as a teaching tutor in Education College of Jinan University and Education College of Guangzhou University. He has participated in major social science research and academic projects sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China. He is also a teaching tutor of FMBA program of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and a teacher of the independent director study programs for public companies sponsored by Tsinghua University.
Michael Kwei, 32
Director
Mr. Wei is a seasoned business executive and an industrial specialist with over 30 years working experience in business management in the transportation, vehicle fuel and energy industry in mainland China, Hong Kong and Canada. He has been the chief executive officer in Shenzhen Wellsoon Medicine Ltd. since February 2021. From September 2017 to January 2021, He worked as the chief executive officer in Grove Technology (Shanghai) Ltd., an innovative battery technology company designing clean energy solutions for electric vehicles. From January 2015 to October 2015, he was working as the China regional manager in Ballard Power Systems Inc (Nasdaq: BLDP), a global leading developer and manufacturer of proton exchange membrane fuel cell products for markets such as heavy-duty motive, portable power, material handling as well as engineering services. From February 2007 to December 2015, Mr. Wei worked as the vice president in Shenzhen Bus Ltd., the public bus transportation company providing bus services to City of Shenzhen, China. From December 1999 to October 2005, he worked in Hong Kong as the president of Kweis & Co. He served as the general manager in United Asia Terminals Ltd. from October 1996 to August 1999, and as the assistant to the president in Shanghai Container Terminals Ltd. from November 1993 to November 1994, both involving the port and terminal business and technology management. From October 1990 to November 1993, Mr. Kwei worked as the assistant to China-Pacific regional manager of John Swire & Sons (HK) Ltd., a subsidiary of Swire in Hong Kong.
