DT Cloud Star Acquisition Corporation
MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Bian Fan, 37
Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Fan has years of experience in deal sourcing and execution and capital raising. He has served as a senior vice president at CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. since July 2020, leading cross-border mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. Prior to that, he served as the group treasury director at China National Chemical Corp., Ltd. from July 2016 to June 2020, focusing on cross-border mergers and acquisitions financing and equity and debt fundraising. From July 2012 to April 2016, he served as an IT associate and a risk associate at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, New York branch, gaining extensive financial analysis experience. Mr. Fan received a bachelor’s degree in information systems and information management from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in July 2010, and a master’s degree in information systems and operations management from the University of Florida in May 2012. He obtains a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) Certification issued by the Global Association of Risk Professionals.
Kenneth Lam, 60
Chief Financial Officer and Director
He has served as the chief financial officer of Golden Star Acquisition Corporation since December 2, 2021. He has also served as the Asia CEO and CFO of Powermers Smart Industries since October 2023. Mr. Lam, a chartered accountant in the United Kingdom and a CPA in Hong Kong, is a seasoned finance executive with cross-functional experiences, including board directorship, executive management, enterprise risk management, quality system implementation, environmental health & safety supervision, legal and company secretarial support in leading MNCs. He has proven track records in formulating and implementing financial strategies for Multi-National Corporations in the Chinese market. Mr. Lam served as the China CFO, the Asia Motor Business Unit Finance Business Partner and the interim CEO of AXA Assistance based in Beijing and Suzhou between 2016 and 2018. Before joining AXA, Kenneth worked for Airbus for 17 years, from 1998 to 2015, in Beijing and Tianjin. He was the Vice President of Finance & Quality of Airbus and acted as the CFO of Airbus in China, a board director in JVs and WFOE, and the finance shared services leader of the Group. Mr. Lam was the lead player in the establishment of an engineering center in Beijing, the A320 Final Assembly Line and a logistics center in Tianjin, and a manufacturing center in Harbin. He was also the chief negotiator of two Beijing JVs extension. Between 1995 and 1997, Mr. Lam was the Senior Financial Accountant and Regional EH&S Supervisor of ARCO Chemical Asia Pacific in Hong Kong. On the public practice side, Mr. Lam joined PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Beijing from 1997 to 1998, Ernst & Young in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1994, and Helmores in London from 1998 to 1991. During these periods, Mr. Lam gained rich experience in providing clients assurance and IPO services, and advising clients on business issues. Mr. Lam was appointed by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as a Financial Reporting Review Panel Member of the Financial Reporting Council from 2007 to 2013. The duty was to conduct enquiry into non-compliance with financial reporting requirements of listed companies. Mr. Lam received a Bachelor of Science degree with Honor in Electrical Engineering Science from the University of Warwick in October 1984 and a Master of Science degree in Management Science from the Imperial College London in October 1987.
Jiayi Liang, 37
Chief Operating Officer
Ms. Liang has extensive experience in investment banking, as well as project solicitation, execution and financing. She has served as a partner at Junwei Investment Management Co., Ltd. since October 2017. Ms. Liang received a bachelor’s degree in international economics and trade from Renmin University of China in July 2008 and a master’s degree in business administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in July 2022.
Board of Directors
Shaoke Li, 40
Director Nominee
Mr. Li has over a decade year of experience in international trade and investment. He has served as the chief executive officer of DT Cloud Acquisition Corporation since November 2023, focusing on the strategic leadership, decision-making and overall management of the entity. From October 2017 to August 2022, Mr. Li served as the secretary to the board of directors and the head of investor relations of Canaan Inc.(Nasdaq: CAN), a company providing semiconductor solutions. From November 2016 to July 2017, Mr. Li served as a partner of Zhejiang Yinxinggu Capital, an investment fund. From February 2015 to October 2016, Mr. Li served as the legal representative and vice general manager of investment at Yifang Investment Co., Ltd., an investment company. From March 2014 to October 2016, Mr. Li served as the director of the capital markets department at Yifang (Shanghai) Commercial Factoring Co., Ltd. Mr. Li received a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from the Concordia University in Canada in 2008.
Longjiao Li, 35
Director Nominee
She has years of experience in investment and corporate listing incubation. She has served as the general manager of Shenzhen Qianhai Hairun Huaxin Investment Co., Ltd. since July 2017. She received a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering from the Shaanxi University of Science and Technology in July 2010.
Chi Zhang, 39
Director Nominee
Mr. Zhang has over ten years’ experience in finance, venture capital and early-stage companies. He focuses on and has considerable expertise in early-stage deep tech companies, such as Hesai Group, Gago Data and IDM Sensors. Mr. Zhang has been an executive partner at Grains Valley Capital, a top-tier VC firm with an outstanding reputation in China, since January 2011. From June 2018 to July 2019, Mr. Zhang co-sponsored Thunder Bridge Acquisition Ltd. (Nasdaq: TBRG), which took Repay Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: RPAY) public in the U.S. market in July 2019. Before his career as a venture capitalist, Mr. Zhang worked as an engineer focusing on clean technologies and served as a project manager at Institut für angewandtes Stoffstrommanagement (IfaS) in Germany from October 2009 to November 2010. Mr. Zhang received a Master of Engineering in material flow management from the University of Applied Sciences Trier in Germany in September 2009 and a Master of Science in international cooperation policy from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan in July 2009.