Horizon Space Acquisition II Corp.
MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Mingyu (Michael) Li, 40
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Mr. Mingyu (Michael) Li, is our Chief Executive Officer, Director and Chairman of the board of director. Since August 2022, Mr. Li has served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Horizon Space Acquisition I Corp. (NASDAQ: HSPO). Since March 2022, Mr. Li has served as a director of Lakeshore Acquisition II Corp. (NASDAQ: LBBB), a special purpose acquisition company currently listing on NASDAQ. Since December 2021, Mr. Li has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Hangzhou Qianhe Mingde Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd., namely Horizon Holdings, a company providing consulting services. Mr. Li also has served as executive director in Zhejiang Jinhua Qianhe Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. since July 2016, and as director of Beijing Youcai Network Technology Co., Ltd. since March 2015. Since March 2020, Mr. Li has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Hangzhou Qianhe Mingde Equity Investment Co., Ltd., namely Horizon Capital, a private equity firm focusing renewable and AI-driven manufacturing. In Horizon Capital, he has led a number of private equity fundraisings, managed advisory business for cross-border mergers & acquisitions (“M&A”). From January 2014 to January 2019, Mr. Li served as a Senior Partner at Hejun Capital, a private equity firm specializing in providing capital operation system solutions to high-growth enterprises. During his tenure in Hejun Capital, Mr. Li participated in two M&A transactions and post-merger integration projects involving listed companies in the media sector. From January 2012 to January 2013, Mr. Li served as a Director of Investment Banking in China Minsheng Bank, one of the leading commercial banks in China, where he was responsible for investment banking and financing needs of large energy companies. Mr. Li received his MBA Degree with a major in Finance from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in 2012 and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Hebei University in 2007.
Min (Lydia) Zhai, 53
Chief Financial Officer
Ms. Min (Lydia) Zhai, our Chief Financial Officer. From April 2023 to November 2023, Ms. Zhai served as the regional finance manager of Gopizza Singapore Ptd. Ltd., a global pizza franchise company. From July 2022 to January 2023, Ms. Zhai served as the regional finance manager of Yoshimura Food Holding Pte. Ltd., a regional headquarters of Yoshimiura Food Holdings K.K. (TYO: 2884), a company that provide support services to small and medium sized food enterprises. From April 2015 to July 2022, Ms. Zhai served as the Chief Accountant of the Swiss Club, a country club in Singapore. Ms. Zhai served as the Financial Accountant (from February 2013 to April 2015), and Finance Manager and Analyst (from December 2008 to January 2013) of the Valspar (Singapore) Corp. Pte. Ltd., the Singapore office of Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL), a paint and coatings manufacturer. From January 2006 to August 2008, Ms. Zhai served as the Accounting Manager of two subsidiaries of Matex International Limited (SGX: M15), a Singaporean company founded in 1989 that provides colors, specialty chemicals, and clean solutions to industries like textiles, paper, leather, and polymers. Ms. Zhai was Matex International Limited’s analyst Audit Manager from November 2003 to December 2005, and its Accounts Executive from February 2001 to November 2003. Ms. Zhai received her Diploma in Finance in Changzhou Finance and Economy Institution.
Board of Directors
James Jiayuan Tong, 50
Director
Dr. James Jiayuan Tong, will serve as an independent director upon the effectiveness of this registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part. From 2020 until 2022, Dr. Tong has served as a Director and Venture Partner of Korean Investment Partner. From 2015 until 2020, Dr. Tong has served partner of Bison Capital (Beijing). Dr. Tong has served as a Venture Partner at Delta Capital, a venture capital and early growth investment firm, since September 2015. From December 2014 until September 2015, Dr. Tong worked as an advisor to Delta Capital. From 2010 to November 2014, he worked as Chief Financial Officer at Tianyin Pharmaceutical Co., Inc., a U.S. public company that manufactures and sells biopharmaceutical herbal medicines, branded generics and other pharmaceuticals in Asia. From 2008 to 2010, Dr. Tong worked as Vice President in the investment banking department at Roth Capital, an investment banking firm headquartered in Newport Beach, CA. In 2007, Dr. Tong was a biotech equity research analyst for Rodman & Renshaw. In 2006, Dr. Tong was principal investigator at the Grass Foundation Laboratory at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA. From 2002 to 2005, Dr. Tong was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Center for Molecular Medicine and Mitochondrial Genetics at the University of California, Irvine focusing on Neurofibromatosis, cognitive disorders and longevity research. Dr. Tong graduated from Peking University Healthcare Center with a Medical Degree in 1996 and from Stony Brook University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory with a Doctor of Philosophy degree majored in Neurobiology and Behavior in 2002. Dr. Tong’s research was published in various high profile scientific journals such as Nature, Nature Genetics and Cancer Cell.
Qian (Hebe) Xu, 42
Director
Ms. Qian (Hebe) Xu will serve as an independent director upon the effectiveness of this registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part. Ms. Xu also serves as an Independent Director of Hongli Group Inc. (NASDAQ: HLP), a position held since 2023. She has more than 15 years’ experience in the financial markets as an investment banker, specializing in US-China cross border transactions. Since October 2018, Ms. Xu has served as the founder of HB International Consulting LLC, a firm providing business consulting and financial advisory services. From November 2008 to October 2018, Ms. Xu worked at TriPoint Global Equities LLC, an investment banking firm, as an Analyst (November 2008 to April 2013), as Vice President of investment banking (from April 2013 to May 2017) and the Senior Vice President (from May 2017 to October 2018), leading effort of the US-China cross border investment, mergers & acquisitions, and initial public offerings. Ms. Xu received her Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication Engineering from Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University in 2004 and a Master’s degree in Economics from New York University in 2009.
Tianchen Cai, 51
Director
Ms. Tianchen Cai will serve as an independent director upon the effectiveness of this registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part. Since 2018, Ms. Cai has also served as an independent non-executive director of Nanjing Sinolife United Company Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (stock code 3332). Ms. Cai has been an independent non-executive director of China Jishan Holdings Limited (SGX:J18) since December 2017, and resigned on December 2020. She is currently a senior partner at RSM China CPA LLP and has been with the firm since 2013. She has over 20 years of experience in international accounting firms. Prior to joining RSM, she worked in Deloitte Shanghai, Deloitte Hong Kong, Deloitte New York and Deloitte Singapore where she amassed extensive experience in IPOs and M&As in capital markets. She holds memberships in the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (Singapore CPA), the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HK CPA) and the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants (China CPA). She is also a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charter holder of the CFA Institute at Charlottesville, Virginia. She has also completed the Executive Management Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2008, and EMBA Program of Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in 2023.
