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UK Wisdom Limited

Jun 4, 2021 by Anthony Sozzi

MANAGEMENT & BOARD


Executive Officers

Xuefei Xiao, 35
Chief Executive Officer

Since 2017, Ms. Xiao has worked in the legal department of Ucommune International Ltd, and currently serves as the head of the legal department. Prior to working at Ucommune International Ltd, Ms. Xiao served as legal counsel of Chengtong Human Resource Company Ltd. from July 2009 to July 2017, specializing in labor law. Ms. Xiao obtained a Bachelor of Economic Law from Northwest University of Political Science and Law in 2006 and a master’s degree in international law from University of International Business and Economics in 2008. Ms. Xiao has passed the PRC legal professional qualification examination.


Siyuan Wang, 35
Chief Financial Officer

Since November 2018, Mr. Wang has worked at Ucommune International Ltd, currently serving as the financial controller. He worked in the audit and assurance function at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC, Chicago office, from 2012 to 2018. Mr. Wang has a strong background in accounting and finance and is familiar with U.S. GAAP and financial reporting. He graduated from the University of Idaho in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance, and received a Master of Science in Accounting from Michigan State University in 2012. Mr. Wang has been an American Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) since September 2014.


Board of Directors

Daqing Mao, 52
Director

Mr. Mao will also serve as our Chairman upon the effectiveness of our registration statement on Form S-1, of which this prospectus forms a part. He founded Ucommune International Ltd in 2015 and has served as Director of Ucommune International Ltd since December 2020. Prior to founding Ucommune International Ltd, Dr. Mao served as the executive vice president of China Vanke Co., Ltd. (HKEX: 2202) and the general manager of Beijing Vanke Company Limited from 2009 to 2015. Prior to that, Dr. Mao served as the Bohai-Rim region general manager of CapitaLand China Holdings Pte Ltd (Beijing) from 2002 to 2009, and was the chief representative of The Ascott Limited (Beijing) from 2000 to 2002, a resident architect and project manager at Somerset Holdings Limited from 1996 to 1999, a senior designer at Nikken Sekkei International from 1994 to 1996, and a senior planner at Thailand’s Saha Group from 1993 to 1994. Dr. Mao has also been the founder and chairman of 5Lmeet, a lifestyle innovation company based in Beijing since 2015. He is a Charted Architect in China and serves as visiting professor in multiple universities and an expert consultant of the Beijing Municipal People’s Government. Dr. Mao received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Southeast University in 1991 and a Ph.D. degree in management science and engineering from Tongji University in 2002. He also completed a post-doctoral program in regional economics at Peking University in 2006.


Zhuangkun He, 48
Director Appointee

He co-founded Ucommune International Ltd in 2015 and has served as Chief Executive Officer of Ucommune International Ltd since November 2020. Prior to founding Ucommune International Ltd, Mr. He was a practicing lawyer for more than ten years and he served as partner in Liuhe Jinzheng Law Firm from 2003 to 2015. He received a master’s degree in law from University of International Business and Economics in 2008 and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Zhengzhou Engineering College (currently known as Zhengzhou University) in 1995.


Wenbing Chris Wang, 49
Independent Director Appointee

He has been the senior vice president of finance of SPI Energy Co., Ltd (Nasdaq: SPI) and chief financial officer of Phoenix Motorcars, SPI’s wholly owned subsidiary since November 2020. Mr. Wang is currently a board member of IT Tech Packaging, Inc. (NYSE American: ITP) and Dragon Victory International Ltd (Nasdaq: LYL), starting from October 2009 and December 2017 respectively. Mr. Wang has also been a board member of Building DreamStar Technology Inc. since November 2020 and Redwood Group International since February 2017. Prior to serving at SPI, Mr. Wang served as the chief executive officer of Redwood Group International, a Hong Kong-based merchant bank focused on Greater-China growth and venture opportunities, from February 2017 to November 2020, and a partner with SAIF Xinhuihuang Asset Management Co., Ltd. from December 2018 to March 2020. Mr. Wang previously served as the president of Fushi Copperweld, Inc. (“Fushi”) from 2009 to 2016 and the chief financial officer of Fushi from 2005 to 2010. At Fushi, Mr. Wang led the company’s public listing on the Nasdaq in 2007, $290 million in total equity and debt financing from 2005 to 2012, and its $345 million privatization transaction in 2012. Mr. Wang also led Fushi’s acquisition of Copperweld Bimetallics in 2007 and its asset purchase transaction of the CommScope BiMetals business in 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Wang worked as a director for Cornerstone China Opportunities Fund in 2005 and as vice president/assistant portfolio manager of a family office investment firm from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Wang was an associate at CSFB China in 2001, and an analyst at VCChina in 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Wang worked for China National Corporation for Overseas Economic Cooperation (now part of Genertec Group) from 1994 to 1999. Mr. Wang obtained a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 1994 and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance and Corporate Accounting from the University of Rochester in 2002.


Albert Lyu, 42
Independent Director Appointee

Mr. Lyu has also served as a chief financial officer of Jump World Holding Limited since February 2018. He served as director of Tottenham Acquisition I Ltd and the chairman of its audit committee from August 2018 to December 2020. He has more than 17 years of experience in finance and accounting. Mr. Lyu served as chief financial officer of China Lending Corporation (Nasdaq: CLDC) from January 2017 until July 2017. Mr. Lyu served in the assurance department of a first tier international accounting firm over the past eleven years. He began his career at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC in December 2005 as an associate, left Deloitte in April 2009, and was a director at Marcum Bernstein & Pinchuk LLP till June 2016. Mr. Lyu is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Mr. Lyu obtained a Master of Business Studies degree in 2005 from Liverpool Business School at Liverpool John Moores University in the United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting degree with honors from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology in 2003.


Qingyou Guan, 43
Independent Director Appointee

As an economist, Mr. Guan has served as dean of the Institute of Finance and a professor of the School of Economics of Hainan University since July 2020. Mr Guan is also the vice chairman of the China Private Economic Research Association, the chief economist of the Zhongguancun Equity Investment Association and the Guangdong Venture Capital Association. From November 2012 to October 2017, Mr. Guan worked as vice president of Minsheng Securities. Prior to working at Mingsheng, Mr. Guan worked at the School of Public Administration of Tsinghua University and China National Offshore Oil Corporation. Mr. Guan has served as an independent director of Midea Group since September 2018 and Hikvision since March 2021. Mr. Guan obtained a bachelor’s degree in public finance from Shandong University in 2001, a master’s degree in public finance from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences in 2004 and a doctoral degree in world economic from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2007.