UY Scuti Acquisition Corp.
MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Jialuan Ma, 51
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Jialuan Ma has served as our Chief Executive Officer and a Director since August 2024. Ms. Ma has extensive experience relating to financial and business management. She is also a charted institute management accountant from the UK since 1998. She has served as the financial director for Roche Pharma China in Shanghai from August 2019 to April 2021, where she oversighted the company’s financial planning and analysis. From December 2017 to August 2018, she served as global financial planning and analysis director for Lenovo. From November 2014 to November 2017, she served as finance director of mainland China and Taiwan at Hitachi Vantara China and co-led the local factory set up. Before this, she worked as finance leaders at Intel for ten years across sales marketing, R&D and manufacturing in Hongkong SAR, California, US, Costa Rica and Shanghai, China. Ms. Ma received her two bachelor’s degrees in English and Economics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1991, an MBA from Richmond Business School in 1998 and a Master of Science from City University of Hong Kong in 2013. Since September 2022, she has also served as independent director at Qomolangma Acquisition Corp. We believe Ms. Ma is qualified to serve as our Chief Executive Officer and director due to her extensive experience in business management.
Shaokang Lu, 31
Chief Financial Officer
Shaokang Lu has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2024. Since May 2019, Mr. Lu has served as Board Secretary and IR Manager in Nasdaq-listed Nisun Group, and in related investment banking activities at Arc Group. His prior work experiences involved initial public offerings, de-SPAC transactions, and various related investor relations and public relations matters. He currently serves as an Investment Director at The Balloch (Holding) Group, a position he has held since January 2023, where his work involves deal sourcing, investment strategy development and implementation, due diligence on potential investment opportunities and deal execution. Mr. Lu holds bachelor degree from Hunan University, and master of science degree in quantitative finance from Hofstra University. We believe Mr. Lu is qualified to serve as our Chief Finance Officer due to his solid experience in investment across many industries.
Jiawen Zhao, 31
Chief Investment Officer and Director
Jiawen Zhao has served as our Chief Investment Officer and a Director since August 2024. Ms. Zhao has multiple years of experiences in investment management. Since June 2022, she has served as an Investment Director at The Balloch (Holding) Group, where her work involves investment strategy development and implementation, due diligence on potential investment opportunities and deal execution surrounding mergers and acquisitions & private equity investments. Previously, she worked at Shanghai EasyFund Investment Management Co., Ltd. and Jianzhao Investment Management (Nanjing) Co., Ltd., where she performed a wide range of functions including macro and micro investment research, development and execution of strategic initiatives, developing and maintaining financial models to evaluate private equity investment opportunities and assessing their financial viability. Ms. Zhao received her master of finance degree from University of California, Riverside and her two bachelor’s degrees in management and English from Huazhong University of Science & Technology. We believe Ms. Zhao is well qualified to serve on our board of directors because of her extensive experience in private equity investment as well as participation in complex transactions. Ms. Zhao is a CFA charter-holder.
Board of Directors
Sze Wai Lee, 56
Independent Director
Sze Wai Lee has served as an Independent Director on our board since August 2024. Mr. Lee has more than 28 years of experiences in accounting, finance and investment. Mr. Lee has served as chairman of the board of directors and the chief executive officer of Shanghai Yingli Investment Management Co., Ltd., a PRC registered company engaged in the media business in China under the brand name “Forbes China,” since 2018 and since 2015, he also serves as the executive director and chief executive officer of Shanghai Capital Resources Investment Management Company Ltd., a PRC registered company engaged in commodities trading. Mr. Lee received his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from University of Wollongong in 1992. Mr. Lee is also a CPA of CPA Australia and a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of CPA. Mr. Lee has also served as independent director and audit committee chair of Plutonian Acquisition Corp. which completed its business combination in June 2024. We believe Mr. Lee is qualified to serve on our board of directors due to his extensive financial, commercial, corporate strategy, investment and transaction experience.
Daniel Peart, 42
Independent Director
Daniel John Paul Peart has served as an Independent Director on our board since August 2024. Mr. Peart holds a B.S. in engineering from Loughborough University in United Kingdom, and since July 2017, has served various corporate functions at Jaguar Land Rover for more than a decade including serving as Purchasing Vice President and Head of Central & Eastern Procurement. We believe Mr. Peart is well qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive experiences in cross-border transactions, as well as his knowledge and experiences in corporate governance and operation for public companies.
Yan Liang, 42
Independent Director
Yan Liang has served as an Independent Director on our board since August 2024. Ms. Liang holds Bachelor of Finance from Shanghai International Studies University, since December 2021, has served as she has served as finance director and secretary of the board of directors for BaiXing.com since 2021, where she oversees financial and tax management, post-investment management as well as investor relationship. Prior to that, Ms. Liang was a Financial Consulting Partner at Suzhou Zhesida Management Consulting Co., Ltd. She provided corporate strategy consulting for tourism enterprise clients and corporate financial advisory services for startups and potential listed companies. Before her financial consulting career, from August 2014 to April 2019, Ms. Liang served as finance director of DerbySoft (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., a travel information technology company where she was heavily involved in engaging with financial and strategic investors and developing financing strategies for the company. Prior to that, Ms. Liang has ten years of IPO audit experience at E&Y China, including HSOL in NASDAQ, YOKU in NYSE, CEA in NYSE etc. Ms. Liang is a qualified CICPA, AICPA, CGMA and CIA. We believe Ms. Liang is well qualified to serve on our board of directors because of the confluence of her practical experience as corporate finance leader, her overall financial and market sophistication, and her broad network of relationships that can aid our search for an acquisition target.