Chijet Motor Company, Inc. announced that the first board of directors meeting was held on June 16, 2023. Led by Mu Hongwei, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Chijet, discussed the Company’s business with the members of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The meeting confirmed the newly constituted board, consisting of: Mr. Mu Hongwei, Chairman, Mr. Zhang Jiannong, Mr. Wu Lichun, Mr. John Chiang (Non-Employee Director), Mr. Simon Pang (Non-Employee Director), Ms. Ying Liu (Non-Employee Director) and Mr. Wen Li (Non-Employee Director).

John Chiang is a highly accomplished political and financial expert who has served in a variety of roles in California government. Mr. Chiang is the only individual elected to all three financial offices in California’s executive branch of government. As State Treasurer, he oversaw trillions of dollars in annual transactions, managed a $75 billion investment portfolio, and was the nation’s largest issuer of municipal bonds.

Mr. Chiang also spearheaded efforts to increase financing of housing, stand up the CalSavers program, and further advance green bonds.   Mr. Chiang graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in finance and received his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. He has served as an Aspen Institute Rodel Fellow, Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellow, and University of Southern California Center for the Political Future Fellow.

  He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Apollo Medical Holdings and the corporate advisory boards of Adept and Pasadena Private Finance. Mr. Pang’s banking career began immediately after graduation in 1982 and now has 41 years of experience. In 2018 he was appointed by California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon to serve on the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs (CAAPIAA).

Mr. Pang also served as an Advisor of National Diversify Coalition (NDC). Mr. Pang also served on The California Highway Patrol Citizen Advisory Board (CHP CAB) and a Board member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Youth Foundation. In Sept 2021, the National Governing Board of Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs (APAPA) approved and appointed Mr. Pang serving as one of its National Governing Board members.

Mr. Pang was recently elected and serve as an Honorable Chairman of Sino-American Aviation Heritage Foundation. In Sept 2021, Mr. Pang was appointed by the President as a Commission for the White House Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI). In 2023, Mr. Pang started serving as a senior advisor of New Omni Bank, N.A. and on the Board of Directors of Bank of the Orient.