The board of directors of Gome Finance Technology Co., Ltd. announced that Mr. Adrian Yau Kee Mak has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director, the chairman of the audit committee of the Company and a member of the nomination committee of the Company with effect from 5 February 2024. Mr. Mak, aged 63, is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Hong Kong Investor Relations Association. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute.

Mr. Mak has accumulated over 40 years of accounting and corporate finance experience gained in Hong Kong and the UK. Mr. Mak is an independent non-executive director of Tencent Music Entertainment Group and is chairman of its audit committee. He is also a director of Shaw Trustee (Private) Limited which is the trustee of the Sir Run Run Shaw Charitable Trust.

Previously, Mr. Mak served as the chief financial officer and company secretary of Television Broadcasts Limited from 2004 to 2021. Between 2000 and 2003, Mr. Mak was the chief financial officer of Global Digital Creations Holdings Limited and CyberCity Holdings Limited. Prior to working in the corporate sector, he was associate director of corporate finance of the Securities and Futures Commission from 1992 to 2000, and a deputy manager with KPMG from 1983 to 1992.

Mr. Mak holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham. Mr. Mak has entered into a letter of appointment with the Company and his initial term of appointment as an independent non-executive Director is three years commencing from 5 February 2024 and he shall hold office until the next annual general meeting of the Company in accordance with the Bye-Laws of the Company. Mr. Mak's appointment as an independent non-executive Director is also subject to re-election at the next following annual general meeting of the Company and thereafter, subject to retirement by rotation at least once every three years in accordance with the bye-laws of the Company.

Mr. Lee Puay Khng, an independent non-executive Director, has ceased to be a member of the Nomination Committee following the appointment of Mr. Mak as a member of the Nomination Committee.