The board of directors of Tharisa plc announced that Mr. Zhongliang Hong has resigned as a non-executive director and member of the Risk and Climate Change and Sustainability Committees with effect from 30 September 2023. The Board announced that Mr. Chen Hao has been appointed to the Board as a non-executive director with effect from 1 October 2023. Mr. Chen holds abachelor's degree in Micro-electronics from Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

He has more than 18 years' experience as an Engineer, Foreign Trade Manager and General Manager. He has been the General Manager at Fujian Liju Logistics Company in China since September 2014. Prior to this position, he had been a Foreign Trade Manager at Guangxi Shenglong Metallurgy Co.

Ltd., China between December 2013 and August 2014, and an Engineer at APEX Information Services in the USA from August 2012 to November 2013. He had also held the position of Engineer at Calvin Wireless, New York, USA between February 2012 and July 2012. Between August 2006 and January 2012, he had held two Research Assistant positions, the first at the University of Viginia, USA (August 2006 to December 2009) and at the Tandon School of Engineering, at the University of New York, USA (January 2010 to January 2012).

Following his graduation in July 2005, he had worked as Experimental Technician at the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences until July 2006. Mr. Chen will be serving on the Risk and Climate Change and Sustainability Committees of the company.