The Board of Directors of the Bank has approved the appointment of Mr. Zhuo Chengwen as the Secretary to the Board and the Company Secretary of the Bank on 26 January 2024. According to the resolutions of the Board, Mr. Zhuo Chengwen ' s appointment as the Secretary to the Board will take effect after the approval of his appointment by the National Financial Regulatory Administration. Mr. Zhuo Chengwen ' s appointment as the Company Secretary of the Bank will take effect on the date he assumes the position as the Secretary to the Board.

The Bank has received the approval from the National Financial Regulatory Administration on the appointment of Mr. Zhuo Chengwen as the Secretary to the Board. Mr. Zhuo Chengwen has commenced serving as the Secretary to the Board and the Company Secretary of the Bank with effect from 25 March 2024. Due to the above-mentioned change of position, Mr. Zhuo Chengwen resigned as the Chief Audit Officer of the Bank with effect from 25 March 2024.

In relation to the said resignation, Mr. Zhuo Chengwen has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board, and there are no other matters that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Bank. Mr. Zhuo Chengwen was born in 1970, and joined the Bank in 1995. Mr. Zhuo has served as the Secretary to the Board and the Company Secretary of the Bank since March 2024.

From May 2021 to March 2024, Mr. Zhuo served as the Chief Audit Officer of the Bank, and from January 2022 to March 2024, he concurrently served as the General Manager of the Audit Department of the Bank. Mr. Zhuo served as the Chief Risk Officer of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited from November 2019 to February 2021, and as the Chief Executive and Executive Director of Bank of China Group Insurance Company Limited from June 2016 to November 2019, and as the General Manager of the Financial Management Department of the Bank from December 2014 to June 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Zhuo served as, among others, the Deputy General Manager of New York Branch, the Deputy General Manager of the Financial Management Department of the Bank, and the Chief Financial Officer of BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited.

Mr. Zhuo graduated from Peking University with a Master's Degree in Economics in 1995, and obtained a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the City University of New York in 2005. He holds certified public accountant qualifications in places such as the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong (China).