Hygieia Group Limited announced that Mr. Leung Chi Hang, Benson has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the Company, the chairman of the remuneration committee of the Company and a member of each of the audit committee and nomination committee of the Company, all with effect from 5 April 2024. Mr. Leung, aged 45, is a finance executive with over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, accounting and capital market transactions. Mr. Leung has been the Head of Financial Reporting of Newlinks Technology Limited since June 2023, where he leads the accounting and financial reporting of Newlinks Technology Limited and NAAS Technology Inc. Prior to joining Newlinks Technology Limited, Mr. Leung was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong and PricewaterhouseCoopers China between 2013 and 2022 where he had led various audit and capital market engagements.

Before his admission as a partner, Mr. Leung had served at offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers Hong Kong and the United States from 2000 to 2013. Mr. Leung has been an independent non-executive director of Chengdu Expressway Co. Ltd., a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, since September 2022.

Mr. Leung graduated from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. He is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is also a certified Financial Risk Manager and a certified ESG Analyst.