Laekna, Inc. announced that, Mr. CHAU Kwok Keung has tendered his resignation, with effect from January 15, 2024, from his office as an independent non-executive Director, the chairperson of the audit committee of
the Board, and a member of the remuneration committee of the Board (, due to his other work commitments. Mr. Chau has confirmed that there is no disagreement with the Board and there is no matter in respect of his resignation that needs to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company or The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. The Board announced that, with effect from January 15, 2024, Mr. ZHOU Jian has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director, the chairperson of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Remuneration Committee. Biographical details of Mr. Zhou are set out as follows: Mr. Zhou Jian, aged 45, joined HSBC Asset Management alternative unit as its Head of Energy Transition Infrastructure China in November 2022. Mr. Zhou is responsible for setting up and managing the HSBC Asset Management China PFM business and managing and overseeing the renewable energy private equity investment activities in China. Prior to joining HSBC, Mr. Zhou worked as Managing Director at Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong from August 2019 to October 2022, where he was responsible for leading the Greater China and Korea regional investment banking activities in power, utilities & infrastructure sector. Mr. Zhou also held position as Head of Infrastructure China at Macquarie Capital in
Shanghai from September 2016 to February 2019. He was an Executive, Vice President and Director in investment banking team at Evercore in Hong Kong from March 2007 to May 2016. Mr. Zhou worked in PricewaterhouseCoopers assurance team in Auckland and Hong Kong from December 2002 to March 2007. Mr. Zhou has been a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ) since March 2006, a Chartered Financial Analyst of CFA Institute since September 2006 and a member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) since August 2007. Mr. Zhou received a degree of Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Finance from the University of Auckland in May 2002.