VNET Group, Inc. announced that Mr. Tim Chen has been appointed as the company's chief strategy officer, effective immediately. Tim has served as the company's chief financial officer since May 2021. He also served as the company's chief strategy officer from August 2020 to April 2021.

Prior to joining the Company, Tim served as Chief Financial Officer of Asia Maritime Pacific (Hong Kong) Limited over a decade from 2009 and has 14-year experience in prominent investment banking and private equity firms, including two years at Affinity Equity Partners, eight years at Morgan Stanley and four years at J.P. Morgan from 1996 to 2009. Tim received a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering and operations research from Columbia University in New York.