Biography

Mr. Jiande Chen, aged 70, was an Executive Director of the Company from 27 May 2015 to 28 January 2021, a Non-executive Director of the Company from 29 January 2021 to 4 August 2022 and an Executive Director of the Company from 5 August 2022 to 22 April 2025, and has been re-designated from Executive Director to Non-executive Director since 23 April 2025. He is responsible for the overall strategic direction and business operations of the Group. Mr. Chen was the Chief Executive Officer of the Group between 1 August 2011 and 9 December 2019 and the interim Chief Executive Officer of the Group between 5 August 2022 and 8 January 2023 and has been the Vice Chairman of the Group since 9 December 2019. Mr. Chen was a member of the board of directors of TCL-IMAX Entertainment Co., Limited, a joint venture of TCL Corporation and IMAX Corporation. Mr. Chen has also been an independent director of Beijing Cultural Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600715) since June 2017. Mr. Chen was previously the Senior Vice President, Chief Representative and General Manager of Sony Pictures Entertainment, China from 2000 to 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Chen was a Vice President of Allied Signal (China) Holding Corp., an aerospace, automotive and engineering company from 1998 to 1999, a Vice President of Boeing China Inc. from 1995 to 1998 and a Vice President of DDB Advertising/PR Corp. in Seattle from 1990 to 1995. Mr. Chen received a doctorate in Communications from the University of Washington, the United States, in December 1991 and a bachelor’s degree from Fudan University, the PRC, majoring in English in 1982. Mr. Chen serves as the Vice Chairman of the Alumni Association of Fudan University and Chairman of the Alumni of China Association of University of Washington.