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Jiande Chen

Vice Chairman, Executive Director

Mr. Jiande Chen, aged 67, will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the business and operations of the Company. Mr. Chen was an executive Director of the Company from 27 May 2015 to 28 January 2021, and has been a non-executive Director since 29 January 2021. Mr. Chen was the Chief Executive Officer of the Company between 1 August 2011 and 9 December 2019, responsible for the overall strategic direction and business operations of the Company. Mr. Chen has been the Vice Chairman of the Company since 9 December 2019. Mr. Chen is a member of the board of directors of TCL-IMAX Entertainment Co., Limited, a joint venture of TCL Corporation and IMAX Corporation, and a honourable Chairman of the board of Shanghai Ling Light Film Co. Ltd. which is a PRC local film production company since October 2021. Mr. Chen has also been an independent director of Beijing Cultural Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Stock Exchange: 600715) since June 2017 and the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Redwoods Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: RWOD) since January 2022. 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.