is a founder of the Group. He was appointed as an Executive Director on 17 August 1999 and has become the Chairman of the Board since 28 April 2000. In his current capacity, he spearheads overall corporate development and strategic planning of the Company. Formerly, until January 2010, he also acted as the Chief Executive Officer of the Group. Mr. LI has over 30 years of experience in the household paper industry and executive business management. He was honoured with the “Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2011 China”. Mr. LI is currently the Vice President of the Household Paper Professional Committee of the China Paper Association, Consultant to China Paper Industry Chamber of Commerce, a member of Jiangmen Political Consultative Committee and Honorary President of Jiangmen Federation of Industry and Commerce. Mr. LI graduated from the Business Administration program of Guangdong Radio and Television University.

is a co-founder of the Group. Ms. YU was appointed as an Executive Director on 1 February 2000 and further appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Board in January 2010 responsible for strategic development. Ms. YU was formerly the Chief Operating Officer of the Group. She has over 30 years of corporate administration and financial management experience in China’s household paper industry. Ms. YU graduated from the Accounting Program of Guangdong Radio and Television University.

was appointed as Executive Director on 1 October 2015 and as Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2020. She was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer between 1 October 2015 and 30 September 2020. Ms. Li had been the Chief Human Resources Officer from 10 July 2015 to 30 September 2020 and President, North Asia from 1 April 2016 to 30 September 2020. Ms. LI joined the Group in 2012 as the Managing Director of Vinda Household Paper (Australia) Limited and the Business Development Manager of the Company, and she has been responsible for overseas business development. She was the Group’s Chief Strategy Officer from November 2014 to September 2015 and the Managing Director of Vinda Household Paper (Australia) Limited from March 2012 to September 2015. Prior to joining the Group, she worked in Orient Capital in Australia as a Client Relations Manager of Southeast Asia Division and subsequently as a Client Relations Manager of Asia Division. Ms. LI graduated from Macquarie University in 2008 with combined bachelor degrees in Accounting and Business Administration.

was appointed as an Executive Director on 1 February 2000. Currently, Mr. DONG is also Chief Technology Officer – mainland China. Mr. DONG joined Vinda Paper (Guangdong) Company Limited in 1992. Mr. DONG has over 30 years of experience in equipment operations and safety, quality control, and research and development. Prior to joining the Group, he held several positions in two other paper manufacturing companies. Mr. DONG graduated from the Paper Manufacturing program of Tianjin University of Science and Technology (previously Tianjin Institute of Light Industry) in 1991 with a master’s degree in Engineering.

was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 January 2014 and as the Vice Chairman of the Board on 1 January 2015. Mr. JOHANSSON was the President and Chief Executive Officer of SCA from 2007 to February 2015. Prior to joining SCA, from 2001 to 2007, Mr. JOHANSSON was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Boliden AB, a metals company with core competence in the fields of exploration, mining, smelting and metals recycling. In 2001, Mr. JOHANSSON served as the President of Network Operations in Telia AB. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. JOHANSSON was the Executive Vice President of Vattenfall and, before that from 1990, the Business Area President of Svenska Shell. Mr. JOHANSSON has taken up professional roles like General Counsel in Shell International Petroleum, Svenska Shell and Lycksele and Sunne district courts from 1983 to 1990. Currently, Mr. JOHANSSON is the Chairman of Serneke Group AB (publ), Midsummer AB (publ), Novedo Holding AB (publ) and Organoclick AB (publ) and director of Kährs BondCo AB (publ). Mr. JOHANSSON has a master’s degree in LAWs from Stockholm University, Sweden.

was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 July 2015. Mr. GROTH is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Essity Aktiebolag (publ) (“Essity”), a leading global hygiene and health company, dedicated to improving well-being through leading hygiene and health solutions. Essity is the Company’s controlling shareholder and is a company listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. Before that Mr. GROTH was the President and Chief Executive Officer of SCA. Mr. GROTH joined SCA in 2011 as President, SCA Consumer Goods Europe (a business unit of SCA). Mr. GROTH also has extensive experience among other things as Chief Executive Officer of Studsvik AB, a company listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Senior Vice President of Vattenfall AB. Mr. GROTH received a master of Science in Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics and a master of Science in Avionics and Naval Technology from Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 March 2017. He had been the alternate director to Mr. Ulf Olof Lennart SODERSTROM from 18 April 2016 to 28 February 2017. Mr. RYSTEDT is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Essity, a leading global hygiene and health company, dedicated to improving well-being through leading hygiene and health solutions. Before that Mr. RYSTEDT was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SCA from 2014 to 2017. Prior to joining SCA, from 2008 to 2012, Mr. RYSTEDT was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nordea Bank AB (publ) and the Country Senior Executive of Nordea Sweden. From 2001 to 2008, Mr. RYSTEDT was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Electrolux Group. Mr. RYSTEDT was the Chief Financial Officer of Sapa Group from 2000 to 2001 and was the head of business development of Sapa Group from 1998 to 1999. He is a Director in Vattenfall AB since 2017. Mr. RYSTEDT has a master of Science in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.

was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 1 October 2020. Mr. MICHALSKI was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Group in 2008 and was subsequently appointed as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Group between 1 October 2015 and 30 September 2020. Since 1 November 2020, Mr. MICHALSKI has been the President and CEO of BillerudKorsnäs, a company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. He has over 20 years of experience in leadership roles in business development and strategy, consumer marketing and product innovation in the consumer goods industry. Mr. MICHALSKI had been the President of SCA Global Hygiene Category overseeing the global marketing and research and development and the President of SCA’s Asia Pacific business unit based in Shanghai, China. Prior to joining SCA, he had held a number of senior management positions in a New Zealand dairy group, Fonterra, as well as a global FMCG company, Unilever. Mr. MICHALSKI has a master’s degree in Economics from Kiel University, Germany. From January 2020 to November 2020, Mr. MICHALSKI was nominated as Honorary Representative of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg for Pearl River Delta/South China under the HamburgAmbassador programme.

was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 19 June 2007. Mr. TSUI has over 40 years of experience in accounting, finance and investment management, particularly in investments in the PRC. He worked for two of the Big Four audit firms in the United States and Hong Kong and served in various public listed companies in Hong Kong in a senior capacity. Mr. TSUI is currently acting as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Lippo Limited, Hongkong Chinese Limited and Newton Resources Ltd, all listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. He was a Director and Senior Consultant of WAG Worldsec Corporate Finance Limited, a registered financial services company in Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Houston, Texas, the United States and holds a master of Science in Accountancy degree and a bachelor of Business Administration degree with first class honors. Mr. TSUI is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

SBS, BBS, JP., was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director on 1 September 2014. Mr. WONG holds a bachelor of arts degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and a bachelor of laws degree from the University of London. He is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore. He is a China-Appointed Attesting Officer. Mr. WONG is currently the independent non-executive director of Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited, and NWS Holdings Limited, all listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. He has been the managing partner of the China region for 15 years in two international law firms. Prior to that he worked for the Lands Department, Department of Justice and Legislative Council of the Hong Kong SAR Government for 10 years in total. Since 2011, Mr. WONG has been appointed as board member of the Airport Authority Hong Kong, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation Limited and the Competition Commission. He is the Honorary Chairman of Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. He is currently the Chairman of Hong Kong Inland Revenue Board of Review, Board's Chairman of HKBU Chinese Medicine Hospital Company Limited, past Chairman of Hong Kong Copyright Tribunal, former President of the Law Society of Hong Kong and Inter Pacific Bar Association and council member of Hong Kong Institute of Directors. Mr. WONG was admitted to the Roll of Honour of the Law Society of Hong Kong in [August] 2022. He is the Honorary Adviser of Hong Kong Business Accountants Association. Mr. WONG holds the posts of honorary lecturer, external examiner, Adjunct Professor and Professor of Practice in the University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Shue Yan University.

was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2020. Mr. LAW has over 30 years of management experience in banking and property leasing. Mr. LAW has been a non-executive director of HKMC Insurance Limited, a company principally engaged in mortgage insurance and loan guarantee business, since June 2019. Mr. LAW started his career as a planner in China Light and Power Co. Ltd. (now CLP Power Hong Kong Limited) and was involved in tariff and long term planning on electricity power in Hong Kong. He then worked for 23 years with HSBC and held various management positions covering a spectrum of activities of the bank. Mr. LAW’s last position with HSBC was head of banking services, being the business and products head for key banking products, from June 2003 to March 2006. Mr. LAW subsequently joined Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited as general manager for retail banking from April 2006 to December 2009 and later joined Sino Land Company Limited as an associate director for leasing matters from October 2010 to June 2012. Mr. LAW was an external supervisor of Ping An Bank between 2010 and early 2014. He was an independent non-executive director of China Oilfield Services Limited (Hong Kong stock code: 2883; Shanghai stock code: 601808) from May 2014 to May 2020. Mr. LAW graduated from the Middlesex Polytechnic University, UK with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science, major in Economics, and obtained a Master’s degree in Econometrics from Queen Mary College of the University of London, UK in 1980. 

was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 31 August 2022. Dr. CAO is a senior research scientist with more than 30 years of experience in research and management in the pulp and paper industry in China. Dr. CAO has been serving as the president of China Technical Association of Paper Industry since May 2019 and a director of China National Household Paper Industry Association since September 1999. Dr. CAO was an independent non-executive director of the Company from June 2007 to June 2014. He also served as a director of China National Pulp and Paper Research Institute from October 1998 to September 2009, vice president of Sinolight Corporation from December 2003 to June 2019, vice chairman of China Paper Association from March 2000 to April 2009 and vice president of China Paper Industry Chamber of Commerce from July 2006 to November 2012.Dr. CAO holds a bachelor’s degree from South China University of Technology with a specialization in the pulp and paper industry in 1981, a master’s degree in paper making from the Light Industry Institute of Science and Technology in 1984, a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in 1993 and an Executive M.B.A. from Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management in 2005.

was appointed as the Alternate Director to Mr. JOHANSSON and Mr. GROTH on 1 January 2014. Mr. SCHMIDT is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Essity. Before that, Mr. SCHMIDT was the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of SCA. He has extensive experience from being Director of the Board in companies around the world. Mr. SCHMIDT joined SCA in 1992 as Assistant General Counsel and has experience among other things as Vice President and General Counsel of SCA Packaging in Belgium and SCA Forest Products in Sweden respectively from 1994 to 2012. From 1986 to 1992, Mr. SCHMIDT held different positions in the legal profession. He has a master’s degree in Laws from Uppsala University, Sweden.

was appointed as the Alternate Director to Mr. RYSTEDT on 25 October 2019. Mr. DESCHAMPS is the Vice President of Global Category-Professional Hygiene in Essity. Before that, he was the Vice President of Consumer Tissue Global Hygiene Category in Essity. Mr. DESCHAMPS has over 20 years of experience in management. Prior to his role in Essity, Mr. DESCHAMPS was the Vice President of Market and Business Development (Away from Home) at SCA. Before this, he was President of the Europe Middle-East Africa Away From Home Division of Georgia-Pacific (acquired by SCA in 2012). He also held various positions in general management, supply chain, manufacturing planning as well as strategic planning at Georgia-Pacific LLC. Mr. DESCHAMPS also gained experience by working as Product Manager, Financial Controller and Management Accountant at Lafarge S.A.. Mr. DESCHAMPS holds a bachelor degree in Business Administration from ESC Saint-Etienne in France.

joined the Group in 1992. He has served as a Manager in the production, marketing, and procurement departments, and Deputy General Manager, General Manager, Chief Operating Officer and President, mainland China. Mr. ZHANG is the Vice President of Guangdong Paper Association. He graduated from Wuyi University in Electronic Technology.

was appointed as the Deputy Financial Officer on 15 September 2014 and was appointed as the Company Secretary on 11 September 2013. Ms. TAN began her career in audit in one of the Big Four international accountancy firms. After that, Ms. TAN pursued her career in various public enterprises and gained extensive experience in finance and listing work. She joined the Company in 2012 and has served as the Director of Corporate Finance, Acting Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary. Ms. TAN holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and an MBA from the University of Hong Kong. Ms. TAN is also a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom.

previously held the position of President, Business Development & Strategy. He joined the Group in October 1998 and served sequentially as a branch Manager as well as the Deputy General Manager and General Manager of the Group and the Executive Vice President (sales of southern region), Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing and Chief Sales Officer of the Group and President, Sales-mainland China. Mr. HU graduated from Anhui Institute of Technology in 1996 with a bachelor majoring in Automobile Design and Manufacturing.

previously held the position of Chief Marketing Officer of the Group, responsible for the marketing management of the four major product categories, namely tissue, incontinence care, feminine care and baby care, as well as e-commerce divisions in mainland China. He joined the Group in August 1995 and served as branch Deputy General Manager, Sales Director, Marketing Director and Executive Vice President (marketing & media) and Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing of the Group etc. Mr. TANG graduated from South China University of Technology in Biochemistry in 1994.

joined the Group in January 1997 and has taken various managerial roles including the Executive Vice President (Domestic Sales) and Vice President Sales, Hong Kong & Export, North Asia. He graduated from Anhui Finance and Trade College (currently named Anhui University of Finance and Economics) with a major in Trade and Economics in 1996.

joined the Group in April 2016. Ms. SU joined SCA in 1999 and has assumed numerous senior management roles in extensive areas across the company. Ms. SU was initially responsible for quality and R&D management, and later took on the regional role of Business Strategy Director in 2006. From 2010, she served as Commercial Director for markets including Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Indonesia. Ms. SU was appointed to Vice President of Southeast Asia in 2014, and has been instrumental in shaping the continued growth and development of the company’s business in Southeast Asia over the last 16 years. Prior to SCA, Ms. SU worked for several years in production management. Ms. SU holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering & Management, and bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, both from the Oklahoma State University, United States.

re-joined the Group in October 2020. He has rich experience in human resources management in his previous careers. He holds a MBA degree from Murdoch University of Australia and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Xiangtan University. He served as Chief Human Recourses Officer of the Group from 2011 to 2015.

graduated from Guangdong Mechanical College in industrial management engineering with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, and holds an MBA degree of Wuhan University of Technology. She is also a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and holds a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). She joined the Group in July 1991 and has served as the branch Manager of finance, purchasing logistics, quality control, and administration departments.