Mr. Wei Fu has served as our director since June 2018.
Mr. Fu was appointed by the C-Bridge entities pursuant to our shareholders agreement dated July 6, 2018. Mr. Fu has served as the chief executive officer and a managing partner of C-Bridge Capital Investment Management, Ltd. since April 2014. Mr. Fu currently also serves on the board of several private companies. From August 2011 to December 2013, Mr. Fu served as the general manager of the investment department at Far East Horizon International, a financial services organization. Mr. Fu served as a partner and the head of the Beijing office of Themes Investment Management Ltd, a private equity firm specializing in healthcare and environmental businesses, from July 2010 to July 2011. From March 2008 to April 2010, Mr. Fu worked as an associate director of the private equity department at Standard Chartered Business Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd, where he was mainly responsible for private equity investment in relation to infrastructure projects.
Mr. Fu received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and business administration from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore in February 2005.
Dr. Xi-Yong (Sean) Fu has served as our director since July 2024.
In addition to being Interim CEO and Director of I-Mab, Dr. Sean Fu is also an Operating Partner of ABio-X, an incubation platform for life sciences companies. Before joining ABio-X, Dr. Fu was co-founder and CEO of RVAC Medicines, an mRNA platform company. Prior to founding RVAC, Dr. Fu was Group VP and head of International R&D for Luye Pharma, overseeing organizations in Boston, Princeton, Germany, Switzerland, and Japan. He was also the CEO of GeneLeap, a Luye subsidiary company focused on DNA and RNA therapeutics. Previously, Dr. Fu worked at Merck & Co. for 15 years with responsibilities covering R&D, business development, finance, and operational management. His work at Merck included management of the finances for the late-stage clinical portfolio and leading the integration of the global R&D network following the landmark $42 billion merger between Merck and Schering-Plough. Dr. Fu earned a Master’s and PhD degrees in materials science and engineering from Ohio State University, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Chen joined Hony Capital in 2003 and is currently a Partner and Managing Director of Hony Capital and Managing Director of Hony private equity investment fund. Mr. Chen is also a member of the investment committee of Hony real estate investment fund. Mr. Chen has extensive experience in investment management, supplier management and retail business. Currently, Mr. Chen also serves as a non-executive director of Century Ginwa Retail Holdings Limited (a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “HKEX”); stock code: 0162) and an executive director, chairman of the board and acting chief executive officer of Hospital Corporation of China Limited (a company listed on HKEX; stock code: 3869). Mr. Chen received a Master of Business Administration degree from the China Europe International Business School in 2010 and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Beijing Forestry University in 1997.
Mr. Chun Kwok Alan Au has served as our independent director since January 2020.
Mr. Au is the founder of GT Healthcare Group, a private equity platform focusing on cross border healthcare investments, and has served as the managing partner of GT Healthcare Group since September 2015. Mr. Au has served as a director of Cellular BioMedicine Group (Nasdaq: CBMG), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm engaged in the development of immunotherapies for cancer and stem cell therapies for degenerative diseases, since November 2014. Mr. Au also has served as a panel member for the Entrepreneur Support Scheme (ESS Program) of the Innovation and Technology Fund of the Hong Kong SAR Government since 2014. Mr. Au is an advisor to Simcere Pharmaceutical Group, a leading pharmaceutical company in China (previously listed on NYSE: SCR, privatized in December 2013, when Mr. Au served as chairman of the special committee on the board of directors). Mr. Au is also a member of the board of China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (NYSE: NPD, privatized in September 2016) from March 2013 to August 2016. Mr. Au served as the head of the Asia Healthcare Investment Banking of Deutsche Bank Group, advising healthcare IPOs and M&A in the region from April 2011 to December 2012. Prior to that, Mr. Au served as the executive director at JAFCO Asia Investment Group, responsible for healthcare investments in China from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Au worked at Morningside Group as a director in charge of healthcare investments in Asia from 2000 to 2005.
Mr. Au received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1995 and his master’s degree in management from Columbia Business School in New York in 2007. Mr. Au is a certified public accountant (CPA) in the U.S. and a chartered financial analyst (CFA). He is an associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Financial Analysts and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Mr. Conor Chia-hung Yang has served as our independent director since January 2020.
Mr. Yang has also served as the chief financial officer of Sunrate Holdings Limited since February 2023. Mr. Yang was a co-founder of Black Fish Group Limited and has served as the president of Black Fish Group Limited since November 2017 to February 2021. Prior to that, Mr. Yang was the chief financial officer of Tuniu Corporation (Nasdaq: TOUR) from January 2013 to November 2017, the chief financial officer of E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. from March 2010 to July 2012 and the chief financial officer of AirMedia Group Inc., currently known as AirNet Technology Inc., (Nasdaq: ANTE) from March 2007 to March 2010. Mr. Yang was the chief executive officer of Rock Mobile Corporation from 2004 to February 2007. From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Yang served as the chief financial officer of the Asia Pacific region for CellStar Asia Corporation. Mr. Yang was an executive director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. from 1997 to 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Yang was a vice president of Lehman Brothers Asia Limited from 1994 to 1996 and an associate at Morgan Stanley Asia Limited from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Yang currently also serves as an independent director of iQIYI, Inc. (Nasdaq: IQ), Tongcheng Travel Holdings Limited (HKEX: 0780) and UP Fintech Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: TIGR).
Mr. Yang received a master’s degree of business administration from University of California, Los Angeles in 1992.