Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, executive director, President of the Bank. Mr. Lu serves as deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Bank since February 2025. He serves as President of the Bank since April 2025, and as executive director since June 2025. He used to be a member of the Party Committee, assistant general manager, and deputy general manager of the Business Department (currently Beijing Branch) of the Head Office, deputy general manager (presiding) and general manager of the Budget and Finance Department (currently Finance and Accounting Department) of the Head Office as well as general manager of Asset and Liability Department of the Head Office, etc.; Board secretary, Board secretary (business director level), business director, a member of Party Committee and vice president of the Bank, and he concurrently held the positions of deputy head of the preparatory team for the establishment of Hong Kong Branch, general manager of the Asset and Liability Department of Head Office, deputy head of preparatory team for the establishment of the JSC Altyn Bank and a director of JSC Altyn Bank, and secretary of the Party Committee and president of Shenzhen Branch of the Bank; secretary of the Party Committee, general manager, vice chairman and chairman of CITIC Trust Co., Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Lu worked in Beijing Youth Industrial Group Corporation. Mr. Lu has 25 years of experience in the Chinese banking industry and he is a certified public accountant of the PRC, Hong Kong SAR and Australia. He holds a master’s degree in accounting from Deakin University (DKU) in Australia.