PINTEC Changed Management Composition
On January 18, 2021, Ms. Xueping Ning was appointed as a successor independent director to serve on the board of directors (the “Board”) of Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: PT) (“PINTEC” or the “Company”), replacing Mr. Jiacheng Liu, effective January 18, 2021. Mr. Jiacheng Liu resigned from his position as an independent director of the Company on the same date. Ms. Ning also replaced Mr. Liu as a member of the audit committee of the Board and a member of the compensation committee of the Board. Mr. Liu’s resignation was for personal reasons, which did not result from any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practice.
Ms. Xueping Ning has served as an associate professor and master’s supervisor at the School of Accounting of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics since August 2013. Ms. Ning has also served as a deputy director in the coordination branch of the Construction Office for Promoting Shanghai into a Science and Innovation Center since March 2020. From November 2009 to August 2013, Ms. Ning served as a lecturer and associate professor at the School of Finance of Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance. Ms. Ning received her Ph.D. in industrial economics from Xi’an Jiaotong University in September 2009 and completed her postdoctoral research at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in June 2016.
On January 15, 2021, Mr. Ziwei Zhang resigned from his position as the chief marketing officer of the Company, effective on the same date. Mr. Zhang’s resignation was for personal reasons, which did not result from any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practice.
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