The board of directors of Comtec Solar Systems Group Limited announced that Ms. Qiu Ping, Maggie has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director, and a member of each of the audit committee, the remuneration committee, the nomination committee and the corporate governance committee with effect from 6 May 2024. Ms. Qiu, aged 45, has extensive experience in the fields of legal, compliance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, fund-raising, corporate finance and project management. In particular, she has more than twenty years of experience with companies listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market (the "NASDAQ") and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") as well as multinational companies.

Ms. Qiu has gained solid professionalism from her years of career in the Hong Kong and overseas financial and capital markets. She has also developed an extensive network and sound relationship with institutional investors. Ms. Qiu was appointed as a non-executive director and the company secretary of Beijing Energy International Holding Co.

Ltd. ("Beijing Energy", formerly known as Panda Green Energy Group Limited, United Photovoltaics Group Limited and Goldpoly New Energy Holdings Limited) (stock code: 686), the issued shares of which were listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange, in June 2013 and August 2013, respectively. She was subsequently re-designated as an executive director in August 2015, and simultaneously served as the executive president during her tenure with Beijing Energy. Ms. Qiu retired from her office as the executive director in June 2018, and ceased to act as the company secretary and executive president of Beijing Energy in October 2018.

After the retirement from her offices, Ms. Qiu continued to serve as a consultant, providing advices in relation to, among other matters, corporate governance (company secretarial matters) and compliance (listing matters) to Beijing Energy until March 2021. Prior to joining Beijing Energy, Ms. Qiu served as a director and president of China Merchants New Energy Holdings Limited ("CMNEH") as well as the company secretary and senior vice president of the holding company of CMNEH, which is principally engaged in renewable energy (the common stock of which was listed on the NASDAQ), for about eight years, during which she was responsible for overseeing legal, compliance, corporate governance and personnel matters. Upon completion of a very substantial acquisition in June 2013, CMNEH became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beijing Energy.

Earlier than that, Ms. Qiu served as an assistant to general manager in a number of multinational companies. Ms. Qiu holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and a bachelor's degree in German Literature from Peking University, a master 's degree in European Culture and Economy from Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, and a master of laws in Corporate and Financial Law from the University of Hong Kong.