The board of directors of Giordano International Limited announced that Mr. CHAU Kwok Wing Kelvin (?Mr Chau?) has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director with effect from June 25, 2024. Mr. CHAU Kwok Wing Kelvin, aged 62, is a Senior Advisor at Harmony Advisors, a family office and investment firm in Hong Kong. Prior to that he was a Senior Advisor at Rothschild & Co.

He joined N M Rothschild & Sons in 1987 in the corporate finance division where he spent over 30 years working in both Hong Kong and London. He joined Rothschild's Management Committee and Board of Directors of Hong Kong in 1996 and became the Head of the Hong Kong operations in 2012. That same year he was appointed Executive Vice Chairman, and then Chairman of Hong Kong in 2018 up until his retirement in 2022.

During his career he provided advice to corporates in the areas of M&A as well as debt and capital markets financing. He was also on the Board of Rothschild Wealth Management where he gave strategic advice to family offices and High-Net-Worth clients. Currently he is an independent non-executive director of Allied Group Limited, APAC Resources Limited and Travel Expert (Asia) Enterprises Limited.

He has also served on the University Council's Finance Committee of the City University of Hong Kong since 2021. Mr. Chau holds a bachelor of laws degree from Buckingham University, UK and is a responsible officer licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong to carry on types 1, 4 and 6 regulated activities. The Board also announced that with effect from June 25, 2024: Mr. Chau has also been appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee; Dr. Alison Elizabeth LLOYD (?Dr. Lloyd?), an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee of the Company, has been appointed as a member of the Remuneration Committee; and Mr. Victor HUANG (?Mr Huang?), an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of each of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee, has been appointed as the chairman of the Audit Committee.