Wisdom Education International Holdings Company Limited announced that Mr. Tam King Ching Kenny (Mr. Tam) has resigned as an independent non-executive Director with effect from 31 May 2024 in order to devote more time to his other work commitments (the Resignation). Following the Resignation, Mr. Tam will cease to be the chairman of the audit committee of the Company (the Audit Committee) and a member of the nomination committee (the Nomination Committee) of the Company with effect from 31 May 2024. Mr. Tam has confirmed that he has no disagreement with the Board and there are no matters relating to his resignation that need to be brought to the attention of the shareholders of the Company or The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Poon, Ha Fung (Mr. Poon) has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director, the chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee
with effect from 31 May 2024. The biographical profile of Mr. Poon is set out: Mr. Poon, aged 57, obtained a master degree of business administration from the University of Sheffield and a bachelor degree of science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1990 and 1988 respectively. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Mr. Poon has over 25 years of business experience. Mr. Poon was the managing director of Carlyle Credit Opportunities Fund of Carlyle Global Credit (Carlyle) which is a global investment firm.
Prior to working at Carlyle, Mr. Poon was the managing director of private debt investment department and a member of the investment committee of China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited. He also worked as a senior executive director of Ping An Trust Company Limited. Before that, Mr. Poon was the director of debt capital markets and the head of principal finance and equity investment, of Societe Generale Asia Limited.