Mr. Tao Zou is the vice chairman of the Board, our executive director and acting chief executive officer. Mr. Zou joined Kingsoft Group in 1998 and has held various senior positions in Kingsoft Group, including a senior vice president from December 2007 to December 2016, an executive director since August 2009, and the chief executive officer since December 2016.
Mr. Zou is also a director of certain subsidiaries of Kingsoft Group. Mr. Zou is a director of Seasun Holdings Limited, and chairman of Kingsoft Office (SSE STAR Market: 688111). Mr. Zou also served as a director of Xunlei Limited (Nasdaq: XNET) from December 2016 to April 2020 and a director of 21Vianet Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: VNET) from December 2016 to December 2020, and a director of Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE: CMCM) from December 2016 to June 2024, Mr. Zou served as the CEO of Seasun Holdings until January 2018. Mr. Zou graduated from Nankai University in June 1997.
Yi Li, aged 46, joined the finance department of Kingsoft Corporation Limited in 2007 and since then has been responsible for the financial affairs of Kingsoft Corporation Limited. She is currently the acting Chief Financial Officer, a vice president and the finance director of Kingsoft Corporation Limited.
Prior to joining Kingsoft Corporation Limited, Ms. Li engaged in consulting and auditing work in accounting firms. Ms. Li possesses extensive management experience in comprehensive financial management, investment and financing management and financial organization capability building.
Ms. Li holds a master’s degree and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Dr. Tao Liu serves as our senior vice president and is responsible for the operation and management of general internet business system of the Group. Prior to joining us in July 2015, Dr. Liu served as a data center architect at Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU), a public company listed on the Nasdaq, from July 2009 to July 2015.
Dr. Liu received his bachelor’s degree in communication and information system in June 2004 and PhD degree in June 2009, respectively, from the University of Science and Technology of China (中國科學技術大學).
Mr. Kaiyan Tian serves as our Senior Vice President and is responsible for operation and management of technology research and development system of the Group. Mr. Tian is also a director and the general manager of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Prior to joining us in September 2013, Mr. Tian served as the business assistant to the chief executive officer and the strategy director of Kingsoft Group from 2012 to 2013. Prior to joining Kingsoft Group, he worked as a senior game producer at Zynga from 2011 to 2012. He was a program manager at Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT), a public company listed on the Nasdaq, from January 2008 to April 2011.
Mr. Tian received his bachelor’s degree in communication engineering in July 2001 and master’s degree in computer science and technology in April 2004, respectively, from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (北京郵電大學).