Company: CENN
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-023970
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Company: Cenntro Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-06-27
Form: DEF 14A
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 of Business Administration in 2003 from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also received his bachelor’s degree from Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (f.k.a. Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade) in 1992. Guangguang “Steve” Qin. Independent Director Nominee. Mr. Qin became a member of our Board on May 31, 2025 and has over 30 years of experience in investment management across the finance, technology, and healthcare sectors. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Qin served as Senior Vice President of United Pharmaceutical Industries in the United States. From 2001 to 2005, he served as Director and President, Asia-Pacific Region at Bridgecreek International. From 2006 to 2010, he was President of the China Region at PEM Group. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Qin served as Senior Partner at Cybernaut (China) Investment. Between 2015 and 2019, he was Chief Representative for the China Region at American Education Center. From 2016 to 2021, he served as Dean of the West Lake Industrial Research Institute (China). Since 2016, he has been a Founding Partner of Winyin Capital. Since 2020, he has also served as Director and Founding Partner of Aventa Capital. Mr. Qin holds a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.A. in Ethnology from Minzu University of China. Benjamin B. Ge. Independent Director Nominee. Mr. Ge became a member of our board following his election at the Company’s annual general meeting on May 31, 2022. Since February 2019, Mr. Ge has been the Chief Financial Officer of New Century Science & Technology Limited. Mr. Ge was a Managing Director at Citic Capital Holdings Limited, an alternative investment management and advisory company, from 2016 to 2019. Prior to joining Citic Capital, Mr. Ge was Regional Head (China) at Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, a venture capital firm focused on seed stage, mid stage, late stage, and growth investments in the fintech sector, from 2010 to 2016. Mr. Ge was Vice President of JP Morgan’s Global Special Opportunity Group from 2007 to 2009 and Vice President of UniCredit China Capital Ltd. from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Ge received a Bachelor of Economics degree from Southern China Normal University in 1989,