Mr. Cao Jianxiong, aged 58, a non-executive director of the Company and a senior economist, was awarded a master’s degree in economics. He was appointed as the deputy general manager and chief financial officer of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and a subsidiary of China Eastern Air Holding Company (a promoter and a substantial shareholder of the Company); stock code: 00670 (Hong Kong Stock Exchange); 600115 (Shanghai Stock Exchange); CEA (New York Stock Exchange)) in December 1996. From September 1999 to December 2008, he served as the deputy general manager of China Eastern Air Holding Company. From October 2000 to June 2007, he served as the non-executive director, Vice Chairman and the chairman of the Strategic Committee of the Company. From June 2001 to December 2008, he served as a director of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited. From October 2006 to December 2008, he served as the general manager of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited. Since December 2008, Mr. Cao served as the deputy general manager and a member of Communist Party Group of China National Aviation Holding Company. Since November 2016, Mr. Cao has been serving as the Deputy Party Secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the China National Aviation Holding Company. From May 2017, he has been concurrently serving as the deputy party secretary and vice president of Air China Limited. From June 2009 to October 2017, Mr. Cao has been a non-executive director of Air China Limited (a company listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and a subsidiary of China National Aviation Holding Company (a promoter and a substantial shareholder of the Company); stock code: 00753 (Hong Kong Stock Exchange); 601111 (Shanghai Stock Exchange); AIRC (London Stock Exchange)). Since December 2014, Mr. Cao has served as a non-executive director of the fifth session of the Board of the Company and a member of the Strategic Committee. Since October 2016, Mr. Cao has been serving as a non-executive director of the sixth session of the Board of the Company, and has been re-appointed as a member of the Strategic Committee. China National Aviation Holding Company Limited has interests in the shares of the Company which would fall to be disclosed to the Company under the provisions of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part XV of the SFO, and Mr. Cao is an employee of China National Aviation Holding Company Limited.