Board of Directors

Mr. Mars Guangyuan Cai is our co-founder and partner, and has served as our chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer since our inception. Prior to founding Energy Monster, Mr. Cai served as general manager at Uber Shanghai and a marketing director at Uber China from June 2016 to December 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Cai served as a marketing director and head of the fast-moving consumer goods business unit of Element Fresh from May 2014 to May 2016. Mr. Cai also served as a category director and an associate marketing director of Xtep International Holdings Limited from April 2012 to April 2014, as well as a senior brand manager at Unilever from July 2005 to March 2012. Mr. Cai received his bachelor's degree in management information systems from Shanghai International Studies University in 2005.

Mr. Peifeng Xu is our co-founder and partner, and has served as our director since June 2017, chief operating officer from June 2017 to September 2023 and President since September 2023. Prior to joining us, Mr. Xu served as general manager of third-party delivery business and regional manager of groupon business at Meituan from February 2011 to April 2017. Mr. Xu studied telecommunications engineering at Nantong University.

Ms. Maria Yi Xin is our partner, and has served as our chief financial officer since June 2020 and our director since December 2020. Ms. Xin has over 10 years of experience in corporate finance and capital markets with US-listed companies. Prior to joining us, Ms. Xin held various key roles, including chief financial officer and vice president of investor relations, strategic investments and international media, at Tuniu Corporation from December 2013 to May 2020. Prior to her tenure at Tuniu Corporation, Ms. Xin worked in equity research at China Renaissance (HKEX:1911), a leading financial institution in China. She served as several key investor relations roles in the Company such as E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc., a leading business-to-consumer e-commerce company in China and New Oriental Education and Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: EDU). Ms. Xin received bachelor's degrees in economics and law from Nankai University in China in 2007.

Ms. Chen Shen is a director of strategic investments at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE: BABA). She joined Alibaba in 2018 and has served as our director since June 2023. Previously she served as senior investment officer in International Finance Corporation at World Bank Group from 2017 to 2018. Prior to that, she was an associate from 2010 to 2012 and then vice president of CDH from 2013 to 2016. She also served as an investment analyst and then associate at China International Capital Corporation Limited from 2004 to 2008. Ms. Shen holds an MBA degree from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree from Fudan University.

Mr. Jiawei Gan has served as our independent director since March 2021. Mr. Gan currently serves as an independent director and the chairman of the compensation committee and the nominating and corporate governance committee of 17 Education & Technology Group Inc. (NYSE: YQ). Mr. Gan has also served as an operating partner of Hillhouse Capital Group since 2018, responsible for providing consulting services to invested companies. From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Gan worked in several positions at Meituan (HKEX: 3690), including as chief operation officer and president of the in-store food voucher business unit. From 2000 to 2011, Mr. Gan worked in several positions at Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), including as vice president of sales, senior director of sales operation team, internet operation director and marketing director, focusing on sales and marketing. Mr. Gan received his bachelor's degree in food engineering from Zhejiang Gongshang University in 1995 and his EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School in 2011.

Mr. Benny Yucong Xu has served as our independent director since March 2021. Mr. Xu has spent over two decades at Unilever and rose through the ranks. He has served as the vice president of the food & refreshment division at Unilever North Asia since July 2019 and had various other roles with Unilever in the past, including marketing management trainee, brand manager and brand director at Unilever China, Asia and Global. Mr. Xu received his bachelor's degree in mass communication and media from Shanghai International Studies University in June 2000.

Mr. Conor Chia-hung Yang has served as our independent director since June 2023. Mr. Yang has been the chief financial officer of Ehang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) since September 2023. From 2007 to 2023, Mr. Yang served in several chief financial officer positions, including Tuniu Corporation (Nasdaq: TOUR), E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc., and AirMedia Group Inc. Mr. Yang was the chief executive officer of Rock Mobile Corporation from 2004 to 2007, and the chief financial officer of the Asia Pacific region for CellStar Asia Corporation from 1999 to 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Yang was a senior banker at Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Lehman Brothers Asia Limited and Morgan Stanley Asia Limited from 1992 to 1999. Mr. Yang currently also serves as an independent director of I-Mab (Nasdaq: IMAB), IQIYI (Nasdaq:IQ), Tongcheng Travel Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0780) and UP Fintech Holding Ltd (Nasdaq: TIGR). Mr. Yang received his master’s degree in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles.