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Richard Qiangdong Liu

Chairman of the Board, JD.com

Richard Qiangdong Liu has been the chairman of our company since inception and served as our chief executive officer until April 2022. He founded JD.com in 2004 and has guided its development and growth since then. Mr. Liu received the prestigious award “Person of the Year of Chinese Economy 2011” from CCTV, China’s national television network. He was among “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” named by Fortune Magazine in 2015. Mr. Liu currently serves as the chairman of the board and director of Jingdong Technology Holding Co., Ltd., JD Health International Inc. (HKEX: 6618), and JD Logistics, Inc. (HKEX: 2618). Mr. Liu received his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Renmin University of China in 1996 and an EMBA from China Europe International Business School in 2011.

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Sandy Ran Xu

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, JD.com

Sandy Ran Xu has served as our chief executive officer and executive director since May 2023. Prior to her current role, Ms. Xu served as the chief financial officer of our company from June 2020 to May 2023. Prior to joining JD.com in 2018, Ms. Xu was an audit partner and spent nearly 20 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP, Beijing office and PricewaterhouseCoopers, San Jose office. Ms. Xu currently also serves as an independent director of Baidu, Inc. Ms. Xu was a Certified Public Accountant in both China and the United States. Ms. Xu received her bachelor’s degree with a double major in information science and economics from Peking University.

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Ming Huang

Independent Director

Ming Huang has served as our independent director since March 2014. Mr. Huang has been a professor of finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University since July 2005. From July 2010 to June 2019, Mr. Huang was a professor of finance at China Europe International Business School. Mr. Huang also served as a professor of finance at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in China from July 2008 to June 2010 and Dean of the School of Finance at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics from April 2006 to March 2009. Prior to 2005, he was an associate professor of finance at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University from September 2002 to June 2005 and an associate dean and visiting professor of finance at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business from July 2004 to June 2005. Professor Huang’s academic research primarily focuses on behavioral finance, credit risk and derivatives. In recent years, his research has focused on Chinese capital market and public companies. Mr. Huang is also an independent non-executive director of WH Group Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Professor Huang received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Peking University, a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in finance from Stanford University.

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Louis T. Hsieh

Independent Director

Louis T. Hsieh has served as our independent director since May 2014. From 2021 to 2024, Mr. Hsieh served as the global chief financial officer and board director of Hesai Technology (NASDAQ:HSAI), a global leader in 3-D Lidar solutions. From 2017 to 2019, Mr. Hsieh served as the global chief financial officer of Nio Inc., a leading electric car original equipment manufacturer (NYSE: NIO). Mr. Hsieh has served as a board director of New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc., the largest provider of private educational services in China listed on the NYSE (NYSE: EDU), since March 2007, and served as its chief financial officer from 2005 to 2015 and its president from 2009 to 2016. He also served as an independent director, from 2016 to 2023, and chairman of the audit committee from 2016 to 2019, of YUM China Holdings, Inc., a NYSE and HKEX listed (NYSE: YUMC, HKEX: 9987) leading operator of restaurant chains in China including KFC and Pizza Hut. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Hsieh was the managing director and the Asia-Pacific tech/media/telecoms head of UBS Capital Asia Pacific, the private equity division of UBS AG. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Hsieh was a technology investment banker at JP Morgan in San Francisco, California, where he was a vice president, and Credit Suisse in Palo Alto, California, where he was an associate. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Hsieh was a corporate and securities attorney at White & Case LLP in Los Angeles. Mr. Hsieh holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and engineering management from Stanford University, an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School, and a J.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

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Dingbo Xu

Independent Director

Dingbo Xu has served as our independent director since May 2018. Professor Xu has served as a faculty member and professor in highly-respected universities for more than two decades. He is currently Essilor Chair Professor in Accounting and an Associate Dean at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS). Before joining CEIBS in 2004, he was an assistant professor of accounting at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 1996 to 2003. In addition to his academic positions, Professor Xu is the vice-president of China Association of Chief Financial Officers, the executive director of the editorial board of China Management Accounting Review and the founding chairman of Charted Global Management Accountant (CGMA) 100 North Asia Leaders Think Tank. Professor Xu has also contributed his knowledge and expertise to the board of directors of several public companies. Apart from JD.com, Professor Xu currently serves on the board of directors of China Trust Protection Fund Co., Ltd. From September 2009 to April 2018, Professor Xu was a board member as an independent director of The People’s Insurance Company (Group) of China Limited (PICC), a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; from December 2012 to February 2019, he was an independent director of Shanghai Shyndec Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange; from January 2013 to August 2019, he was an independent director of SANY Heavy Industry, a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange; from June 2013 to September 2019, he was an independent director of China Cinda Asset Management Co. Ltd., a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; from September 2016 to September 2022, he was an independent director of Kweichow Moutai Company Limited, a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and from December 2015 to March 2023, he was an independent director of Societe Generale (China) Ltd. Professor Xu received his Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Minnesota, as well as a master’s degree in management and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, both from Wuhan University.

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Caroline Scheufele

Independent Director

Caroline Scheufele has served as our independent director since June 2021. Ms. Scheufele has over 35 years of experience in the watchmaking and jewelry industry and currently serves as the co-president and artistic director of Chopard, one of the last family-run Swiss watch makers and jewelers. Since 1985, Ms. Scheufele has held various leadership positions at Chopard, including leading Chopard’s ladies’ collections and developing the jewelry section and later the high-end jewelry department at Chopard. Ms. Scheufele designed Chopard’s first jewelry collection, Happy Diamonds, the Happy Sports watches featuring a world-first combination of steel and diamonds, and the Haute Joaillerie Red Carpet and Animal World collections. Ms. Scheufele has also contributed to Chopard’s international exposure by connecting its image with the world of cinema and iconic events, such as the Cannes Film Festival. In 1998, she redesigned the Palme d’Or, the award piece for the Cannes Film Festival, and made Chopard the official event partner onwards. Ms. Scheufele is a dedicated philanthropist in support of charitable causes, such as the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amFAR) and the José Carreras Leukemia Foundation. She has promoted corporate social responsibility including Chopard’s membership in the Responsible Jewelry Council since 2010. Under the leadership of Ms. Scheufele, Chopard has become one of the first brands to use raw materials that meet the highest possible social and environmental standards and has supported Fairmined certified responsible gold. Ms. Scheufele was honoured with both the annual Fashion 4 Development (F4D) Award and the BRAVO Business Award for “Environmentalist of the Year” in 2014 and received the Designer of the Year Award at the second Sustainable Style Gala in 2019. Ms. Scheufele holds a diploma from Geneva’s International School and decided to join the family business where she took intensive classes in design and gemmology afterwards.

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Carol Yun Yau Li

Independent Director

Carol Yun Yau Li has served as our independent director since September 2022. Ms. Li currently serves as Assistant Dean of the Yale School of Management and Managing Director of Yale Center Beijing, Yale University’s first university-wide center outside of the United States. Ms. Li also served as an independent non-executive director of the board of JD Logistics, Inc. (HKEx: 2618), a consolidated subsidiary of JD.com, from May 2021 to September 2022. From April 2008 to May 2012, Ms. Li was a Senior Vice President at China Investment Corporation, China’s sovereign wealth fund, where she focused on private equity investments. She started her career in investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York and worked as an attorney at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and WilmerHale LLP, specializing in corporate, financial, and transactional matters. Ms. Li holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and International Studies from Yale University received in May 2000 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Stanford University received in June 2006. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and in the District of Columbia in the United States. Ms. Li was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2016. She is also a member of the Hong Kong X-Tech Startup Platform Advisory Committee.

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Grace Kun Ding

Independent Director

Grace Kun Ding has served as our independent director since August 2024. Ms. Ding has more than 15 years of experience in strategic investment and branding consultancy. Since 2010, she has focused on retail chain branding and strategic investments in Europe and the Middle East. She is currently a strategic consulting service provider for cooperative retail suppliers on the British Land platform and an independent investor. Ms. Ding served as a strategic officer of Admire Elite. Ltd from March 2018 to March 2022 and has served as its Company Director since June 2022. Ms. Ding is well recognized in the fields of business and art. She studied at Central St. Martin’s College of Art in London and the University of London, majored in Philosophy and Art History. She subsequently obtained an EMBA degree from the London Business School. Over the years, Ms. Ding has been providing consulting services, particularly in branding strategics to international clients. She has also provided consulting services to a number of private art galleries.

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Jennifer Ngar-Wing Yu

Independent Director

Jennifer Ngar-Wing Yu has served as our independent director since August 2024. Ms. Yu served as an independent non-executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee of JD Logistics, Inc. from September 2022 to August 2024. Ms. Yu has been the Deputy Vice Chairwoman of CTF Education Group (“CTFEG”) since May 2019 and the Group President of CTFEG since February 2021. Prior to her career in education, Ms. Yu worked in investment banking specializing in alternative investments structuring, origination and distribution to Asian institutional investors, corporates, private equity and fund managers. From 2005 to 2009, Ms. Yu worked at Goldman Sachs Asia LLC (“Goldman Sachs”) and served as the Executive Director before co-founding ARCH Education Group in 2009 where she continues to serve as Director. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Ms. Yu worked at J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited from 2003 to 2005. Ms. Yu has been committed to promoting educational development for more than a decade. She currently serves in the Dean’s Advisory Group at Harvard Graduate School of Education, and on the Board of Visitors of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science of Columbia University. She is also a member of the Council of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), a member of the Courts of The University of Hong Kong, and a member of the Courts of Lingnan University. Ms. Yu received her Master of Education from Harvard University in May 2022 and graduated magna cum laude from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and a minor in Economics in May 2003.

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