China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Limited — Board/Management Information 2018

Jan 10, 2018

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China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Limited 中國楓葉教育集團有限公司[*]

(Incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability)

(Stock code: 1317)

APPOINTMENT OF VICE PRESIDENTS

The board of directors (the “ Board ”) of China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Limited (the “ Company ”) is pleased to announce that in line with the corporate development and the talent scheme of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively the “ Group ”), the Board had appointed each of Mr. Fang Bao (“ Mr. Bao ”) and Mr. Hongge Ren (“ Mr. Ren ”) as a vice president of the Group with effect from 10 January 2018.

Set out below are the biographies of Mr. Bao and Mr. Ren:

Mr. Fang Bao

Mr. Bao, aged 41, was appointed as a vice president of the Group with effect from 10 January 2018. He will be primarily responsible for organising winter and summer camps, talent training programs and overseeing the marketing centre of the Group. Mr. Bao has extensive experience in business negotiation and project development and management. He had accumulated extensive experience in business operation. Mr. Bao had successively served as the director assistant of general office, the vice director of headquarter development committee office and the director of headquarter development centre of the Group from August 2009 to August 2015. Mr. Bao has served as the vice president of Dalian Maple Leaf Science and Education Industrial Group Co., Ltd (a member of the Group) since September 2015.

Mr. Bao graduated with a bachelor’s degree in science, majoring in computer science, from The University of Auckland (New Zealand) in 2009.

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Mr. Hongge Ren

Mr. Ren, aged 34, was appointed as a vice president of the Group with effect from 10 January 2018. He will be primarily responsible for the management of Maple Leaf Educational Systems Research Institute, the research of Maple Leaf global curriculum, the promotion of the Belt and Road education program and the work relating to the scholarships of the Group. Having served the Group in various roles ever since his graduation from Dalian Maple Leaf International School (a member of the Group) in 2002, Mr. Ren has extensive experience in administration and research. For his most recent positions, Mr. Ren has served as the principal of Maple Leaf Educational Systems Research Institute of the Group and the vice chairman of the Global Alumni Association of Maple Leaf International Schools since August 2015.

Mr. Ren graduated with a bachelor’s degree in commerce, majoring in entrepreneurship, from The University of Victoria (Canada) in 2008 and a master’s degree in education, majoring in technology, innovation and education, from Harvard University in 2013. Mr. Ren received the British Columbia Independent School Teaching Certificate in 2016.

Both Mr. Bao and Mr. Ren are outstanding management personnel cultivated by the Group through years of training. The Board would like to take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Bao and Mr. Ren on their new appointments.

By Order of the Board China Maple Leaf Educational Systems Limited Shu Liang Sherman Jen

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Hong Kong, 10 January 2018

As at the date of this announcement, the Board comprises Mr. Shu Liang Sherman Jen, Ms. Jingxia Zhang and Mr. James William Beeke as executive Directors; Mr. Howard Robert Balloch as nonexecutive Director; and Mr. Peter Humphrey Owen, Mr. Xiaodan Mei and Mr. Lap Tat Arthur Wong as independent non-executive Directors.

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