On the evening of August 7th, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited announced that it has appointed Duan Hongtao as the secretary to the Board of Directors and also as the company secretary and authorized representative. Within this year, the state-owned banks of ICBC, ABC, BOC, CCB, and BCM have all replaced their board secretaries, and except for Agricultural Bank of China, the former board secretaries of other major banks have retired due to reaching the retirement age.
On August 8th, Caixin learned that a qualified board secretary plays an important role in listed companies. On the evening of August 7th, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited announced that it had appointed Duan Hongtao as the secretary to the board of directors, as well as the company's secretary and authorized representative.
Today, it was found that with the appointment of the new board secretary Duan Hongtao for “Cosmic Journey”, the state-owned banks of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of Communications, and Bank of China have all changed their board secretaries this year, except for the Agricultural Bank of China, whose former board secretary retired due to age.
After a vacancy of more than 2 months, Duan Hongtao took office as the new board secretary of Cosmic Journey.
Yesterday evening, the Industrial and Commercial Bank issued an announcement that the board of directors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited held a meeting on August 7th, 2024, and appointed Mr. Duan Hongtao as the secretary to the board of directors, as well as the company's secretary and authorized representative. The above appointments of Mr. Duan Hongtao have been effective. As of the date of this announcement, other than the disclosures in this announcement, Mr. Duan Hongtao has no relationship with the bank's directors, supervisors, senior management, major shareholders or controlling shareholders as referred to in Part XV of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Ordinance, nor does he hold any shares in the bank.
Today, it was found that Duan Hongtao, born in May 1969, graduated from Wuhan University of Technology and worked for many years in China Construction Bank. From July 2009, he served as the assistant to the president and vice president of the Hubei Branch of China Construction Bank. In December 2014, he was appointed as the president of Qingdao Branch. In August 2016, he was appointed as the Party Secretary and President of Shandong Branch of China Construction Bank. In October 2020, he was appointed as the Director of Office of China Construction Bank Head Office. In January 2023, Duan Hongtao transferred from China Construction Bank to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited as its Vice President. This appointment also means that Duan Hongtao concurrently serves as the board secretary in the capacity of vice president.
In addition, the former board secretary of Industrial and Commercial Bank was Guan Xueqing, who joined the bank in 1984. From July 2016 to April 2024, he served as the secretary of the board of directors of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. On April 29th, 2024, Industrial and Commercial Bank issued an announcement that Guan Xueqing had submitted his resignation letter due to age reasons, and resigned from his positions as the board secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Bank and the company secretary. Since then, the position of the board secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Bank has been vacant for more than 2 months.
All the board secretaries of the five major state-owned banks have been replaced within the year, and four former board secretaries have retired due to age.
According to the reporter's statistics, in addition to the Industrial and Commercial Bank, within the traditional five major state-owned banks, the Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Bank of Communications have all changed their board secretaries this year.
Specifically, on March 29th, the Agricultural Bank of China announced that after being nominated by the board of directors and reviewed and approved by the remuneration committee, Liu Qing was unanimously appointed as the board secretary of the Agricultural Bank of China. On April 29th, the Agricultural Bank announced that it had received the approval of the State Administration of Financial Supervision on the qualifications of Liu Qing and that Liu Qing had taken up the position as the board secretary of the Agricultural Bank of China from April 28th, 2024. The former board secretary of Agricultural Bank of China was Han Guoqiang, who was appointed as the Party Secretary and President of the Shanghai Branch of the Agricultural Bank of China in November last year.
On January 26th, Bank of China announced that the company held the first board of directors meeting of 2024 and agreed to appoint Zhuo Chengwen as the board secretary and company secretary of the bank. Zhuo Chengwen's appointment as the board secretary of the bank will take effect after the State Administration of Financial Supervision approves his appointment. Zhuo Chengwen was born in 1970, graduated from Peking University in 1995, and has qualifications as a registered accountant in mainland China and Hong Kong. On March 20th, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission approved Zhuo Chengwen's appointment as the board secretary of Bank of China Limited.
On May 16th, China Construction Bank announced that the board of directors had approved the appointment of Vice President Wang Bing as the secretary to the board of directors of the bank, in accordance with relevant regulations, the appointment of Wang Bing as the secretary to the board of directors of the bank took effect after being approved by the board of directors. Wang Bing was born in January 1972 and worked for many years in Bank of China. He once served as Deputy President of Jiangsu Branch of Bank of China and became a member of the Party Committee and Vice President of China Construction Bank in January 2023. The former board secretary was Hu Changmiao, who resigned due to age reasons.
On June 9th, Bank of Communications announced that the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission approved He Zhaobin's eligibility as the board secretary on June 6th. He Zhaobin's appointment as board secretary, corporate secretary, and authorized representative took effect from June 6th. He Zhaobin, born in 1969, previously served as deputy director of the Office of the State Council Leading Group of Comprehensive Rural Reform, as well as cadres at the deputy division chief, section chief, and deputy section chief levels in the Supervision and Inspection Bureau of the Ministry of Finance. Since September 2020, He Zhaobin has served as the director of the board office of Bank of Communications. Gu Sheng was the former board secretary of Bank of Communications. In February last year, Bank of Communications announced that Gu Sheng had submitted a written report to the board of directors due to age reasons, relinquishing his position as board secretary, corporate secretary, and authorized representative, resigning on February 28th.
It should be noted that the current board secretary of Postal Savings Bank of China is Du Chunye, who has served as the board secretary of Postal Savings Bank of China since April 2017. At the same time, in March 2020, Du Chunye was appointed as deputy president of China Postal Savings Bank.