Dr. Peng was appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company for the period from 4 May 2010 to 9 October 2013 and has remained with the Group since then. Prior to joining the Group, he held the positions of partner, director or senior portfolio manager at several multinational financial corporations in the UK and Canada, mainly engaged in investments in the global life science field. Dr. Peng possesses over 17 years of investment experience. Dr. Peng obtained a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in clinical medicine from Hunan Medical College in 1984 and 1989 respectively, and his doctoral degree of philosophy in molecular pathology from University College London Medical School, UK in 1998. Prior to entering into the financial investment and pharmaceutical industries, Dr. Peng was a clinical instructor of histopathology at the University College London Medical School.