Cussion Kar Shun Pang serves as the executive chairman of our board of directors of the company in April 2021 and he has been a member of our board of directors since May 2014. As the executive chairman, Cussion is responsible for setting the company’s long term strategy, overall coordination and management of the board of directors and the company. From July 2016 to April 2021, Cussion served as the chief executive officer of the company. Prior to that, Cussion was appointed the vice president of Tencent in 2013 and he joined Tencent in 2008. He has extensive experience across multiple businesses within Tencent including online games, e-commerce and social networking since 2008. Prior to joining Tencent, Cussion worked for many publicly listed companies in telecommunications, internet and media industries, such as PCCW (HKEX: 00008). Since his first Internet project in 1996, Cussion has experienced the various development stages of the Internet industry and has been managing many successful Internet businesses through the decades. Cussion received a bachelor’s degree (honors) in mathematics, business administration and information systems from the University of Waterloo, Canada.
Zhu Liang has been our chief executive officer (CEO) and a member of our board of directors since April 2021. He is responsible for overseeing TME's QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music and the long-form audio business units. Prior to joining TME, Mr.Liang has been appointed as vice president of Tencent since 2016 and the general manager of QQ Music from 2014 to 2016, and he joined Tencent in 2003. Mr.Liang has extensive product and operation experience across multiple businesses within Tencent including QQ, Qzone, Pitu, QQ music, WeSing, Youtu laboratory, Online education, Tencent docs and other businesses since 2003. Prior to joining Tencent, Mr. Liang worked for Huawei Technology Co., Ltd.. Mr. Liang received a doctor’s degree in signal and information processing from Tianjin University in 2003.
Min Hu currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of TME, in charge of our finance and corporate IT functions; Ms. Hu served various controller roles in Tencent’s business groups, including the Interactive Entertainment Group, the Mobile Internet Group, the Social Network Group and the Technology and Engineering Group from 2007 to 2016. Prior to joining Tencent, Ms. Hu served as the director of internal audit department at Huawei. Ms.Hu has more than 20 years of comprehensive experience in finance, such as financial management, capital operation, operation management, mergers and acquisitions, internal control and internal audit. Ms. Hu is a member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), CPA Australia, China Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CICPA) and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). Ms. Hu received a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Foreign Trade from Xi’an Jiaotong University in China and a master’s degree in system engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University in China.
TC Pan is currently responsible for the overall strategies and daily management of TME’s copyright initiatives. Prior to joining TME as a Group Vice President responsible for Ultimate Music, Mr. Pan worked as the head of entertainment services for Nokia Greater China from 2005 to 2013, and in 2014, he established Ultimate Music, which was acquired by Tencent Music in 2017. TC graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, with a bachelor's degree in Japanese studies in 1999 and obtained a master's degree in marketing management from Cranfield University in the UK in 2000.