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.
Zhenyu Xie currently serves as our President and Chief Technology Officer(CTO) and has been a member of our board of directors since April 2014. Zhenyu founded Kugou Music in 2004 and has been committed to Internet technology innovation and the development of the digital music industry for more than a decade. Before founding Kugou Music, Zhenyu founded SoGua in 2001, which was the first digital music search engine in China. Zhenyu also served as a senior technical engineer from 1998 to 2001 at China Merchants Bank. Zhenyu graduated from Sun-Yat Sen University in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in computer science.
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.
Tony Yip currently serves as our Chief Strategy Officer and oversees Ultimate Music, a business unit that provides online music services to smart devices and automobile manufacturers, as well as TME’s overall strategic development, M&A, investments, investor relations and capital markets activities. Prior to joining TME, Tony was vice president of Baidu, Inc. since September 2015, where he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Baidu’s search business group and Baidu’s head of investments, mergers and acquisitions. Tony served on the board of directors of Ctrip.com International Ltd from October 2015 to November 2017. Prior to that, Tony worked at Goldman Sachs from 2007 and served as a Managing Director in technology, media and telecom investment banking. Tony has over 16 years of experience originating, structuring and executing corporate transactions including initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate restructurings, and equity and debt financings. Tony obtained his bachelor of commerce degree in finance and accounting from University of Queensland in Australia.
Linlin Chen is one of the founding members of Kugou and is currently fully responsible for Kugou's business and management. Prior to this, Ms. Chen has been in charge of Kugou's business operations, sales and marketing, finance, legal affairs and human resources management. Ms. Chen has accumulated extensive management experience in product operations, marketing and corporate governance. Ms. Chen holds an EMBA degree from Sun-Yat Sen University.
Lixue Shi currently serves as our Group Vice President, responsible for Kuwo’s overall operations and management. Prior to joining TME in November 2012, Lixue served as the assistant general manager of the Online Media Group at Tencent from to 2012. In addition, Lixue served as the general manager of Business Objects North China and sales head at SAS Institute China Inc. from 2004 to 2007. Lixue was a senior customer representative and a regional sales manager of IBM China Company Limited from 1998 to 2004. Lixue graduated from Tsinghua University in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.
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.