Dai Mengyang started his career as a legal professional practising law for seven years before serving at GCL Group’s legal affairs department for 21 years, heading legal affairs for 17 years. Dai laid the foundation for the group’s legal management system by establishing a legal team culture and formulating various legal management systems. He also created a legal knowledge theory system, which includes a corporate group contract legal practice, contract strategy courses, the “4+1 work method”, contract review guidelines and various contract templates.

In litigation and arbitration cases, Dai has recovered direct economic losses exceeding RMB813 million (USD113.2 million). He has supported more than 36 significant non-litigation projects, including the Hong Kong IPO of GCL Technology Holdings, and the development of core new businesses such as electricity power, silicon wafers and photovoltaic power stations. He has also cultivated 83 legal reserve talents, and more than 20 of them have assumed positions as heads of legal affairs or in management roles.

Shawn Zhao was vice president and general counsel – APAC at global technology company Aptiv (China) Holdings from 2020 to 2023. Prior to this, he held similar positions at Haier, HP, Google and Cisco, and practised at law firm Armstrong Teasdale in the US.

Zhao received his JD from Saint Louis University School of Law in Missouri. He is a member of the Missouri Bar Association.

Zhou Jiaxing is a senior legal specialist in the financial market, with about 20 years of legal and compliance experience across multiple institutions. He joined China International Capital Corporation (CICC) Hong Kong in 2009 and was appointed chief compliance officer and global head of legal and compliance in December 2021. Prior to CICC, Zhou served as a lawyer at Slaughter and May then at White & Case, both in Hong Kong. With his extensive professional background and stringent approach to compliance and risk management, Zhou has been instrumental in mitigating risks for CICC, ensuring its stability and growth.

Zhou is an active participant in both domestic and international financial and legal sectors, dedicating his efforts to the advancement of the securities industry. He is vice chairman at the Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) and serves as a board director of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Asia Pacific.

He is a qualified solicitor in the People’s Republic of China, England and Wales, and Hong Kong.