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Non-executive Directors

               

Wang Dongjin
Born in 1962, Mr. Wang is a professor-level senior engineer and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Drilling from Development Department of China University of Petroleum and a Doctor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering Management from China University of Petroleum-Beijing in 2012. From July 1995 to December 1997, he was appointed as Deputy Director-General of Jiangsu Petroleum Exploration Bureau. From December 1997 to October 2002, he was appointed as Vice President of China National Oil & Gas Exploration and Development Corporation (“CNODC”). From December 2000 to October 2002, he also served as President of CNPC International (Kazakhstan) Ltd. and President of AktobeMunai Gas Corp. From October 2002 to September 2008, he served as President of CNODC. From January 2004 to September 2008, he was appointed as Assistant President of China National Petroleum Corporation (“CNPC”) and Vice Chairman of CNODC. From September 2008 to March 2018, he served as Vice President of CNPC. From May 2011 to May 2014, he was concurrently appointed as Director of PetroChina Company Limited (“PetroChina”). From July 2013 to March 2018, he was concurrently appointed as President of PetroChina. From May 2014 to March 2018, he served as Vice Chairman of PetroChina. In March 2018, Mr. Wang was appointed as a Director of CNOOC. From October 2018 to October 2019, Mr. Wang was appointed as President of CNOOC. In October 2019, Mr. Wang was appointed as Chairman of CNOOC. On 27 April 2018, Mr. Wang was appointed as a Non-executive Director and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. From 5 December 2018 to 18 November 2019, Mr. Wang was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Company. Mr. Wang has been appointed as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Nomination Committee of the Company with effect from 18 November 2019.

               

Wen Dongfen
Born in 1964, Ms. Wen is a professor-level senior accountant. She received a Bachelor of Economics Degree in Business Management from Shanxi Finance and Economics College. She served as Deputy Director of Financial Planning Department of China Petrochemical Corporation (“Sinopec Group”), Deputy Director of Financial Department of Sinopec Group and Director of Financial Department of Sinopec Group. From May 2012 to December 2015, she also served as Chairwoman of Shengjun International Investment Limited. From December 2015 to July 2016, she served as Financial Director and Director of Financial Department of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation. From July 2016 to November 2017, she served as Chief Accountant of CNOOC. From August 2016 to August 2017, she also served as Chairwoman of CNOOC International Financial Leasing Co., LTD. From August 2016 to February 2018, she also served as Chairwoman of CNOOC Finance Corporation Limited. and CNOOC Insurance Limited. From August 2016 to May 2018, she also served as Chairwoman of Zhonghai Trust Co., Ltd. Since November 2017, she served as Chief Accountant of CNOOC. Ms. Wen was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 27 April 2020.
Executive Directors

               

Xu Keqiang
Born in 1971, Mr. Xu is a professor-level senior engineer. He graduated from Northwest University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Oil and Gas Geology. He received a master’s degree in Coalfield Oil and Gas Geology from Northwest University in 1996. Mr. Xu joined China National Petroleum Corporation in 1996 and served different positions. From April 2003 to April 2005, he served as Deputy General Manager of Sinopetro Investment Company Ltd. From April 2005 to September 2008, he served as Deputy General Manager of CNPC International (Kazakhstan) Ltd. and concurrently General Manager of CNPC Ai-Dan Munai Joint Stock Company. From September 2008 to March 2014, he served as Deputy General Manager of CNPC International (Kazakhstan) Ltd. and concurrently General Manager of Joint Stock Company CNPC International Aktobe Petroleum. From March 2014 to March 2017, he served as General Manager of PetroChina Tuha Oilfield Company, and Director of Tuha Petroleum Exploration & Development Headquarters. From March 2017 to February 2020, Mr. Xu served as a Vice President of CNOOC. From 25 February 2020，Mr. Xu has been appointed as a Director of CNOOC. From April 2017 to June 2018, Mr. Xu served as the Chairman of Nexen Energy ULC, a subsidiary of the Company. In between May 2017 and June 2018, he served as the Chairman of a subsidiary of the Company-CNOOC International Limited. In May 2017, Mr. Xu was appointed as a Director of CNOOC China Limited, a subsidiary of the Company. From May 2018 to April 2020, Mr. Xu served as the General Manager of CNOOC China Limited. Mr. Xu was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company with effect from 18 April 2017,and was appointed as the President of the Company from April 2017 to March 2020. He has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company with effect from 19 November 2019.

               

Hu Guangjie
Born in 1973, Mr. Hu is a professor-level senior engineer. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering (Reservoir Engineering) from Chengdu University of Technology and a Master’s degree in Oil and Gas Field Development Engineering from China University of Petroleum (Huadong). He served in a number of positions in China Petrochemical Corporation (“Sinopec Group”), including Vice Manager of Northwest Oil Field Company, a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (“Sinopec Corp.”), Vice General Manager of Northwest Oil Field Company, Executive Vice Director General of Northwest Petroleum Bureau, Executive Vice General Manager of Northwest Oil Field Company, Director General of Northwest Petroleum Bureau, General Manager of Northwest Oil Field Company, General Manager of Northwest Petroleum Bureau Co., Ltd., Executive Vice Director of Oilfield Exploration & Production Department of Sinopec Corp., Director of Oilfield Exploration & Production Department, General Manager of Oilfield Exploration & Production Department. In March 2020, Mr. Hu was appointed as Vice President of CNOOC. In April 2020, Mr. Hu was appointed as the General Manager of CNOOC China Limited, a subsidiary of the Company. Mr. Hu has been appointed as an Executive Director and the President of the Company with effect from 20 March 2020.
Independent Non-executive Directors

               

Chiu Sung Hong
Born in 1947, Mr. Chiu received an LL.B. degree from the University of Sydney. He was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. He has over 30 years’ experience in legal practice and had been a director of a listed company in Australia. Mr. Chiu was the founding member of the Board of Trustees of the Australian Nursing Home Foundation and a senior research fellow of Centre for Law & Globalization of Renmin University of China since 2016. He also served as the General Secretary of the Australian Chinese Community Association of New South Wales. Mr. Chiu is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Tianda Pharmaceuticals Limited (formerly Yunnan Enterprises Holdings Limited, Tianda Holdings Limited) since April 2008, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Chiu is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Bank of China (Australia) Limited (a wholly subsidiary of Bank of China Limited). Mr. Chiu was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 7 September 1999.

               

Lawrence J. Lau

Born in 1944, Professor Lau graduated with a B.S. (with Great Distinction) in Physics from Stanford University in 1964, and received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966 and 1969 respectively. He joined the faculty of the Department of Economics at Stanford University in 1966, becoming Professor of Economics in 1976, the first Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Economic Development in 1992, and Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Economic Development, Emeritus in 2006. From 2004 to 2010, Professor Lau served as the Vice-chancellor (President) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. From September 2010 to September 2014, Professor Lau served as Chairman of CIC International (Hong Kong) Co., Limited. From March 2008 to February 2018, Professor Lau served as a member of the 11th and 12th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (and a Vice Chairman of its Economics Subcommittee). Professor Lau specializes in economic development, economic growth, and the economies of East Asia, including that of China. He has authored, co-authored, or edited thirteen books, including The China-U.S. Trade War and Future Economic Relations, and published more than 200 articles and notes in professional journals. Professor Lau serves as a member of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Exchange Fund Advisory Committee Currency Board Subcommittee, and a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Belt and Road and Greater Bay Area Committee. In addition, he also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen) Advanced Finance Institute, aka Shenzhen Finance Institute, a member and Chairman of the Prize Recommendation Committee of the LUI Che Woo Prize Company, as well as a Vice-Chairman of Our Hong Kong Foundation. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong in July 2007 and awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2011 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He currently serves as the Ralph and Claire Landau Professor of Economics at the Lau ChorTak Institute of Global Economics and Finance, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an independent non-executive director of AIA Group Limited and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, and served as an independent non-executive director from December 2014 to May 2020 of Hysan Development Company Limited, all listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He also serves as an independent non-executive director of Far EasTone Telecommunications Company Limited, Taipei, which is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Professor Lau was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 31 August 2005.

               

Tse Hau Yin, Aloysius
Born in 1948, Mr. Tse is a fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“HKICPA”). Mr. Tse is a past president and a former member of the Audit Committee of the HKICPA. He joined KPMG in 1976, became a partner in 1984 and retired in March 2003. Mr. Tse was a non-executive Chairman of KPMG’s operations in the PRC and a member of the KPMG China advisory board from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Tse is currently an independent non-executive director of China Telecom Corporation Limited, SJM Holdings Limited, Sinofert Holdings Limited and China Huarong Asset Management Company, Limited, companies listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. From 2004 to 2010, he was an independent non-executive director of China Construction Bank Corporation, which is listed on the HKSE Main Board. From 2005 to 2016, Mr. Tse was also an independent non-executive director of Daohe Global Group Limited (formerly known as Linmark Group Limited), which is listed on the HKSE Main Board, Mr. Tse is currently an independent non-executive director of CCB International (Holdings) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Construction Bank Corporation and OCBC Wing Hang Bank Limited (formerly named as Wing Hang Bank Limited whose shares were delisted from The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with effect from 16 October 2014). Mr. Tse is also a member of the International Advisory Council of the People’s Municipal Government of Wuhan. Mr. Tse was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 8 June 2005.

               

Qiu Zhi Zhong
Born in 1955, Mr. Qiu obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from New York University and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1983, a Master of Science degree in Electrical Power Engineering from Ohio State University in 1985, and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1990. Mr. Qiu is the Senior Advisor to MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated. He also serves as the Honorary Consul of Republic of Rwanda in Hong Kong. From 1991 to 2002, Mr. Qiu served as the Chairman of Greater China Region and a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Qiu established and served as the Managing Director of Quartz Capital. From 2004 to 2014, he served as the Chairman of the DragonTech Ventures Fund and DragonTech Ventures Management Limited. From 2006 to 2009, he served as the Executive Chairman of China and Vice Chairman of Asia of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., and during this period he also served as the Chairman of ABN AMRO (China) Co. Ltd. and the Chairman of ABN AMRO Leasing (China) Co. Ltd. From 2009 to March 2013, he served as a Managing Director, the Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific and Chairman of Greater China of Barclays Capital. From 2013 to 2016, he served as the Chairman of Meridian Capital (Asia) Limited. In 1994 and 1995, Mr. Qiu was named as one of the world's “50 Most Wanted in Finance” and “World’s 50 Derivatives Superstars” respectively by the Global Finance magazine. Mr. Qiu was appointed as an independent non-executive director and a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company with effect from 7 May, 2019.