Ms. Lu Rong（盧蓉女士）
Ms. LU Rong is an independent non-executive Director. She is also a member of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. LU joined the Group in April 2025 and is primarily responsible for providing independent judgment to the Board.
Ms. LU is a venture capitalist investing in technology start-ups in the United States and China. She has been the founder of Atypical Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, since 2019. In 2006, she co-founded and managed DCM China, a technology venture capital firm. Ms. LU served as a vice president at Goldman Sachs & Co. from 1996 to 2003.
Ms. LU also holds directorships in various listed companies. She has been an independent director of Volvo Car AB (a company listed on Nasdaq Stockholm with stock symbol of VOLCAR-B) since April 2023. She has been a non-executive director of Unilever PLC (a company listed on the London Stock Exchange with stock symbol of ULVR and on the New York Stock Exchange with stock symbol of UL) since November 2021. She has been an independent director of Yum China Holdings, Inc. (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange with stock symbol of YUMC and on the Stock Exchange with stock code of 9987) since October 2016, and Uxin Limited (a company listed on Nasdaq with stock symbol of UXIN) from October 2017 to May 2025.
Ms. LU received her bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the State of Maryland, the United States in May 1994, and her master’s degree in economics from the Johns Hopkins University in the State of Maryland, the United States in May 1996.