Senior Management
Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee. Mr. Lu serves as deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Bank since February 2025, and serves as President of the Bank since April 2025. He used to be a member of the Party Committee, assistant general manager, and deputy general manager of the Business Department (currently Beijing Branch) of the Head Office, deputy general manager (presiding) and general manager of the Budget and Finance Department (currently Finance and Accounting Department) of the Head Office as well as general manager of Asset and Liability Department of the Head Office, etc.; Board secretary, Board secretary (business director level), business director, a member of Party Committee and vice president of the Bank, and he concurrently held the positions of deputy head of the preparatory team for the establishment of Hong Kong Branch, general manager of the Asset and Liability Department of Head Office, deputy head of preparatory team for the establishment of the JSC Altyn Bank and a director of JSC Altyn Bank, and secretary of the Party Committee and president of Shenzhen Branch of the Bank; secretary of the Party Committee, general manager, vice chairman and chairman of CITIC Trust Co., Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Lu worked in Beijing Youth Industrial Group Corporation. Mr. Lu has 25 years of experience in the Chinese banking industry and he is a certified public accountant of the PRC, Hong Kong SAR and Australia. He holds a master’s degree in accounting from Deakin University (DKU) in Australia.
Party Committee member, executive director, Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of the Bank. Mr. Hu concurrently serves as a director of CITIC Bank International Limited. He used to be deputy head of the preparatory team for the establishment of the Bank’s Changsha Branch, Party committee member and vice president of Changsha Branch; Party committee member, vice president, secretary of Party committee and president of the Bank’s Chongqing Branch; secretary of Party committee and president of the Bank’s Shanghai Branch; Chief Risk Officer and head of the wholesale business of the Bank. Prior to that, he successively worked for the Political Department of Hunan Provincial Procuratorate, and served as deputy section chief at the Personnel Department of Hunan Provincial Party Committee Office, Assistant General Manager and General Manager of Beihaixiang Properties Development Company, vice chairman of Hongdu Enterprise Company (both affiliated to Hunan Zhongli Industrial Group Co., Ltd.) and chairman of Changsha Xiangcai Urban Credit Cooperative in Hunan Province. Mr. Hu has nearly 30 years of experience in the Chinese banking industry. He graduated from Hunan University with a doctoral degree in economics and is a senior economist.
Party Committee member and Vice President of the Bank. Mr. Xie serves as director of CNCB (Hong Kong) Investment Co., Ltd. and is concurrently a director of CITIC Foundation for Reform and Development Studies. Previously, he was a Party Committee member and assistant general manager of China Export Credit Insurance Corporation (during which he temporarily worked as a standing member of the Party Committee and Deputy Mayor of Hohhot City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region), and Party Committee member and Secretary of the Committee for Disciplinary Inspection of China Everbright Group Co., Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Xie served as assistant general manager, deputy general manager and general manager of the human resources department (assistant director, deputy director and director of the organization department under the Party Committee) of China Export Credit Insurance Corporation, Party committee secretary of the company’s Shenzhen branch, and person in charge, Party committee secretary and general manager of the company’s Hebei provincial branch. Mr. Xie graduated from Renmin University of China with a doctorate degree in economics. He is a senior economist.
Party Committee member and Vice President of the Bank. Mr. He concurrently serves as Secretary of Party Committee and President of Beijing Branch of the Bank. He previously served as vice president (presiding) and president of Dongchenggenjie Sub-branch, general manager of the Corporate Banking Department of Chengdu Branch, assistant to president, vice president, secretary of the Party Committee and president of Chengdu Branch, general manager of the Asset Preservation Department of the Head Office, and Secretary of Party Committee and president of Shanghai Branch of the Bank. Prior to that, Mr. He worked at Sichuan Rural Trust and Investment Company. He has 27 years’ experience in China’s banking industry. He graduated from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and obtained master’s degrees in economics. He is a senior economist.
Party Committee Member and Vice President of the Bank. Mr. Gu used to serve as the assistant president and vice president (presiding) of Jiefang sub-branch of Hangzhou branch; vice president (presiding) and president of Qianjiang sub-branch of Hangzhou branch; executive deputy general manager of the Business Department of Hangzhou branch; assistant president, Party Committee member, chief risk officer and vice president of Hangzhou Branch; deputy general manager (presiding) of the Inclusive Finance Department of the Head Office; Party Committee member, vice president (presiding), secretary of the Party Committee and president of the Asset Management Business Center of the Head Office of the Bank; and secretary of the Party Committee, president and chairman of CITIC Wealth Management Corporation Limited. Mr. Gu has more than 20 years of experience in the Chinese banking industry. He graduated from the School of International Business and Economics of Zhejiang University with a bachelor’ s degree in Economics.
Business Director of the Bank. Mr. Lu previously served as the deputy chief of the corporate credit division, president of the Olympic Village sub-branch, president of the CITIC International Building sub-branch, and Party committee member and assistant general manager of the Business Department of the Head Office of the Bank (currently Beijing Branch); assistant general manager (presiding) of the Corporate Banking Department of the Bank, the secretary of Party committee and president of Kunming Branch, Changsha Branch and Nanjing Branch of the Bank, and general manager of the Corporate Banking Department (Rural Revitalization Department) of the Bank. Mr. Lu has 30 years’ experience in the Chinese banking industry. He received his master’s degree in economics from Renmin University of China, EMBA degree from Peking University and doctorate degree in management from Central South University. He is a senior economist.
Board Secretary and Company Secretary of the Bank. Ms. Zhang concurrently serves as the general manager of the Risk Management Department of the Bank. Prior to that, Ms. Zhang served as assistant general manager, deputy general manager (presiding), and general manager of the Credit Management and Approval Department of the Bank’s Xi’an branch, Party committee member, assistant president, and vice president of the branch, general manager of the Credit Management Department of the Bank, head of the Organizing Department of the Party Committee and general manager of the Human Resources Management Department of the Bank, and a board director of CITIC Financial Leasing and CNCB (Hong Kong) Investment Limited. Prior to that, she worked at the Shaanxi branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, successively working on the accounting, planning, credit management in the sub-branch and project review in the branch. She has over 30 years’ professional experience in the Chinese banking industry. She graduated from Shaanxi Institute of Mechanical Engineering (now Xi’an University of Technology) with a master’s degree in engineering. Ms. Zhang is a senior economist.