万国数据 GDS

Ms. Bin Yu has served as our independent director since November 2016. She served as the chief financial officer for Lingochamp Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a company engaged in AI driven education from September 2017 to January 2020. Ms. Yu has served as an independent non-executive director and the chairperson of the audit and risk committee of DPC Dash Ltd, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since December 2024, a director of Baozun Inc., a company listed on NASDAQ since June 2024, an independent director of Zero2IPO Holdings Inc., a company committed to providing the industry with leading services for entrepreneurship and investment since December 2020, and an independent director of iDreamSky Technology Holdings Limited, a leading mobile game publisher in China listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange since May 2018. From 2015 to May 2017, she served as the chief financial officer of Innolight Technology Corp. From 2013 to 2015, she served as a director and the chief financial officer of Star China Media Limited, a company engaged in the entertainment TV programs business. From 2012 to 2013, she was a senior vice president of Youku Tudou Inc., and had responsibility for the company's investments in content production, mergers and acquisitions and strategic investments. She previously served as the chief financial officer from 2012 to 2013, and the vice president of finance from 2010 to 2011, of Youku Tudou's predecessor, Tudou Holdings Limited. Prior to that, she worked at KPMG from 1999 to 2010 and was a senior manager of KPMG's Greater China region. Ms. Yu received a master's degree in accounting from the University of Toledo, and an EMBA from Tsinghua University and INSEAD, respectively. Ms. Yu is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States admitted by the Accountancy Board of Ohio.

Mr. Chang Sun has served as our independent director since April 2017. Mr. Sun is a Senior Advisor to TPG Global. Prior to joining TPG, he was chairman and founder of Black Soil Group, a private Investment holding company. From 1995 to 2015, Mr. Sun was a partner at Warburg Pincus and served as chairman of Asia Pacific for the firm and a member of the firm's Executive Management Group. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Sun worked as an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division and Principal Investment Area of Goldman Sachs (Asia). He also worked as an associate at Lepercq, de Neuflize & Co., a boutique investment bank in New York, and at the United Nations headquarters as a professional translator. Mr. Sun holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Beijing Foreign Studies University and a joint degree of MA/MBA from the Joseph Lauder Institute of International Management and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Sun is the founder and honorary Chairman of the China Venture Capital Association (CVCA) and the founder and Executive Vice Chairman of the China Real Estate Developers and Investors' Association (CREDIA). He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Lauder Institute at the Wharton School, and a board member of the China Entrepreneurs Club (CEC). Mr. Sun is also an adjunct professor at United International College of Hong Kong Baptist University and an Industry Supervisor at PBC School of Finance of Tsinghua University.

Ms. Yan Liang joined our company in 2010 and has served as our senior vice president of data center operation and delivery since March 2014 and our executive vice president of data center operation and delivery since April 2024. Ms. Liang is currently also responsible for data center operation efficiency enhancement and asset management. Ms. Liang serves on the China Data Center Committee as vice chairman with responsibility for contributing to white papers for data center operation system architecture, data center infrastructure management system, and best energy efficiency methodology. Prior to joining us in 2010, Ms. Liang served as a director of operations and business development with COSCO's global data center business where she had responsibility for information system centralization, construction of large data centers, establishment and promotion of ITIL operation management systems and global disaster recovery from 1997 to 2010. Ms. Liang received a bachelor's degree from Tongji University and an MBA from Fudan University.

Mr. Bruno Lopez has been a director of our company since August 2014. Mr. Lopez is President and Group Chief Executive Officer of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC). He has been responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, growth and development of the STT GDC group since its inception in 2014. Under his leadership, STT GDC has become one of the fastest-growing data center providers across Asia and Europe. The company has built a substantial portfolio of integrated data centers across a global platform, serving all the major cloud service providers and enterprises in Singapore, India, Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam; and through VIRTUS Data Centres in the UK, Germany and Italy. Mr. Lopez oversees the strategic and operational priorities of these companies in various jurisdictions, serving our global customers. His leadership has been instrumental in steering the company to market leadership positions in key economies, establishing STT GDC as a prominent player in the global data centre industry. An industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications and data center industry, Mr. Lopez has won many industry accolades recognizing his dedication, expertise, and innovation in shaping the future of digital infrastructure and technology. Mr. Lopez's track record includes founding roles as the CEO and Executive Director of Keppel Data Centres where he played a key role in building up the company's growth and expansion across Asia and Europe. He also established the Securus Data Property Fund, an investment fund focused on data center assets in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and the Middle East, which later merged with Keppel Data Centres' assets during the company's SGX REIT listing. Mr. Lopez holds a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours from the National University of Singapore and a Master's degree from Rutgers University, USA.

Mr. Kejing Zhang joined our company in 2015 as our senior vice president of sales, and has served as our executive vice president of sales and service since April 2024. Mr. Zhang is responsible for sales operations, management and service. Prior to joining us, Mr. Zhang was a director of wholesale business of China Unicom (Europe) Operations Limited from 2010 to 2014, with responsibility for sales and business development with telco carriers in European, Middle East and African regions. Mr. Zhang majored in electronic engineering and received a Ph.D. from Queen Mary and Westfield College to the University of London.

Ms. Judy Qing Ye has served as our independent director since October 2018. Ms. Judy Qing Ye is the advisor for Yimei Capital and affiliates, a global alternative investment firm and has nearly 20 years of experience in investment. Prior to that, she worked in strategic investment department at Hewlett-Packard Company in Silicon Valley starting 2001. In her earlier career, Ms. Ye worked as M&A project manager at PepsiCo, New York. Ms. Ye also served on the board of NE Social Impact Fund (NESIF), a dedicated social impact investing fund in China. Ms. Ye is also the council member of United Way Shanghai, a global non-profit charitable organization. She also served as President of the Wharton Club of Shanghai and is currently the Director of the Union of Finance Alumni of Peking University (UFAPKU). Ms. Ye received her bachelor of economics degree from Peking University and earned her MA from Tufts University, MBA from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Liu Chee Ming has been a director of our company since December 2023. Mr. Liu has over 40 years of experience across the financial services sector across Asia Pacific. Mr. Liu is currently the Managing Director of Platinum Holdings Company Limited, which he established in March 1996. In June 2018, he was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, where he also chairs the remuneration committee. He was also appointed as a Director of SingEx-Sphere Holdings Pte Ltd (now known as Constellar Holdings Pte. Ltd.) in April 2021 and was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of MGM China Holdings Limited in May 2021. Mr. Liu has been a Governor of the Singapore International School (Hong Kong) since May 2006 and was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Singapore International School (Hong Kong) in January 2020. Mr. Liu holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the former University of Singapore.

Mr. Daniel Newman has served as the chief financial officer of GDS since September 2011. Prior to joining us in this capacity, Mr. Newman acted as an advisor to GDS from 2009 to 2011. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Newman served as a managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch with responsibility for investment banking clients in the telecom, media, and technology sectors in Asia. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Newman acted as an advisor in the chairman's office of Reliance Communications in Mumbai, India. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Newman served as a managing director at Deutsche Bank with responsibility for investment banking clients in the telecom and media sectors in Asia. Mr. Newman previously worked as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers (and its successors) from 1997 to 2001 and at S.G. Warburg (and its successors) from 1983 to 1997 in London and Hong Kong. Mr. Newman received his bachelor's degree in history from Bristol University in the UK in 1983.

Mr. Sio Tat Hiang is vice-chairman of our board of directors and has been a director of our company since August 2014. From 2020 to 2025, Mr. Sio was a director of Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd (an indirect shareholder of STT GDC), and STT Communications Ltd. From 2012 to 2020 Mr. Sio was a director of STT GDC, from 2017 to 2020 Mr. Sio was the chairman of the board of STT GDC and from 2017 to 2022 Mr. Sio was the Chairman of the Board of Virtus HoldCo Limited. In addition, Mr. Sio currently also sits on the Board of U Mobile Sdn Bhd and is the chairman of the board of STT Global Data Centers India Private Limited. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration with honors from the National University of Singapore and attended the London Business School Senior Executive Programme.

Mr. Gary J. Wojtaszek has served as our director since June 2018, and previously served as an observer of our board of directors beginning in October 2017. He brings extensive experience founding, scaling, and monetizing both private and public companies. Mr. Wojtaszek is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of RecNation, the largest institutional owner of specialized boat and RV storage facilities in the United States. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of CyrusOne, Inc. from August 2011 to February 2020, where he led the company's transformation into a leading global, carrier-neutral hyperscale data center platform and one of the top-performing REITs in the United States during his tenure. Prior to CyrusOne, Mr. Wojtaszek served as Chief Financial Officer and a member of the board of Cincinnati Bell Inc., where he was responsible for the data center business and led the creation, spin-off, and IPO of CyrusOne. Earlier in his career, he held senior financial leadership roles across the semiconductor, automotive, and education sectors. He currently serves on the boards of Quantum Loophole, Nxtra Data Centers, and Ark data centers, and recently served on the board of Talen Energy, where he played a key role in its restructuring and in advancing the development of a data center campus co-located with a nuclear power facility through Cumulus Data. In March of 2026, he assumed the role of Executive Chairman and interim CEO of PURE data centers based in London, England, and contemporaneously resigned as the vice-chairman and director of DayOne, headquartered in Singapore, which he has been involved in, with inception of that company. Mr. Wojtaszek is an industry advisor to The Carlyle Group, Oaktree Capital, and General Atlantic/Actis, and serves on the board of the data center engineering program at Southern Methodist University. Mr. Wojtaszek holds a B.A. from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Mr. William Wei Huang is our founder, chairman of our board of directors and, since 2002, has served as our chief executive officer. From 2004 to 2020, Mr. Huang also served as a director of Haitong-Fortis Private Equity Fund Management Co., Ltd., a domestic private equity fund management company in China. Prior to founding our company, he served as a senior vice president of Shanghai Meining Computer Software Co., Ltd., which operates StockStar.com, a website primarily providing finance and securities related information and services in China. Mr. Huang also acts as a director of DayOne, in which we hold minority equity interest. Mr. Huang acted as the chairman of DayOne until April 2026.

Ms. Jessie Yixin Qian joined our company in 2022 and has served as our executive vice president for operation since April 2024. Ms. Qian's responsibilities include corporate business and operation management, energy procurement process and ESG initiatives. Prior to joining us, she worked at the KPMG San Francisco office from 1997 to 2003 and was a partner of KPMG's Greater China region since 2007. Ms. Qian has in-depth experience with the SEC reporting matters, internal controls and capital market transactions. Ms. Qian received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Shanghai University and a master's degree in accounting from the University of Southern California. Ms. Qian is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States admitted by the Accountancy Board of California.