小马智行 PONY

Dr. Luyi Mo joined Pony in 2018 and currently serves as our vice president and head of the Guangzhou and Shenzhen offices. She is responsible for management of our Guangzhou and Shenzhen offices as well as our robotaxi service and operation. Prior to joining Pony, Dr. Mo worked as a senior software engineer at NetEase (Nasdaq: NTES, HKEX: 9999), specializing in game engine development. Dr. Mo holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Zhejiang University and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Hong Kong. During her university time, Dr. Mo received world champion at the 35th Annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals in 2011, making her the first female world champion from China since 1977.

Dr. Mark Qiu serves as our director. Dr. Qiu is the chief executive officer and founding managing partner of China Renaissance Capital Investment. Prior to that, Dr. Qiu joined the CNOOC (HKEX: 0883, SSE: 600938) in 2001, and served as the chief financial officer and senior vice president. From 1998 to 2000, Dr. Qiu was with Salomon Smith Barney, last as the head of its Asia oil and gas investment banking group. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Qiu held various positions with Atlantic Richfield Corporation. From 1990 to 1993, Dr. Qiu served as a staff consultant with RHR International. Dr. Qiu received a Bachelor of Science degree from Hangzhou University in 1984, and a Ph.D. and a Master of Science degree in decision science from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1990, and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998.

Mr. Fei Zhang joined Pony in 2017 and currently serves as our director. Currently, Mr. Zhang is also the non-executive director of Kuaishou Technology (HKEX: 01024, 81024), and is primarily responsible for participating in the formulation of business plans and strategic and major decisions therein. Mr. Zhang has over 20 years of venture capital experience, with a focus in the areas of AI/cloud computing, social/digital media and entertainment, and electric vehicle/autonomous driving. He was a partner at Ceyuan Ventures in Beijing from 2004 to 2007, where he set up and managed a venture fund and led investments in multiple portfolios. Since January 2011, Mr. Zhang was a partner of 5Y Capital (formerly known as Morningside Venture Capital). Around 2016, he founded and has been a fund manager and the responsible officer of Neumann Advisory Hong Kong Limited, a SFC Type 9 licensed corporation. Mr. Zhang received a bachelor's degree of engineering in automation and control from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in July 1994, and an MBA degree from the China Europe International Business School in May 1999.

Mr. Ning Zhang joined Pony in November 2017 and has been serving as our vice president since then. Mr. Zhang currently serves as our vice president, head of our autonomous driving system and the general manager of our Beijing office. Prior to joining Pony, Mr. Zhang worked at Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL, GOOG) as an engineer from 2015 to 2017. He studied under the tutelage of Academician Yao Qizhi (the only Turing Award winner in China), and was a member of the first Yao Class of Tsinghua University. He received a bachelor's degree in computer science and technology from Tsinghua University and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Dr. Haojun Wang joined Pony in 2016 and currently serves as our Chief Financial Officer. He also heads our human resources team. He is responsible for our corporate financing transactions and oversees our financial planning and management matters. Prior to joining Pony, Dr. Wang worked at Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU, HKEX: 9888) as a software architect and then a senior software architect from 2014 to 2016. Prior to that, Dr. Wang worked at IBM (NYSE: IBM) as an advisory software engineer from 2009 to 2014 and worked at Shanghai Online as software engineer from 1998 to 2001. Dr. Wang holds a bachelor's degree in information and control engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and a Ph.D. in computer science from University of Southern California.

Ms. Asmau Ahmed serves as our director. Ms. Ahmed currently serves as the director of QuinStreet, Inc (Nasdaq: QNST) since July 2021 and of blackcomputeHER since July 2018. Previously, Ms. Ahmed served as a managing director at Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG, GOOGL) from July 2021 to April 2024. From September 2018 to July 2021, Ms. Ahmed served as a SVP/managing director at Bank of America. From September 2016 to August 2018, Ms. Ahmed served as a digital product executive at Capital One. From January 2012 to December 2017, Ms. Ahmed was a founder, chief executive officer, and board member at Plum Perfect. From September 2006 to November 2012, Ms. Ahmed served as a management consultant at Deloitte. Ms. Ahmed received a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Mr. Takeo Hamada joined Pony in 2023 and currently serves as our director. He acts as the executive vice president of Toyota Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd. (TMCI), and the project manager of Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) currently. Mr. Hamada joined TMC in April 1991. From January 2012 to January 2015, he was dispatched to Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Upon his return in January 2015, Mr. Hamada joined IVI system development division, where he was promoted to the general manager in April 2016. In January 2021, he became the general manager of the connected management division. Mr. Hamada got his bachelor's degree from Kobe University in 1991.

Dr. Tiancheng Lou co-founded Pony in 2016 and currently serves as a Director and our Chief Technology Officer. Prior to co-founding Pony, Dr. Lou worked at Quora and Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU, HKEX: 9888). At Baidu, he was recognized as the youngest Principal Engineer. Prior to that, Dr. Lou worked as an engineer at Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL, GOOG) from 2012 to 2016 and joined their autonomous driving unit in his last year there. Dr. Lou holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and a Ph.D. degree in computer science from Tsinghua University. Dr. Lou is well-known as a top computer programmer, who is a 16-year medalist of the TopCoder competitions and 2-time champion of the global programming competition Google Code Jam.

Dr. Jun Peng co-founded Pony in 2016 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board and our Chief Executive Officer. Prior to co-founding Pony, Dr. Peng served as the Chief Architect of Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU, HKEX: 9888) from 2011 to 2016, in charge of the R&D of Baidu's autonomous driving unit. Prior to that, Dr. Peng worked as a software engineer at Alphabet Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOGL, GOOG) between 2005 and 2011, specializing in back-end and front-end advertising systems. Dr. Peng obtained a bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University, a master's degree from the State University of New York-Buffalo, and a Ph.D. degree from Stanford University.

Mr. Jackson Tai has served as our independent director since November 2024. Currently, Mr. Tai serves as the non-executive directors of WuXi Biologics (HKEX: 2269), SEED Therapeutics and Novita Pharmaceutical since 2023. From 2008 to 2023, Mr. Tai held various director positions in Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSBC, LSEG: HSBA, HKEX: 0005) and Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE: MA). Prior to that, Mr. Tai joined DBS Bank Limited as the chief financial officer in July 1999, and served as the vice chairman and chief executive officer of both DBS Group Holdings Limited and DBS Bank Limited from June 2002 to December 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Tai was an investment banker with J.P. Morgan & Co. Incorporated from 1974 to 1999. Mr. Tai received a Bachelor of Science degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1972, and an MBA from Harvard University in 1974.