Independent Director
Jiming Ha has served as our independent director since March 2021. Dr. Ha was a visiting scholar at the University of Virginia from May 2019 to June 2021. From April 2018 to January 2021, Dr. Ha served as an independent director of Lufax Holding Ltd (NYSE: LU). From January 2018 to December 2019, he was an independent director of Luokung Technology Corp. (NASDAQ: LKCO). Prior to his directorship with Luokung Technology Corp., Dr. Ha was a senior fellow at China Finance 40 Forum from May 2017 to January 2018 and served as a managing director at Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. in investment banking services from October 2010 to April 2017. He was the chief economist at China International Capital Corporation from 2004 to 2010. Before that, Dr. Ha was a senior economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 1993 to 2004, and worked at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority within the IMF from 2001 to 2003. He also served as the IMF resident representative to Indonesia from 1999 to 2001. Dr. Ha received his Ph.D degree in economics from the University of Kansas, and his master’s degree and bachelor’s degree in science from Fudan University.