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Kenneth Lam

Independent Director

Mr. Lam has served as our Independent Director since January 2025. Mr. Lam has served as the chief financial officer of Golden Star since December 2, 2021. Mr. Lam, a chartered accountant in the United Kingdom and a CPA in Hong Kong, is a seasoned finance executive with cross functional experiences including board directorship, executive management, enterprise risk management, quality system implementation, Environmental Health & Safety supervision, legal and company secretarial support in leading MNCs. He has a proven track record on formulating and implementing financial strategies for multi-national corporations in the Chinese market. Mr. Lam was the China CFO, Asia Motor Business Unit Finance Business Partner, interim CEO of AXA Assistance based in Beijing and Suzhou between 2016 and 2018. Before joining AXA, he worked for Airbus for 17 years from 1998 to 2015 in Beijing and Tianjin. He was the Vice President in Finance & Quality of Airbus and acted as the CFO of Airbus in China, board director in JVs and WOFE, and the finance shared services leader of the Group. Mr. Lam was the lead player in the establishment of an engineering center in Beijing, the A320 Final Assembly Line and a logistics center in Tianjin, and a manufacturing center in Harbin. He was also the chief negotiator of two Beijing JV extensions. Between 1995 and 1997, Mr. Lam was the Senior Financial Accountant and Regional EH&S Supervisor of ARCO Chemical Asia Pacific in Hong Kong. On the public practice side, Mr. Lam joined PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Beijing from 1997 to 1998, Ernst & Young in Hong Kong from 1992 to 1994, and Helmores in London from 1988 to 1991. During these periods, Mr. Lam gained rich experience in providing client assurance and IPO services, and advising clients on business issues. Mr. Lam was appointed by the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as a Financial Reporting Review Panel Member of the Financial Reporting Council from 2007 to 2013. The duty was to conduct enquiries into non-compliance with financial reporting requirements of listed companies. Mr. Lam received a bachelor of science degree with honors in Electrical Engineering Science from the University of Warwick and a master of science degree in Management Science from the Imperial College London.