Board of Directors

Mr. Gangjiang Li has served as the chairman of the Board and the Company’s chief executive officer since December 2022. Mr. Li is the founder of BJY and has served as the chairman of the board of directors of BaiJiaYun Group Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Beijing Baijia Shilian Technology Limited) since its inception. Mr. Li has served as the chairman of Saimeite Technology Co. Ltd, an industrial intelligent manufacturing system supplier, since December 2020. From August 2014 to May 2017, Mr. Li served as the co-founder and chief technology officer at Gaotu Techedu Inc. (NYSE: GOTU) (formerly named as GSX Techedu Inc.), a Chinese online education platform that allows its users to search for courses related to various fields and subjects. Prior to that, he was the R&D head of Google China from April 2007 to October 2011 where he was responsible for AI research and development, as well as the R&D head of Intel China Ltd. Shanghai Branch from April 2003 to January 2007 where he focused on product design and development. In addition, Mr. Li served as an R&D engineer of Microsoft Group from July 2001 to March 2003, responsible for product research and development. Mr. Li received his bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in computer science and technology in 1998 and 2000 respectively, both from Tsinghua University. He also received an EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School in 2019. 

Mr. Yi Ma has served as the Company’s president and director since December 2022 and the chief executive officer at BaiJiaYun Group Co., Ltd. since December 2018. From September 2009 to December 2018, Mr. Ma served as the chief technology officer at Beijing Sohu Internet Information Service Co., Ltd. (NYSE: SOHU). He also served as an R&D engineer of Kuliu (Beijing) Information Technology Co., Ltd., responsible for product research and development from July 2007 to August 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Ma served as a senior engineer of Beijing Sohu Internet Information Service Co., Ltd. (NYSE: SOHU) from July 2004 to July 2007, responsible for product design and development. In addition, Mr. Ma served as an engineer of Beijing Ccidnet Information Technology Co., Ltd. from July 2001 to June 2004. Mr. Ma also worked in Beijing No. 131 Middle School as a math teacher from August 1999 to June 2001. He received a bachelor’s degree in material science from China University of Geoscience in 1999 and an EMBA degree from Tsinghua University in 2018.

Mr. Chun Liu has served as the Company’s independent director since December 2022. He has also served as an independent non-executive director of DL Holding Group Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Stock Limited (Stock Code: 1709) since April 2020. Mr. Liu also currently serves, and has served, as the senior vice president of Phoenix New Media Ltd, a company listed by way of American depositary shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FENG) since 2018. In addition, Mr. Liu served as a director and the chief cultural officer of Zhongnanhong Cultural Group Co., Ltd., a company listed on the SME board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (002445.SZ), and the president of its subsidiary, Jiangsu Zhongnan Film Co., Ltd., from 2015 to 2018. Mr. Liu has served as an independent director of Vipshop Holding Limited, a company listed by way of American depositary shares on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: VIPS) since 2013. Prior to that, he was a vice president of Sohu.com Limited, a company listed by way of American depositary shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market (Nasdaq: SOHU) from 2011 to 2013. From 2000 to 2011, Mr. Liu worked at Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd, with his last position being the executive director of Phoenix Chinese TV. Mr. Liu also served as an executive producer of China Central Television from 1994 to 2000. He received a bachelor’s degree in Chinese from the Anhui Normal University in 1987 and a master’s degree in television media from the Communication University of China in 1994, as well as an EMBA degree from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in 2009.

Mr. Erlu Lin has served as the Company’s independent director since December 2022. He currently serves as a managing partner of Decent Capital, leading the management and investment business of the fund platform with a management scale of up to RMB 3 billion. Prior to Decent Capital, Mr. Lin was the vice president and director of Lalami Information Technology Company from March 2021 to August 2022, a Chinese beauty e-commerce company, where he led the IPO project. From 2013 to 2020, Mr. Lin served as a director of Forebright Capital (formerly the direct investment department of Everbright Holdings (0165.HK)), where his investment areas focused on technology and finance, and he invested in several post-IPO projects, including Ming Yuan Cloud (0909.HK). In addition, Mr. Lin served as an investment manager at Far East Horizon (3360.HK) for equity and bond investment work. Mr. Lin also worked as an investment analyst at Ernst & Young and D. E. Shaw Group from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Lin obtained a bachelor’s degree in statistics from Sun Yat-sen University in 2006 and a master’s degree in actuarial science from Hong Kong University in 2008, as well as an EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School in 2019.

Mr. Lei Yan has served as the Company’s director since December 2022. Mr. Yan served as the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co. Ltd. from July 2020 to December 2022. Mr. Yan has been the president of Shanghai Meicheng Enterprise Management Co., Ltd. since January 2020, where he is responsible for overall business management. Since April 2019, Mr. Yan has served as the director and president of Shandong Shengjia Industrial Park Management Co., Ltd., where he oversees business management. In addition, he has been the vice president of Shandong Hualong Group Co., Ltd. since 2013, where he is in charge of business administration and market expansion. He was also the director of marketing of Shandong Hualong from 2008 to 2013. From 2003 to 2008, he served as marketing manager, marketing salesman of the marketing department for Shandong Hualong. Mr. Yan graduated from the Hubei University of Economics in 2003, where his major was accounting computerization. He also studied business management at the China University of Petroleum from 2008 to 2010 for his undergraduate course and business administration for his master’s course at Korea Daebul University in South Korea.