Management

Huazhi Hu
Huazhi Hu
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Huazhi Hu has been the founder, chief executive officer and the chairman of the board of directors since the inception of our company. Mr. Hu founded our predecessor company, Beijing Yihang Chuangshi Technology Co., Ltd. in 2005, a leader in providing large-scale command-and-control systems. Mr. Hu also worked as the chief technology officer at Beijing 999 Emergency Rescue Center in charge of the development of the emergency command & control center between 2008 and 2010, and worked at Beijing Jindian Group as a vice president overseeing information management between 2006 and 2008. Mr. Hu is a recipient of the Technology Innovation Award presented at the Living Legends of Aviation event in 2019. Mr. Hu attended Tsinghua University majoring in computer science from 1992 to 1997.

Conor Chia-hung Yang
Conor Chia-hung Yang
Chief Financial Officer and Director

Mr. Conor Chia-hung Yang has served as our director since December 2019 and as our chief financial officer since September 2023. From 2007 to 2023, Mr. Yang served in several chief financial officer positions, including Tuniu Corporation (Nasdaq: TOUR), E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc., and AirMedia Group Inc. Mr. Yang was the chief executive officer of Rock Mobile Corporation from 2004 to 2007, and the chief financial officer of the Asia Pacific region for CellStar Asia Corporation from 1999 to 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Yang was a senior banker at Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., Lehman Brothers Asia Limited and Morgan Stanley Asia Limited from 1992 to 1999. Mr. Yang currently also serves as an independent director of I-Mab (Nasdaq: IMAB), iQIYI, Inc. (Nasdaq: IQ), Tongcheng Travel Holdings Limited (HKSE: 0780), UP Fintech Holding Ltd (Nasdaq: TIGR) and Smart Share Global Limited (Nasdaq: EM). Mr. Yang received his master’s degree in business administration from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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Zhao Wang
Co-Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Zhao Wang has served as our co-chief operating officer since April 2024. Prior to joining EHang, Mr. Wang worked for Antaeus Group, a Chinese group enterprise with cross-industry services in resort, film and art, as the chief executive officer of Mangrove Tree Technology Group from June 2020 to March 2024. He played a pivotal role in driving digital transformation initiatives and planning business operations for several super-large-scale resorts in China, including the deployment of intelligent operational and management system platforms and introducing self-driving vehicles in air as well as on the ground and water to resorts. Prior to that, Mr. Wang was chief executive officer at an IT consulting firm Beijing Ganlan Technology Development Co., Ltd. from August 2017 to June 2020. Between October 2008 and August 2017, Mr. Wang served in several executive positions at Antaeus Investment Group and was in charge of platform development, operation and management for cultural tourism projects and digital film industries. From December 2006 to October 2008, Mr. Wang served as technology manager in Sohu.com and led the architecture design of the website information system for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Mr. Wang also participated in the development of information system for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. Mr. Wang holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Technology from Tsinghua University.

Xin Fang
Xin Fang
Co-Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Xin Fang joined us in February 2022 as our chief operating officer, and currently serves as our co-chief operating officer. Prior to joining us, Mr. Fang served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wuning Xinyihang Investment Development Co., Ltd. Mr. Fang is a seasoned business leader with more than 20 years of business administration and operational experience. He has a track record of success in the fields of sales of IT product and system integration solutions, tourism operation and management, tourism real estate development, etc. Mr. Fang obtained his master’s degree in business administration from Nanchang University in 2013.

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