Board of Directors

Xueji (Jerry) Wang is our founder and currently serves as a director and our chief executive officer. Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Wang founded PHPWind, one of the most popular open source forums software in China, in 2003. In 2006, Mr. Wang established Hangzhou Detian Information Technology Co., Ltd. to officially commercialize PHPWind business from 2006 to May 2008. In May 2008, PHPWind was acquired by Hangzhou Ali Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary or consolidated affiliated entity of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (a company listed on the NYSE, symbol: BABA, and secondary listed on the Stock Exchange, stock code: 9988) (together with its subsidiaries and its consolidated affiliated entities, “Alibaba Group”). From May 2008 to February 2014, Mr. Wang worked at Alibaba Group, where he served as a senior director and he was responsible for leading and launching a number of major technology and product innovations for Alibaba Cloud and Alipay, including Alibaba’s QR code payment system. Mr. Wang received a bachelor’s degree in information and computational science from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in the PRC in June 2005. Mr. Wang was recognized by Forbes as a member of China’s Thirty Entrepreneurs under 30 in February 2012, and was named by Fortune China as one of China’s Forty Business Elites under 40 in April 2021.

Liaohan (Leo) Chen is our founder and currently serves as a director and our president. Prior to co-founding the Company, Mr. Chen is the co-founder of PHPWind. Mr. Chen served as the management at Hangzhou Detian Information Technology Co., Ltd. from 2006 to May 2008. Mr. Chen served as an operations director at Alibaba Group, where he worked on Alibaba Cloud and Alibaba’s O2O business, leading the application of technology and business operation, from May 2008 to May 2014. Mr. Chen received a bachelor’s degree in information and computing science from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in the PRC in June 2005, and received a master’s degree in computer applied technology from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in the PRC in July 2010.

Yi (Alex) Yang is our co-founder and currently serves as a director and our chief operation officer. Mr. Yang has played a pivotal role in Tuya’s growth since its startup, funding and investor relations, and strategic direction. Mr. Yang also brings extensive experience in operational leadership, including expertise relating to both business and financial management. Prior to co-founding the Company, Mr. Yang worked as a senior expert at Alibaba Group from April 2011 to May 2015, where he was responsible for developing and operating business opportunities for multiple projects including mobile payment at Alibaba’s O2O business and Alibaba Cloud. Mr. Yang received a bachelor’s degree in international business and economics from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in the PRC in October 2004.

Yan (Claire) Zhang currently serves as a director and our vice president of finance. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Zhang worked at Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP from December 2009 to January 2021, where her last position was senior audit manager. Ms. Zhang received a bachelor’s degree in management from Shanxi University of Finance and Economics in the PRC in July 2006, and a master’s degree in management from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in the PRC in January 2009.

Mr. Huang has over 15 years of experience in the technology and internet industry. He is currently a senior advisor of JD.com, Inc. (a company listed on the Nasdaq, symbol: JD, and secondary listed on the Stock Exchange, stock code: 9618) and was its chief financial officer from September 2013 until his retirement in September 2020, including the last three months as an executive coach to his successor. He has been an independent non-executive director of Kuaishou Technology (a company listed on the Stock Exchange, stock code: 1024) since February 2021 and an independent director of Yatsen Holding Limited (a company listed on the NYSE, symbol: YSG) since November 2020. Mr. Huang was a director of Bitauto Holdings Limited (a company which was listed on the NYSE and privatized in November 2020) from November 2010 to August 2020.

Prior to joining JD.com, Inc. in September 2013, Mr. Huang had served multiple top management roles for VanceInfo Technologies Inc., including its co-president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer as well as the chief financial officer of its successor company, Pactera Technology International Ltd., after the merger. He was an investment banker at Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in New York from August 2002 to July 2004. He held various positions including audit manager at KPMG LLP from January 1997 to August 2000 and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York in October 1999.

Mr. Huang has been an Academic Visitor at St Anthony’s College of the University of Oxford since October 2021. He received an MBA degree from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in the United States in June 2002 and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Bernard M. Baruch College of The City University of New York in the United States in February 1997.

Mr. Qiu is a founder of Kunteng (Hainan) Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. since July 2017. Prior to that, he served at Taobao (China) Software Co., Ltd. from December 2004 to May 2016, where his last position was vice president. Mr. Qiu received a bachelor’s degree in physics from Zhejiang University in the PRC in June 1997 and a MBA degree from Peking University in the PRC in June 2004.

Mr. Kuok has been the Chief Executive Officer of K3 Venture Partners Pte. Ltd. since January 2020. He worked as Vice President (Projects) at Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd from October 2012 to February 2017. Mr. Kuok received his bachelor’s degree in science from Cornell University in the United States in January 2007.

Mr. Yip worked in the audit division of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Canada from May 2003 to May 2007. He was a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong from June 2007 to June 2010. Mr. Yip worked in Alibaba Group Holding Limited (a company listed on the NYSE, symbol: BABA, and secondary listed on the Stock Exchange, stock code: 9988) from June 2010 to May 2022, where he served as a senior director of finance, primarily responsible for the group’s financial reporting and technical accounting and share-based compensation administration and management. Mr. Yip received a bachelor’s degree of commerce from the University of British Columbia in Canada in May 2005. Mr. Yip qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Canada in January 2007 and has been a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since September 2016.