Non-executive Directors

Wang Dongjin

Born in 1962, Mr. Wang is a professor-level senior engineer and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Petroleum Drilling from Development Department of China University of Petroleum in 1982 and a Doctor of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering Management from China University of Petroleum-Beijing in 2012. From July 1995 to December 1997, he was appointed as Deputy Director-General of Jiangsu Petroleum Exploration Bureau. From December 1997 to October 2002, he was appointed as Vice President of China National Oil & Gas Exploration and Development Corporation (“CNODC”). From December 2000 to October 2002, he also served as President of CNPC International (Kazakhstan) Ltd. and President of AktobeMunai Gas Corp. From October 2002 to September 2008, he served as President of CNODC. From January 2004 to September 2008, he was appointed as Assistant President of China National Petroleum Corporation (“CNPC”) and Vice Chairman of CNODC. From September 2008 to March 2018, he served as Vice President of CNPC. From May 2011 to May 2014, he was concurrently appointed as Director of PetroChina Company Limited (“PetroChina”). From July 2013 to March 2018, he was concurrently appointed as President of PetroChina. From May 2014 to March 2018, he served as Vice Chairman of PetroChina. In March 2018, Mr. Wang was appointed as a Director of CNOOC Group. From October 2018 to October 2019, Mr. Wang was appointed as President of CNOOC Group. Since March 2019, Mr. Wang has served as a Director of Overseas Oil & Gas Corporation, Ltd. (OOGC) and CNOOC (BVI) Limited (CNOOC (BVI)). In October 2019, Mr. Wang was appointed as Chairman of CNOOC Group. From November 2019, Mr. Wang was appointed as the Chairman and the President of OOGC, and as the Chairman of CNOOC (BVI). On 27 April 2018, Mr. Wang was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company. From 27 April 2018 to 29 September 2020, Mr. Wang Dongjin served as a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company. From 5 December 2018 to 18 November 2019, Mr. Wang was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Company. Mr. Wang was appointed as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Nomination Committee of the Company on 18 November 2019, and was appointed as Chairman of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee of the Company on 25 August 2022.

Wang Dehua

Born in 1966, Mr. Wang is a senior accountant. Mr. Wang graduated from Renmin University of China majoring in Financial Accounting and received a Bachelor’s degree in Economics. Mr. Wang previously served as Chief Financial Officer of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (a company listed on the HKSE and SSE), Director of Finance Department of China Petrochemical Corporation, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shengjun International Investment Limited, Vice Chairman of Sinopec Finance Co., Ltd., etc. Mr. Wang served as the Chief Accountant of China Oil & Gas Pipeline Network Corporation from November 2019 to August 2024. Mr. Wang served as a Director of CNOOC Group from August 2024. Mr. Wang was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company from 27 November 2024. 

Mu Xiuping

Born in 1974, Ms. Mu is a professor-level senior accountant. Ms. Mu received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Tsinghua University. Ms. Mu previously served as the Vice President of Bank of Kunlun Co., Ltd. From October 2018 to May 2022, Ms. Mu served as the Chief Accountant of China Petroleum Engineering Corp., Ltd. (a company listed on the SSE), and a member of the Coordination Committee of Support and Services Business Group of China National Petroleum Corporation. From May 2022 to October 2024, Ms. Mu served as the General Manager of the Finance Department of PetroChina Company Limited (a company listed on the HKSE and SSE), and concurrently served as the Vice Chairwoman of CNPC Exploration and Development Company Limited, Chief Financial Officer of CNPC Taihu Lake Investment (Beijing) Company Limited, etc. during the period. Ms. Mu served as the Chief Accountant of CNOOC Group from October 2024. Ms. Mu was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee of the Company from 27 November 2024.

Executive Directors

Zhou Xinhuai

Born in 1970, Mr. Zhou is a professor-level senior engineer. He graduated from Chengdu University of Technology with a Master’s degree in Coalfield Oil and Gas Geology and Exploration. In 2008, he received a Ph.D. degree in Energy Geological Engineering from China University of Geosciences. Mr. Zhou has worked with CNOOC Group since 1996 holding several positions. From August 2003 to April 2014, he was the project manager and geological chief engineer of the Technology Department of the CNOOC (China) Limited Tianjin Branch, a subsidiary of the Company. He served as the Chief Geological Engineer of Bohai Oil Research Institute of CNOOC Bohai Petroleum Administrative Bureau, and as the manager of Exploration Department of CNOOC Bohai Petroleum Administrative Bureau and the manager of Exploration Department of CNOOC (China) Limited Tianjin Branch from April 2014 to March 2017. Mr. Zhou served as the Chief Geologist at CNOOC East China Sea Petroleum Administrative Bureau and the Chief Geologist at CNOOC (China) Limited Shanghai Branch, a subsidiary of the Company from March 2017 to October 2019. He also worked as the General Manager of the Exploration Division of the Company from October 2019 to March 2021. He served as the General Manager of CNOOC (China) Limited Hainan Branch, a subsidiary of the Company, and Chairman and General Manager of Hainan Energy Co., Ltd., from March 2021 to March 2022. He served as the Deputy General Manager of the CNOOC Group from March 2022 to March 2024. He served as a Director and the President of the CNOOC Group from March 2024. He has been a Director of OOGC and CNOOC (BVI) since April 2022. He has been the Chairman of the Board of CNOOC (China) Limited since October 2022, and was appointed as the General Manager of this company since June 2023. Mr. Zhou was appointed as the Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company with effect from 28 April 2022, was appointed as a member of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee of the Company on 25 August 2022, and also acted as the President of the Company from 30 June 2023 to 27 November 2024. Mr. Zhou was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Board of the Company on 8 May 2024.

Yan Hongtao

Born in 1970, Mr. Yan is a senior engineer. Mr. Yan graduated from China University of Petroleum (Beijing) majoring in Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation Engineering and received a Master’s degree in Engineering. Mr. Yan served as the Deputy General Manager of the Company’s Development and Production Department, Deputy Director of the CNOOC Eastern South China Sea Petroleum Administrative Bureau, Deputy General Manager of the CNOOC (China) Limited Shenzhen Branch, and concurrently served as Deputy General Manager of CNOOC Deepwater Development Limited. From April 2020 to December 2021, Mr. Yan served as the General Manager of the Company’s Development and Production Department, Deputy Safety Director and General Manager of the Company’s Development and Production Department. Mr. Yan served as General Manager of CNOOC (China) Limited Tianjin Branch from December 2021 to August 2024. Mr. Yan served as a Vice President of the Company from April 2022 to November 2024, and the Deputy General Manager of CNOOC Group from August 2024. Mr. Yan was appointed as an Executive Director, the President, the Safety Director and a member of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee of the Company, and ceased to serve as the Vice President of the Company from 27 November 2024.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Chiu Sung Hong

Born in 1947, Mr. Chiu received an LL.B. degree from the University of Sydney. He was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. He has over 30 years’ experience in legal practice and had been a director of a listed company in Australia. Mr. Chiu was the founding member of the Board of Trustees of the Australian Nursing Home Foundation and a senior research fellow of Centre for Law & Globalization of Renmin University of China since 2016. He also served as the General Secretary of the Australian Chinese Community Association of New South Wales. Mr. Chiu is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Tianda Pharmaceuticals Limited (formerly Yunnan Enterprises Holdings Limited, Tianda Holdings Limited) since April 2008, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Mr. Chiu is also an Independent Nonexecutive Director of Bank of China (Australia) Limited (a wholly subsidiary of Bank of China Limited). Mr. Chiu was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company with effect from 7 September 1999, and he also serves as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of our Company.

Qiu Zhizhong

Born in 1955, Mr. Qiu obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from New York University and his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1983; his Master of Science degree in Electrical Power Engineering from Ohio State University in 1985; and his Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1990. Mr. Qiu has served as an independent non-executive director and chairman of the nomination committee of Sinochem Energy Co., Ltd since November 2020. From 2013 to 2016, Mr. Qiu served as the Chairman of Meridian Capital (Asia) Limited. From 2009 to March 2013, he served as a Managing Director, the Vice Chairman of Asia Pacific and Chairman of Greater China of Barclays Capital. From 2006 to 2009, he served as the Executive Chairman of China and Vice Chairman of Asia of ABN AMRO Bank N.V., and during the period he also served as the Chairman of ABN AMRO (China) Co. Ltd. and the Chairman of ABN AMRO Leasing (China) Co. Ltd. In 2002, Mr. Qiu founded and served as the Chairman of Quartz Capital Limited. During the period, he also served as the Chairman of the DragonTech Ventures Fund and DragonTech Ventures Management Limited, a subsidiary, from 2004 to 2014. From 1991 to 2002, Mr. Qiu served as the Chairman of Greater China Region and a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston. Since 2010, Mr. Qiu has also served as the Honorary Consul of Republic of Rwanda to Hong Kong. In 1994 and 1995, Mr. Qiu was named as one of the world’s “50 Most Wanted in Finance” and “World’s 50 Derivatives Superstars” respectively by the Global Finance magazine in the United States. Mr. Qiu was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company with effect from 7 May 2019, and was appointed as a member of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee of the Company on 25 August 2022.

Lin Boqiang

Born in 1957, Mr. Lin has a Ph.D in economics from the University of California, United States of America. Mr. Lin was the economist (energy) of Asian Development Bank. He is currently a “Changjiang Scholar” distinguished professor of School of Management of Xiamen University, dean of China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy and a doctoral tutor of Xiamen University. Mr. Lin is the chief editor of Energy Economics, an international energy economics journal. Meanwhile, Mr. Lin is a member of the National Energy Consultation Committee under the National Energy Commission, a member of the Energy Price Consultation Committee under the National Development and Reform Commission, a special economic analyst for China Xinhua News Agency, a special observer of China National Radio, and an executive member of the Energy Leader Committee of the World Economic Forum based in Davos. Mr. Lin served as an independent non-executive director of China Oilfield Services Limited and PetroChina Company Limited, both of which are listed on the SSE and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, in the past three years. Mr. Lin was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director and a member of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee of the Company on 30 September 2022, and appointed as a member of the Nomination Committee of the Company on 31 May 2023.

Li Shuk Yin Edwina

Born in 1962, Ms. Li Shuk Yin Edwina is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. Li holds a bachelor’s degree in Accountancy Studies (with honors) from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, a postgraduate diploma in Enterprise Risk Management from the School of Professional and Continuing Education of The University of Hong Kong, a master’s degree in Risk Management from the Glasgow Caledonian University in the United Kingdom, and a master’s degree of Social Sciences in the field of Sustainability Leadership and Governance from The University of Hong Kong. Ms. Li had worked for KPMG since 1994 and served as the partner in charge of the Financial Services Assurance team of KPMG China before her retirement in March 2018. Prior to joining KPMG, she worked at a large multinational accounting firm in London, the United Kingdom and became a Chartered Accountant, then she served as the financial manager at a real estate group and a financial services group, respectively. Ms. Li once served as an External Supervisor of PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited, and she resigned from this position since June 2024. Ms. Li is currently an independent non-executive director of China CITIC Bank (International) Co., Ltd. and a director of Elite Beam Limited. She is also an independent non-executive director of Bank of Zhengzhou Co., Ltd. (a company also listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange) and China Everbright Environment Group Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Ms. Li has significant experience in accounting, capital market, market entrance, regulatory compliance related internal control and risk management in Hong Kong and mainland China. Ms. Li was appointed as the Independent Non-executive Director, the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company on 31 May 2023.