SHANGHAI, Nov. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTO Express
(Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: ZTO and HKEX: 2057), a leading and
fast-growing express delivery company in China ("ZTO" or the "Company"), today
announced the appointment of a new female independent director to
its board of directors (the "Board"): Ms. Fang Xie, effective
immediately. After the change, the Board will consist of ten
members, six of whom are independent directors. Ms. Xie will also
serve on ZTO's Environmental, Social and Governance
Committee ("ESG Committee").
Ms. Fang Xie, also known as Heather
Xie, has been a director and portfolio investment manager at
Seres Capital since May 2021. Ms. Xie
provided management consulting and leadership coaching services to
startup companies and investment management companies from
July 2018. Ms. Xie joined Prologis in
March 2008, which later span off its
China and Japan businesses and formed Global Logistic
Properties ("GLP"). Ms. Xie took GLP public in Singapore Stock Exchange and served as Chief
Financial Officer of GLP from May
2010 to January 2018. Prior to
GLP, Ms. Xie worked in General Electric Companies in the US and
Asia from 1994 with increasing
responsibilities, including as head of Treasury of GE Asia Pacific,
Controller of GE Asia Pacific, Chief Financial Officer of GE
infrastructure Asia and GE Toshiba
Silicones China. Ms. Xie received a master degree in economics from
Cornell University in 1994 and a
bachelor and a master degree in industrial economy from Renmin
University of China in 1986 and
1989, respectively.
About ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.
ZTO is a leading and fast-growing express delivery company in
China. ZTO provides express
delivery service as well as other value-added logistics services
through its extensive and reliable nationwide network coverage in
China.
ZTO operates a highly scalable network partner model, which the
Company believes is best suited to support the significant growth
of e-commerce in China. The
Company leverages its network partners to provide pickup and
last-mile delivery services, while controlling the mission-critical
line-haul transportation and sorting network within the express
delivery service value chain.
For more information, please visit
http://zto.investorroom.com.
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applicable law.
For investor inquiries, please contact:
ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.
Investor Relations
E-mail: ir@zto.com
Phone: +86 21 5980 4508
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