Board of Directors

Ms. Zhu has been serving as the chief executive officer and director and Chairman of the board of directors of Intercont since July 2023.

Ms. Zhu has over ten years of work experience in finance and investing. Prior to working at Intercont, Ms. Zhu served as a managing director at Beijing Jiulichenwei Investment and Management Company from 2018 to 2023.

From 2015 to 2018, Ms. Zhu served as the president and chief executive officer of Innovate Asset Management (Group) Co., Ltd.

Ms. Zhu served as a senior investment adviser at Topsheen Shipping Group Limited from 2019 to 2020.

Ms. Zhu obtained her bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Plymouth in 2005, and her master’s degree in finance and investment from the University of Exeter in 2006.

Ms. Wang has been serving as the chief financial officer and director of Intercont since September 2024.

Ms. Wang served as an Associate Financial Director and Senior Manager of Merck (China) Holding Co., Ltd. from June 2011 to December 2023.

Ms. Wang served as a Finance Manager of the Shanghai branch of ThyssenKrupp (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

Ms. Wang obtained her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Nanjing Economic College in 2002. Ms. Wang is a People’s Republic of China certified professional account and an International Certified Public Accountant.

Mr. Schumann is an independent director appointee of Intercont.

Mr. Schumann established Michael Schumann Public Affairs GmbH in 2010 and has been serving has a managing director since then. 

Mr. Schumann’s other corporate experience also include serving as a managing director of DELCO International GmbH since 2017, serving as a member of the advisory board of Jiangsu Hexinyuan Investment Management Co. Ltd. from 2020 to 2022, and serving as a managing director of CCC China Coffee Culture Holding GmbH from 2018 to 2019. 

Additionally, Mr. Schumann has been serving on the board of directors of German Federal Association for Economic Development and Foreign Trade (BWA) e.V. since 2013, and the chairman of the board of directors since 2018. 

Mr. Schumann also served as a member of the advisory board of OWF East German Economic Forum from 2016 to 2023, a member of the extended board of directors at DJV — German Journalist and Media Association, Berlin Chapter from 2004 to 2014, and the honorary president of MPW — Berlin Forum on Media, Politics, and Economy in 2007. 

Mr. Schumann obtained his bachelor’s degree in German Literature from the University of Bonn in 1992, and his master’s degree in German Literature from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1993.

Mr. Li is an independent director appointee of Intercont.

Mr. Li has been working as an executive director and chairman of the board of Grand T G Gold Holdings Limited since 2016, and a managing director at Vision Capital Partners Limited since 2005.

From 1995 to 2005, Mr. Li worked as a consultant at World Bank. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Li worked at Dames & Mores, Inc. as an engineer and manager. 

In 1982, Mr. Li graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor's  degree in civil and environmental engineering. 

Mr. Li obtained from University of Toronto his Ph.D. degree in civil engineering in 1990.

Ms. Ma is an independent director appointee of Intercont, whose appointment will become effective upon the effectiveness of this registration statement. 

Ms. Ma served as Chief Financial Officer and director of Thunder Power Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIEV), a Taiwanese electronic vehicle developer, after its business combination with Feutune Light Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), from June 2024 to September 2024.

Before that, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of Aiways Group, an EV company in California from June 2022 to August 2023. From February 2021 to December 2022, she served as the Chief Financial Officer at Fortune Rise Acquisition Corporation (FRLA), and Mayrock Automotive Inc., a zero-emission commercial mobility company in California from September 2020 to June 2022. 

Ms. Ma was the director of investor relation at Highpower International Inc., from August 2016 to November 2019; when it was listed on Nasdaq (Formerly Nasdaq: HPJ). 

From July 2010 to June 2013, Ms. Ma was the Chief Financial Officer for Baosheng Steel Inc. 

She was Chief Financial Officer of Yihe Pharmaceutical Company Ltd. between August 2009 to June 2010; and Chief Financial Officer of Zhongpin Inc., (Formerly Nasdaq: HOGS), from September 2005 to October 2008. 

Ms. Ma holds an Executive MBA degree from both INSEAD Business School and Tsinghua University and a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Arkansas State University.