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Board of Directors

Name

Role

Ya Li

Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and Director

Yi Deng

Director

Zhihuang Deng

Independent Director 

Lourdes Felix

Independent Director 

Kipton Cariaga

Independent Director 

 

Ya Li

Chief Executive Officer,  Chairman of the Board and Director

Mr. Li has served as our Chairman since January 4, 2017 and Chief Executive Officer since January 19, 2018. Mr. Li has over 21 years of experience in accounting, education and finance. From September 2013 to September 2014, Mr. Li was the Chairman and a Member of the Supervisory Board of Peixin International Group N.V., a listed company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in Poland (WSE stock code: PEX) and a Member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee of the said Supervisory Board. Mr. Li was the General Manager of Jinjiang Xingminqi Financial Consulting Co., Ltd from January 2006 to September 2013. From April 2003 to December 2005, Mr. Li became the Principal of Jinjiang Xingminqi Accounting Vocational Training School (“Jinjiang School”). Prior to establishing our Group in April 2004, Mr. Li was an Assistant Lecturer at Anhui University of Finance and Economics from February 1999 to June 2000. Mr. Li joined Jinjiang Jiu Shen Company Limited from July 2000 to December 2002 as the Chief Financial Officer in charge of the development of financial strategies and maintaining of financial reports. Mr. Li obtained his Bachelor’s degree of Management, majoring in Accountancy from a program jointly organized by China Central Radio and TV University (currently known as The Open University of China) and Beijing Technology and Business University in April 2010.


Yi Deng

Director

Mr. Deng has been a member of our Group for over 15 years. He was appointed as a Director on April 15, 2018. Since December 2013, Mr. Deng became a Deputy General Manager of Lichen Zixun. He is primarily responsible for overseeing the overall operations of our Group. In September 2018, Mr. Deng was employed by Huaqiao University as an instructor of postgraduate students (for a term of three years). In July 2017, Mr. Deng was awarded the Small and Medium Enterprises Management Consultancy Services Expert and Database Expert in the PRC. Mr. Deng also has abundant exposure to entrepreneurship training. In July 2009 and August 2014, Mr. Deng joined two entrepreneurship training courses organized by China Employment Training Technical Instruction Center and subsequently obtained relevant qualifications as an entrepreneurship instructor. Mr. Deng was also employed by Quanzhou Ocean Institute as a guest professor for two years in October 2013. In June 2016, Mr. Deng obtained a Master’s degree in Business Management from Huaqiao University. He  graduated from Anhui University Law School in 2009. Mr. Deng obtained his Junior College Education in Law from Anhui Sanlian Career Technical College (currently known as Anhui Sanlian University) in 2003.


Zhihuang Deng

Independent Director and Chair of Compensation Committee

Mr. Deng has over 25 years of experience in legal practice in the PRC. He has served as our Independent Director since February 2023. Since June 2020, he has been appointed as the Independent Director and serving as the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a Member of each of the Audit Committee and Nomination Committee of Yik Wo International Holdings Ltd., a company listed on GEM of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 8659). He is responsible for, among other things, evaluating the performance of directors and senior management, monitoring the integrity of the company’s financial statements and annual reports and accounts, reviewing the company’s financial controls and risk management and internal control systems and making recommendations on any proposed changes to the board of directors to complement the company’s corporate strategy. In July 2019, Mr. Deng became a Senior Partner at Beijing Yingke (Fuzhou) Law Firm. Mr. Deng was a Senior Partner at Fujian Zhixinheng Law Firm from October 2005 to June 2019. Mr. Deng became a lawyer at Fujian Huawei Law Firm from April 2005 to October 2005. From April 1995 to March 2005, Mr. Deng was a prosecutor of Fujian Province Fuzhou City People’s Procuratorate. Mr. Deng obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Law from Fujian Normal University in June 1992. After graduation, Mr. Deng became a Lecturer at Fujian Mechanical and Electrical School (currently known as Fujian University of Technology) from August 1992 to April 1995.


Lourdes Felix

Independent Director and Chair of Audit Committee

Ms. Felix is a female Hispanic entrepreneur and corporate finance executive with 30 years of combined experience in capital markets, public accounting and in the private sector. She presently serves as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of BioCorRx Inc. (OTCQB: BICX), a leader in addiction treatment solutions and related disorders. She has been with BioCorRx since October 2012. Ms. Felix is one of the founders of BioCorRx Pharmaceuticals Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of BioCorRx Inc. She has been instrumental in capital procurement, completing multi-million dollars equity financing and accomplished in structuring and negotiating transactions and favorable terms with investment banks. Along with other executives of the company, Ms. Felix rebranded the company, restructured and expanded the business model to position it for long term growth in the addiction treatment space and drug development. Prior to joining BioCorRx, she had experience in several private sectors, public accounting including audit and public company experience. She has expertise in finance, accounting, budgeting and internal control principals including GAAP, SEC, and SOX Compliance. Ms. Felix has thorough knowledge of federal and state regulations and has successfully managed and produced SEC regulatory filings. She has extensive experience in developing and managing financial operations. Ms. Felix obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from University of Phoenix in 2005.


Kipton Cariaga

Independent Director and Chair of Nominating Committee

Mr. Cariaga has over 10 years of experience in the financial industry. His expertise is in sales, marketing, education, equity and derivative markets, and strategic planning. He has served as our Independent Director since February 2023. In May 2020, Mr. Cariaga founded Citrus Capital Consulting which offers business consulting services to startup companies looking to expand into international markets. Since August 2021, Mr. Cariaga is a General Partner in Citrus Grove Capital Management, a market-neutral hedge fund that helps wealthy individuals diversify their holdings. Since July 2020, Mr. Cariaga serves as a General Partner in Shanghai Fengyu Investment Management Co. LTD, an international fund based in Shanghai. From 2014 to present, he has been an options trader and business development specialist working in the family office of Orange Grove Trading Company. Mr. Cariaga studied finance at California State University from 2006 to 2011 and in 2009, during his college days he worked for JPMorgan Chase and became a licensed investment professional holding a FINRA Series 6, and 63 license as well as a California Life-Only insurance license from 2010 to 2014.



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