Mr. Chang Tat Joel
Executive Director

Mr. Chang was appointed as the executive Director in December 2025 and was assigned specific responsibilities in March 2026. He isresponsible for leading the Group’s key financial and strategic transaction activities, including oversight of the corporate finance, capital markets, treasury, and merger and acquisition initiatives of the Group. His duties include leading equity and debt financing transactions, managing the Group’s capital structure and cost of capital, developing refinancing strategies, and overseeing financial modelling, valuation, due diligence and transaction documentation.

Mr. Chang also plays a major role in enhancing the Group’s treasury operations, cashflow forecasting, liquidity management, management reporting systems, banking relationships and credit facility arrangements. In addition, he leads investor relations initiatives, while strengthening governance perception and supporting strategic dialogues with investment banks,fund managers and potential partners.

 

Mr. Chang began his career at Arthur Andersen & Co.,where he emerged as one of the earliest professionals dedicated to the fast-growing China market. In 1997, he joined BNP Paribas Peregrine, taking onkey responsibilities across M&A, restructuring, and the listing of majorred-chip and state-owned enterprises in Hong Kong. He also played a pivotal role in establishing the landmark partnership between BNP Paribas Peregrine and Changjiang Securities, subsequently becoming the first general manager of Changjiang BNP Peregrine in 2004 — one of China’s earliest foreign joint-venture securities firms.

 

Following Mr. Chang’s tenure as chief investment officer between 2005 and 2007 at Investec Asia Limited, the direct investment arm of Investec Bank plc in Asia, Mr. Chang co-founded AID Partners Capital Ltd.(“AID”) in 2007. He secured significant seed capital for AID’s inaugural private equity fund from C. V. Starr & Co., Inc, enabling AID to build astrong investment track record. Under his leadership from 2007 to 2019, AID raised a series of successful funds and deployed more than US$500 million acrosssectors including media & entertainment, food resources, technology, lifesciences, and financial services.

Mr. Chang also established his own family office, Genius Link Group Holdings Ltd. (“Genius Link Group”), in 2006 to manage and deploy hispersonal capital. Over the past decade, Genius Link Group has expanded into aglobal investment platform, investing through a network of ventures,associates, and affiliated entities worldwide. He currently serves asvice-chairman of Genius Link Group, overseeing the platform’s strategic direction and investment objectives.

Throughout his career, Mr. Chang has held numerous positions with Hong Kong listed companies, including as an executive director and chief operating officer of Mason Group Holdings Limited (stock code: 0273.HK,delisted in 2023) from 2016 to 2020; as an executive director and chief financial officer of Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings) Limited(stock code: 1132.HK) from 2010 to 2011; and as an independent non-executive directorat OCI International Holdings Limited (stock code: 0329.HK) from 2014 to 2022,as well as at China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group Ltd. (now known asCMGE Technology Group Limited) (NASDAQ: CMGE, delisted in 2015; Hong Kong stockcode: 0302.HK) between 2013 and 2015.

Mr. Chang obtained his Bachelor of Economics from Monash University (Australia) in 1990, and is a certified public accountant with both Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants (now known as CPA Australia) and Hong Kong Society of Accountants (now known as Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, since 1995.