Board of Directors

Mr. Hu Yinan has been our Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since February 2024 and Chief Executive Officer in December 2021. He is our Co-founder and has been a Director since our inception in 1998. From 1998 to September 2017, Mr. Hu served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. From 1998 to October 2011, Mr. Hu served as our Chief Executive Officer. From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Hu served as chairman of the board of directors of Guangdong Nanfeng Enterprises Co., Ltd., a company he co-founded that engaged in import and export, manufacturing of wooden doors and construction. From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Hu was an instructor of money and banking at Guangdong Institute for Managers in Finance and Trade. Mr. Hu received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in China. In 2020, he was awarded the honorary title of "The 40 Greatest Insurance Leaders in 40 Years of Chinese Insurance Industry’s History", recognized as a leading figure in China's insurance industry.

Mr. Ben Lin has been our Director and Chief Strategy Officer since July 2023. Mr. Lin was our Co-chairman from July 2023 to February 2024. Before joining Fanhua, Mr. Lin was Vice President and Investment Analyst at Capital Group based in Hong Kong from 2016 to 2023. Ben’s research and investment responsibility included the Asia Pacific Insurance Sector, Industrial and Consumer Goods. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director with Morgan Stanley Asia. From 2009 to 2014, he was the Head of Asia Pacific Insurance Research and was consistently ranked as a top analyst in the region. In 2015, Mr. Lin became the Head of China Internet Research. Before Morgan Stanley, he was an Executive Director with Nomura Securities Hong Kong and was the Head of Asia Pacific Insurance Research from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Lin started his career in 2005 with Credit Suisse Sydney covering the Australian Insurance and Diversified Financials sector and moved to Hong Kong in a similar role in 2007. He graduated from Macquarie University Sydney with a Master of Commerce degree and was an Associate of the Institute of Actuaries Australia. Mr. Lin is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Chaozhou dialect and has been learning Japanese. 

Mr. Ge Peng has been our chief financial officer since April 2008 and became our director in December 2016. From 2005 to April 2008, he served as the general manager of the finance and accounting department and vice president of our company. From August 2007 to September 2008, he was also a director of our company. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Ge headed our Beijing operations. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Ge was a financial manager at a subsidiary of China National Native Produce and Animal By-Products Import & Export Corporation. Mr. Ge received his bachelor’s degree in international accounting and his MBA degree from the University of International Business and Economics in China.

Mr. Allen Lueth has been our independent director since August 2007. Mr. Lueth is currently a member of the board of directors of Greatview Aseptic Packaging Company Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong. Since February 2021, Mr. Lueth has served as CEO of Great Leap Brewery, a company engaged in the brewing and selling of beer in the PRC through third-party sales and its restaurants.  From September 2019 to February 2021 Mr. Lueth served as a president and chief financial officer of International Institute of Education Group, a company mainly engaged in language education in the PRC. From 2017 to 2019 and 2010 to 2017, Mr. Lueth served as a chief financial officer for Asia-Pacific region and a vice president of finance for the PRC region for Cardinal Health, a Fortune 500 company engaged in the healthcare industry, respectively. From 2005 to 2010, Mr. Lueth served as a vice president of finance and strategy for the PRC region for Zuellig Pharma China, which was then acquired by Cardinal Health in 2010. Mr. Lueth worked for GE Capital from 1998 to 2004 in a variety of roles, including chief financial officer and chief executive officer for the Taiwan operations, and the representative for China. Earlier, he served with Coopers & Lybrand as an auditor. Mr. Lueth obtained his certificate as a certified public accountant in 1991 and a certified management accountant in 1994. Mr. Lueth received his bachelor of science in accounting degree from the University of Minnesota and an MBA degree from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management.