SHANGHAI, March 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTO Express (Cayman)
Inc. (NYSE: ZTO) ("ZTO" or the "Company"), a leading express
delivery company in China, today
announced that effective May 1, 2018,
Mr. James Guo will resign from the
role of Chief Financial Officer due to personal reasons, and Ms.
Huiping Yan, ZTO's current Vice
President of Finance, will be appointed as the Chief Financial
Officer. Mr. Guo will continue serving the Company as an advisor
following his resignation. The Company noted that Ms. Guo's
departure is not related to any issues or disagreements regarding
the Company's financial disclosures, accounting policies and
practices.
Before joining ZTO in February
2018, Ms. Yan spent over 7 years serving as the Chief
Financial Officer of a number of Chinese TMT and hospitality
companies including 2 years at Cainiao Network Technology, the
logistics arm of Alibaba Inc. and
over 4 years at Home Inns & Hotels Management, a leading
economy hotel chain in China
formerly listed on NASDAQ. From 1998 to 2009, Ms. Yan spent
11 years at General Electric Company (GE) in both the
U.S. and Asia, serving in many key
roles in corporate and operational financial management. Prior to
GE, Ms. Yan worked at Deloitte & Touche in the
U.S. serving clients across various industries. Ms. Yan
studied at Shanghai International Studies University and holds a
bachelor's degree in business administration with an accounting
major from Hawaii Pacific University.
Ms. Yan graduated from the GE experienced finance leadership
program and is a U.S.-certified public accountant with a CGMA
designation (AICPA).
Mr. Meisong Lai, Founder,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ZTO, commented, "I'd like
to thank James for his indispensable contributions to ZTO over the
past two years, especially for his pivotal role in helping the
Company go public in the United
States. I wish James all the best in his future career
pursuits. Huiping has extensive corporate and financial
best-practice management experience from both world-class
multinational companies and fast growing and well-run Chinese
enterprises. I look forward to working closely with Huiping
in her new capacity to strengthen ZTO's corporate management,
improve network operational efficiency and to further enhance our
market leading position in terms of both market share and
profitability."
About ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.
ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE:ZTO) ("ZTO" or the "Company") is
a leading express delivery company in China and the largest express delivery
companies globally, in terms of total parcel volume in 2016. 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.
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
ZTO
Ms. Sophie Li
Investor Relations Department
E-mail: ir@zto.com
Christensen
In China
Mr. Christian Arnell
Phone: +86-10- 5900-1548
E-mail: carnell@christensenir.com
In US
Mr. Tip Fleming
Phone: +1-917-412-3333
Email: tfleming@Christensenir.com
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