Mr Zhou is the Joint Company Secretary and a Participating Managing Director of China International Capital Corporation (CICC). He is the Head of Legal of CICC (Hong Kong) Limited. He sits in CICC’s Capital Commitment Committee, Capital Investment Committee, Risk Management Committee, New Products Review Committee, and New Entity Establishment Committee. Mr Zhou received his LL.M. from the University of Southampton. He is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales, Mainland China, and Hong Kong. Before joining CICC, Mr Zhou worked in a large international law firm and a leading Chinese law firm. He has been sitting in the Board of Directors of Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association since 2015. He is also the Co-Chair of its China Capital Market Committee and a member of the IOSCO (International Organization of Securities Commissions) Asian Market Advisory Group. In 2016, the Legal Department of CICC HK was awarded ‘2016 Investment Banking In-house Team of the Year’ by Asian Legal Business. In 2018, Mr Zhou was awarded ‘2018 Hong Kong In-House Lawyer of the Year’ by Asian Legal Business. Other than being a director of ACC (Association of Corporate Counsel) Hong Kong Chapter, Mr Zhou is a member of the panel of arbitrators of South China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission and a mediator of Shenzhen Securities and Futures Dispute Resolution Centre.