Huang Xiaowu, male, born in 1977, graduated from the College of Optoelectronic Engineering at Chongqing University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Engineering degree. In 2004, he earned a Master of Business Administration from the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Hong Kong. Mr. Huang has extensive experience in commercial banking, strategic investment, industrial funds, corporate finance, capital market operations, and business management. He has participated in and led numerous important strategic investment and financing projects across sectors such as marketing channels, logistics, home appliances, and technology. In 2021, Mr. Huang was appointed Vice President of Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd., responsible for investor relations, capital markets, equity financing, strategic investments, and other related matters. He also concurrently serves as the Director of Haier Smart Home's ESG Executive Office.

Since 2021, Mr. Huang Xiaowu has served as Vice President of Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd. Haier Smart Home is a Fortune Global 500 company, having been listed on the Fortune Global 500 ranking for seven consecutive years. In the 2024 fiscal year, its revenue reached $40.2 billion, with over 50% generated from overseas markets. According to Euromonitor International data, Haier Smart Home ranks first in the home appliance market share in China, North America, and Australia-New Zealand.

Huang Xiaowu has led a series of significant and landmark mergers, acquisitions, and joint venture transactions for Haier Smart Home globally. In 2011, Haier Electronics, a subsidiary of Haier Smart Home, issued convertible bonds to funds under the global private equity giant Carlyle Group. In 2013, Haier Smarthome attracted an investment of RMB 2.56 billion from Alibaba Group in Haier Electronics and Ririshun Logistics, facilitating strategic collaborations in large-scale logistics, marketing channels, and e-commerce for home appliances. In 2020, Haier Smart Home completed the absorption and merger of Haier Electronics and simultaneously achieved a listing in Hong Kong, marking the first transaction on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to combine privatization and introduction listing—an innovative structure that involved challenging shareholder and regulatory communications, as well as information disclosure.

Recent major strategic transactions also include Haier Smart Home's $775 million cash acquisition of Carrier Global Corporation's Commercial Refrigeration business (referred to as CCR) in 2024, and the transaction in 2025 for Haier India to bring in the Bharti family and Warburg Pincus, involving an amount exceeding $1 billion.

Mr. Huang Xiaowu also oversees Haier Smart Home's global investor relations communication department. He presents the company's investment story at important international investment forums, fostering two-way close communication and supporting the listed company's competitive market performance.

During his tenure as Director of the ESG Office, Mr. Huang led the team to elevate Haier Smart Home's MSCI ESG rating—a key concern for external investors—from BB to AA, achieving an annual improvement and attaining the highest rating among listed companies in China's home appliance industry. He mobilized Haier Smart Home's procurement, R&D, manufacturing, sales, and logistics departments to deploy the company's carbon emissions inventory and carbon neutrality strategy. For the first time, the global carbon emissions data of Haier Smart Home was clarified, a carbon neutrality strategy up to 2050 was formulated, and it was officially announced.

Mr. Huang believes that the younger generation faces both significant challenges and opportunities in the era of AI. The inherent law of social progress and personal growth remain unchanged. If the younger generation persists in striving for innovation, breaking conventions, driving themselves, and balancing altruism and self-interest, they are certain to create greater value than their predecessors.