Management Team

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  Bangxin Zhang (张邦鑫)Chief Executive Officer

  Bangxin Zhang is one of our founders and has served as our chairman or director and chief executive officer since our inception. Mr. Zhang provides vision, overall management, and strategic decision-making relating to marketing, investment planning, and corporate development. Mr. Zhang received his bachelor's degree in Life Sciences from Sichuan University in 2001, was in the postgraduate program of the Life Science School of Peking University from 2002 to 2007, and received an EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School in 2009.

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  Yachao LIU (刘亚超)Chief Operating Officer

  Since April 2011, Dr. Liu has been our senior vice president and once headed our teaching and research division, teacher’s training school, information management center and network operation center. Prior to this, Dr. Liu was in charge of our online course offerings between January 2008 to April 2011. From September 2005 to January 2008, Dr. Liu was director of our middle school division. Dr. Liu received his bachelor’s degree in mechanics from Peking University in 2003 and his Ph.D from the institute of Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Science in 2008.

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  Alex Peng (彭壮壮) President and Chief Financial Officer

  Dr. Alex Peng has served as our president since January 2022, and Chief Financial Officer since November 2021. Dr. Peng joined the company in March 2020 as Vice President of Strategy, and has been responsible for designing overall corporate strategy and leading strategic planning process for our various business units. Prior to joining TAL, Dr. Peng was the General Manager of Business Strategy in Microsoft’s Greater China Region from 2011 to 2020. Prior to that, Dr. Peng was a consultant and partner at the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Beijing from 2001 to 2011. Dr. Peng holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University, and a doctor's degree in mathematics from Princeton University.

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  Mi Tian (田密)Chief Technology Officer

  Mr. Mi Tian has served as the Company’s vice chief technology officer since December 2019, and has been responsible for technical system management. Mr. Tian joined the Company in May 2019 and had been in charge of product technology for Xueersi Peiyou. Prior to his role with the Company, Mr. Tian served as a senior technology director for Alibaba from 2016, the vice president of technology for AutoNavi from 2014 to 2016, and the general manager of AutoNavi’s big data department from August 2013 to 2014. Before that, Mr. Tian worked at Tencent from 2006 to 2013, including serving as research and product director for Tencent Map starting from 2011. Mr. Tian received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Beihang University in computer science.