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Yum China Holdings Inc

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 27, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Feb 27, 2025

YUMC$49.73-0.4%Stored close · as of Nov 10, 2026

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Information about our Executive Officers

The executive officers of the Company as of February 27, 2025, and their ages and current positions as of that date, are as follows:

Name · Age · Title
Joey Wat53Chief Executive Officer
Adrian Ding38Acting Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer
Warton Wang50General Manager, KFC
Jeff Kuai44General Manager, Pizza Hut
Duoduo (Howard) Huang52Chief Supply Chain Officer
Leila Zhang56Chief Technology Officer
Pingping Liu52Chief Legal Officer
Jerry Ding39Chief People Officer
Xueling Lu51Controller and Principal Accounting Officer

Joey Wat has served as our Chief Executive Officer since March 2018 and as a member of our Board of Directors since July 2017. She served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from February 2017 to February 2018 and the Chief Executive Officer, KFC from October 2016 to February 2017, a position she held at Yum! Restaurants China, from August 2015 to October 2016. Ms. Wat joined Yum! Restaurants China in September 2014 as President of KFC China. Before joining Yum! Restaurants China, Ms. Wat served in both management and strategy positions at A.S. Watson Group (“Watson”), an international health, beauty and lifestyle retailer, in the U.K. from 2004 to 2014. Before joining Watson, Ms. Wat began her career in management consulting, including McKinsey & Company in Hong Kong. Ms. Wat obtained a master of management degree from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Adrian Ding has served as our Acting Chief Financial Officer since October 2024, and Chief Investment Officer since February 2020. Mr. Ding joined the Company in March 2019 as Vice President of Corporate Finance. He also served as General Manager of the Company’s Lavazza joint venture from March 2022 to December 2024. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Ding worked for Alibaba Group Holding Limited from 2018 to early 2019, and was responsible for strategic investments in the technology and media sectors. Before that, Mr. Ding gained extensive experience in investment banking, advising clients on a number of capital markets and M&A projects. Mr. Ding worked at UBS AG as a Director in Investment Banking. He also previously worked at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited. Mr. Ding currently serves as a director of Fujian Sunner Development Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen Stock Exchange: 002299).

Warton Wang has served as the General Manager, KFC since May 2022. Mr. Wang served as our Chief Development Officer from July 2020 to June 2022. Mr. Wang joined KFC as an operations management trainee in 1998. He was promoted to Market Manager of KFC in 2007 and was appointed as a Regional Vice President, KFC Field Operations in 2015.

Jeff Kuai has served as the General Manager, Pizza Hut since November 2017. Mr. Kuai previously served as the General Manager, Pizza Hut Home Service from October 2016 to October 2017, a position he held at Yum! Restaurants China from January 2015 to October 2016. From March 2012 to August 2013, Mr. Kuai was Director of Delivery Support Center for Yum! Restaurants China, where he was instrumental in building its online ordering and e-commerce capabilities. Prior to that, Mr. Kuai spent nine years in the information technology department of Yum! Restaurants China, enhancing its information technology infrastructure and productivity.

Duoduo (Howard) Huanghas served as our Chief Supply Chain Officer since November 2021. Mr. Huang served as Vice President, Pizza Hut Regional Operations, from June 2018 to November 2021. Before transferring to Pizza Hut, Mr. Huang held various leadership positions in KFC, including as General Manager of Nanjing and Wuxi markets. Mr. Huang joined Yum! Restaurants China in 1995.

Leila Zhang has served as our Chief Technology Officer since March 2018. Ms. Zhang served as Vice President, Information Technology from October 2016 to March 2018, a position she held at Yum! Restaurants China from 2014 to October 2016. Ms. Zhang joined YUM in 1996, held various positions in the information technology department, and began leading the department in February 2017. Prior to joining YUM, Ms. Zhang was an engineer with Inventec Electronics (Shanghai) from 1992 to 1996.

Pingping Liu has served as our Chief Legal Officer since January 2024. Ms. Liu joined the Company in May 2016 and served as Senior Legal Director of the Company. Ms. Liu also served as Corporate Secretary from May 2019 to March 2024. Ms. Liu has 20 years of experience in legal and compliance. From July 2005 to July 2013, Ms. Liu worked at Shearman & Sterling LLP (now known as A&O Shearman). From September 2002 to June 2005, Ms. Liu worked at Arnold & Porter LLP. Ms. Liu is admitted to the District of Columbia Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association.

Jerry Dinghas served as our Chief People Officer since August 2023. Mr. Ding served as Head of Corporate Strategy from November 2019 to July 2023 and brand leader of Taco Bell from November 2021 to May 2023. Prior to joining Yum China, Mr. Ding worked at McKinsey & Company for over six years, specializing in developing corporate-level strategies.

Xueling Lu has served as our Controller and Principal Accounting Officer since January 2018. Ms. Lu previously served as Senior Director, Finance of Yum China, a position she held since she joined the Company in November 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Lu was the Asia Pacific Controller of Lear Corporation from 2013 to 2016. Before joining Lear Corporation, Ms. Lu spent 10 years in public accounting with Ernst & Young, specializing in audits and initial public offerings of companies listed in the U.S., SEC reporting and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Ms. Lu is a certified public accountant in California and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Enforceability

Our executive officers, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and a majority of our directors reside within mainland China and/or Hong Kong or spend significant amounts of time in mainland China and/or Hong Kong. As a result, it may not be possible to effect service of process upon these persons, to obtain information from such persons necessary for investigations or lawsuits, or to bring lawsuits or enforcement actions or enforce judgments against such persons. For more information, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Related to Doing Business in China—There may be difficulties in effecting service of legal process, conducting investigations, collecting evidence, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing original actions in China based on United States or other foreign laws against us and our management.”

Our History

Yum China was incorporated in Delaware on April 1, 2016. The Company separated from YUM on October 31, 2016 (the “separation”), becoming an independent, publicly traded company as a result of a pro rata distribution (the “distribution”) of all outstanding shares of Yum China common stock to shareholders of YUM. On October 31, 2016, YUM’s shareholders of record as of October 19, 2016 received one share of Yum China common stock for every one share of YUM common stock held as of the record date. Common stock of Yum China began trading under the ticker symbol “YUMC” on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on November 1, 2016. On September 10, 2020, the Company completed its secondary listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (“HKEX”) under the stock code “9987,” in connection with a global offering (the “Global Offering”) of shares of its common stock. On October 24, 2022, the Company’s voluntary conversion of its secondary listing status to a primary listing status on the HKEX became effective and the Company became a dual primary listed company on the NYSE and HKEX. On the same day, the Company’s shares of common stock traded on the HKEX were included in the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect.

Available Information

For important news and information regarding Yum China, including our filings with the SEC and the HKEX, visit Yum China’s Investor Relations website at http://ir.yumchina.com. Yum China uses this website as a primary channel for disclosing key information to its investors, some of which may contain material and previously non-public information.

The Company makes available through the Investor Relations website its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after electronically filing such material with the SEC. These reports may also be obtained by visiting the SEC’s website athttp://www.sec.gov.

The reference to the Company’s website address and the SEC’s website address is for informational purposes only, does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained on the websites and should not be considered part of this Form 10-K. These documents, as well as our SEC filings, are available in print free of charge to any stockholder who requests a copy from our Investor Relations Department by contacting Yum China at 101 East Park Boulevard, Suite 805, Plano, Texas 75074, United States of America, Attention: Investor Relations.

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