Overview of CATL’s Management Information

Profile of the Founder and CEO
Robin Zeng, born Yuzhun Zeng in 1968 in Ningde City, Fujian Province, is the founder and CEO of CATL. He received his D. from the Institute of Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
After graduating from the University of South China, he worked for a state-owned shipbuilding company and an electronic components factory in Fujian Province for about ten years. In 1999, he founded Amperex Technology Ltd. in Hong Kong with his colleagues.
ATL was acquired by TDK Japan in 2005. However, Mr. Zeng remained involved in ATL’s management and established CATL as a spin-off of ATL’s EV battery division in 2011-2012.
CATL is named after Ningde, where the company is headquartered, and Mr. Zeng has led the company’s rapid growth since its inception.
His outstanding strategic vision has propelled CATL to become the world’s largest battery manufacturer. This includes the company’s listing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2017 and its partnerships with domestic and foreign automakers in China and abroad.
Mr. Yuzhan Zeng is currently the president and CEO of CATL. He is one of China’s leading businessmen, ranked 39th among the world’s richest people with assets of approximately $40.5 billion as of February 2025.
He has a strong influence within and outside the industry. He is also the vice chairman of the National Federation of Industry and Commerce of China and an opinion leader of Chinese industry who is involved in policy advocacy.
He is also the chairman of the National Federation of Industry and Commerce of China. Known as the “Battery King” for his ability to make a difference, he was named one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2023, in recognition of CATL’s 37% share of the global market.
Mr. Zeng has a strong field orientation, as he comes from a technical background. He has demonstrated leadership by personally spearheading the company’s overseas expansion. Mr. Zeng has a strong field orientation because he has a technical background. He has demonstrated leadership by spearheading the company’s overseas expansion personally. For example, in 2024, he announced the slogan “Go Overseas” to his employees and has personally taken the lead in overseeing overseas projects. Thus, the vision and leadership of founder Yuzhan Zeng are the driving force behind CATL’s success.

Biographies and Roles of Key Executives
CATL’s management team includes experienced executives who support the founder, Mr. Zeng. Mr. Zheng Shu is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and has held this position since 2017. He has led the company’s listing preparations and capital policy.
Mr. Zheng oversees strategic financing and investment projects and provides financial support for CATL’s aggressive capital investments. He oversees strategic financing and investment projects, providing financial support for CATL’s aggressive capital investments. Mr. Wu Kai heads the technology department and leads research and development as Chief Scientist and Co-President.
, a former university professor. He joined CATL in 2012 after a distinguished career as a university lecturer and has since led several innovative developments in battery safety and cell-to-pack (CTP) technology.
CATL’s technological competitiveness is evident in the international recognition it has received, including the European Patent Office’s Invention Prize in 2023.
The company was awarded the European Patent Office’s Invention of the Year Award in 2023. Tan Li-Bin is the Chief Customer Officer and Market System President of Marketing and Sales. He is responsible for building relationships with domestic and international automakers and increasing orders.
Mr. Tan is particularly adept at dealing with international customers and is at the forefront of partnerships and global sales strategies with European and U.S. companies. Mr. Tan excels at working with international clients and spearheads partnerships and global sales strategies with European and U.S. companies. CATL also has heads of application-specific business units. For example, Han Wei is the president of the commercial battery business unit and leads his area of expertise.
Huang Seh Huang is the former vice chairman of CATL. Huang Shilin, former vice chairman and co-founder of CATL since its ATL days, was also a major shareholder, owning about 11% of the company’s stock.
Mr. Zeng and Mr. Jia Zhou, the current Vice Chairman, are involved in the company’s governance and act as Mr. Zeng’s right hand.
CATL’s executive team is made up of technical, financial, and sales professionals who use their expertise to steer the world’s largest battery manufacturer. CATL’s executive team consists of technical, financial, and sales professionals who use their expertise to guide the world’s largest battery manufacturer.

Management Policies and Strategies
CATL’s management strategy focuses on technological innovation and global expansion in the long term.
The company’s vision is to “lead the new energy revolution and contribute to a sustainable future” by maintaining and expanding its global market share in electric mobility and energy storage.
CEO Zeng has expressed his desire to increase the company’s global market share to 40%, and to achieve this goal, CATL continues to dramatically expand its production capacity. In recent years, in preparation for a slowdown in China’s domestic market growth and increased competition from companies like BYD and CALB, CATL has made developing global markets its top priority.
For instance, CATL has established factories in Germany and Hungary in Europe. In addition to Germany and Hungary, the company has decided to invest in Spain. In North America, CATL has formed an alliance with the Ford Motor Company to reduce political risk and obtain subsidies through local production. CATL’s technology development policy is characterized by diverse battery chemistry and advanced development of next-generation technologies.
The company has a world-class lineup of products, including both ternary (nickel-cobalt-manganese) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP). In particular, we have leveraged our low-cost, high-safety LFP technology know-how cultivated in China to bring it up to global standards by licensing it to Ford and supplying it to Tesla. Additionally, we have begun developing next-generation batteries, such as sodium-ion batteries, and plan to introduce new technologies to the market aggressively.

We are focusing on our licensing strategy, the LRS model. In this model, CATL licenses its production technologies and provides the necessary know-how to other companies to build and operate production facilities.
This model enables automakers to swiftly acquire battery production technology, and it allows CATL to diversify its revenue stream and reduce its capital investment burden, benefiting both parties. As part of its management policy,
CATL emphasizes its commitment to environmental goals and focuses on greening its production processes by using renewable energy at its plants and promoting recycling to achieve carbon neutrality.
. For instance, CATL is collaborating with Dongguan City in Guangdong Province to build an advanced zero-carbon factory and establish a circular economy model.
Additionally, we are collaborating with Dongguan City in Guangdong Province to build an advanced zero-carbon factory.
CATL is entering the energy storage systems (stationary storage batteries) and EV charging infrastructure markets. The company aims to evolve into a provider of overall energy solutions, not just battery cells.
CATL maintains its global market leadership through aggressive capital investment and technological innovation.
The company is developing a comprehensive strategy that considers the entire supply chain. Its management approach has been described as “leveraging the strong moat it has built in the Chinese market to develop energy storage and overseas markets as a second growth engine,” and the company will continue to be an industry leader.