Mr. Juntao Zhao currently serves as a Senior Advisor at Ericsson, a member of the Board of Directors of Nanjing Ericsson Panda Communication Co., Ltd., and a member of the Expert Committee on Information and Communication Economy of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China. From 2011 to 2021, he held the positions of President of Ericsson China and Senior Vice President of Ericsson Northeast Asia. He also served as Chairman of a joint venture between Ericsson and Inspur Group, Chairman of Ericsson Mobile Data Applications Technology R&D (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., Chairman of Ericsson (Xi’an) Information Communication Technology Services Co., Ltd., and Executive Vice President of Beijing Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment. Ericsson is a major contributor and market leader in global mobile communication technology and standards, as well as the most significant owner of mobile communication technology patent portfolios in the industry. As the head of Ericsson China, Mr. Juntao Zhao has been involved in and provided full support from the early development of mobile communication standards and essential patent business to licensing business practices. Before joining Ericsson, Mr. Juntao Zhao worked for a subsidiary of the Institute for Industrial Reconstruction (IRI). Mr. Juntao Zhao holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Administration.