Hong Kong-listed Seacon Shipping Group Holdings Limited has appointed Chen Yihao and Si Liang as executive directors, marking a fresh step in the company’s board renewal and governance development.

The appointments were approved at the company’s annual general meeting, where Chen Zekai and Zhao Yong retired as directors after years of contribution to Seacon’s growth, including its fleet expansion, international development and corporate governance.

Chen Yihao currently serves as General Manager of Seacon Ship Trading Co., Limited and is also responsible for the group’s investment and fund business. Since joining Seacon, he has helped build its investment platform and has been involved in vessel transactions, asset allocation and strategic cooperation projects. His appointment brings a next-generation perspective to the board and reflects Seacon’s continued focus on capital operation and long-term succession.

Si Liang, who joined Seacon in 2024, brings more than 30 years of experience in shipping, particularly in liquid chemical transportation. She previously held senior roles at Sinochem International, V-Marine Chemical Transportation (Hong Kong) and Shanghai Junzheng Shipping. At Seacon, she has led the development of the group’s oil and chemical shipping business and promoted digital transformation.

Her appointment strengthens Seacon’s expertise in tanker operations, specialized shipping management and digitalization. Xinde Marine News interviewed Si Liang in 2025, when she said digitalization is becoming a basic capability for modern shipping companies.

The board refresh is more than a routine personnel change. It shows Seacon Shipping is maintaining strategic continuity while bringing in younger leadership and stronger professional expertise.

In recent years, Seacon has expanded rapidly across shipowning, ship management and vessel investment. But the latest board appointments also suggest a deeper shift in the company’s development logic: from a model more focused on scale expansion to one increasingly centred on value creation.

For a listed shipping company entering a more mature stage of growth, governance capability, capital discipline, specialist expertise and digital transformation are becoming just as important as fleet size. The appointments of Chen Yihao and Si Liang therefore signal Seacon’s effort to prepare its leadership structure for the next stage — one defined less by simply getting bigger, and more by creating higher-quality, more sustainable value.