Management

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Yan Tao, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Yan Tao is our Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for overseeing the overall business direction and development of our Group. Yan Tao started his career in October 1991 at Zhengzhou City Jinshui District Sanitary and Anti-epidemic Station as a trainee until March 1995.

Thereafter in March 1995, Yan Tao joined Zhengzhou City Bafang Hesheng Electrical Co., Ltd. as a sales manager. From March 1995 to December 2000, he undertook various positions within Zhengzhou City Bafang Hesheng Electrical Co., Ltd. and became its general manager, responsible for overseeing the overall operations of the company.

He was also appointed as the company's legal representative between March 1999 and December 2000. Subsequently, in January 2001 to October 2006, Yan Tao joined Henan Province Bafang Hesheng Electrical Co., Ltd. as its general manager and was responsible for overseeing the overall operations of the company. From February 2003 to July 2007, he was appointed as the legal representative of the company.

In April 2005 to August 2007, Yan Tao was appointed by Luoyang City Bafang Zaoyue Electrical Co., Ltd. as the legal representative and executive director of the company and was responsible for overseeing the company's overall operations. In October 2006, Yan Tao was appointed as the chief executive officer of our subsidiary, Zhengzhou Great View, and was responsible for overseeing its overall operations. Upon the acquisition of Henan Jinzhi by Zhengzhou Great View in September 2007, Yan Tao was also appointed the executive director of Henan Jinzhi. Pursuant to the Restructuring Exercise, Yan Tao was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of our Group. Yan Tao obtained his diploma in radiology from Henan Medical University in 1988.

 

Wang Jian,Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer

Wang Jian is our Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer and is responsible for overseeing the overall operations of our Group. From February 1987 to September 1999, Wang Jian was the assistant foreman of Henan Suji Joint-Stock Co., Ltd. , a company engaged in machinery manufacturing, and was assisting in the production operations. Thereafter, he joined Zhongfu (Group) International Co., Ltd. , a property development company, as their general manager from September 1999 to October 2003 and was overseeing the overall operations of the company.

From August 2004 to April 2007, Wang Jian was the legal representative of Henan Shanshui Property Management Co., Ltd. . Concurrently, from August 2005 to June 2007, he was the legal representative of Henan Guoling Hotspring Vacation Management Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Henan Sinian Yingzhou Resort Hotel Management Co., Ltd ). In October 2003, Wang Jian was appointed by our subsidiary, Zhengzhou Great View, as the general manager and was responsible for overseeing the overall operations of Zhengzhou Great View. Pursuant to the Restructuring Exercise, Wang Jian was appointed as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of our Group.

Wang Jian obtained his diploma in business administration from Henan Radio & Television University in 1986. He later graduated with a degree in economics from Chinese Party School in 1994.

 

Cui Yudong, Chief Project Planning and Development Officer

Cui Yudong is our Chief Project Planning and Development Officer and is responsible for the overall project planning and development of our Group. Cui Yudong started his career in October 1984 as a foreman with Zhengzhou City Food Co., Ltd. , a company engaged in manufacturing food, until April 1990. Between April 1990 and October 1993, he was appointed by a food manufacturer, Zhengzhou City Sea Products Co., Ltd. , as their general manager and was responsible for the overall management of the company.

Thereafter in October 1993, he joined Zhengzhou Travel Resources Development Co., Ltd , a company engaged in the development of tourism-related assets, as their project manager and was responsible for the management of the company's projects until October 2003. In October 2003, Cui Yudong was appointed by our subsidiary, Zhengzhou Great View, as the chief project planning and development officer and was responsible for its overall project planning and development. Pursuant to the Restructuring Exercise, Cui Yudong was appointed as the Chief Project Planning and Development Officer of our Group. Cui Yudong graduated with a diploma in landscape from Shangqiu Agricultural School in 1981.

 

Li Xiaowei, Chief Architectural and Engineering Officer

Li Xiaowei is our Chief Architectural and Engineering Officer and is responsible for the architectural designing and planning of our Group's projects. He has over 10 years of experience in the project construction and engineering industry.

He started his career in July 1985 as a project manager with Henan Province Diwu Construction and Engineering Co., Ltd. and was responsible for the company's projects until September 1989. Thereafter from September 1989 to Septemeber 1999, Li Xiaowei joined Zhengzhou Travel Resources Development Co., Ltd., a company engaged in the development of tourism-related assets, as their senior engineer and was responsible for the construction and engineering of the company's projects. Since September 1999, Li Xiaowei was appointed by our subsidiary, Zhengzhou Great View, as the chief architectural and engineering officer and was responsible for overseeing the overall architectural planning and design of the company's projects.

Pursuant to the Restructuring Exercise, Li Xiaowei was appointed as the Chief Architectural and Engineering Officer of our Group. Li Xiaowei graduateds with a degree in industrial and national construction from Zhengzhou Industrial College in 1993 and is a registered civil construction engineer with the Zhengzhou Municipal Government since 1999.

 

Timothy Ding, Chief Human Resource and Administrative Officer

Ding Gang is our Chief Human Resource and Administrative Officer and is responsible for the human resource and administrative management of our Group. In July 1990, Ding Gang started his career with Henan Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision , a government unit in Henan Province for the inspection of the product quality of local manufacturers, as their quality control officer until January 1996.

From January 1996 to September 2005, he joined Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. Zhengzhou Branch as their administrative manager and was responsible for the company's administration operations. Thereafter, in September 2005, Ding Gang was appointed by our subsidiary, Zhengzhou Great View, as the chief human resource and administrative officer and was responsible for overseeing the overall human resource and administrative operations of the company.

Pursuant to the Restructuring Exercise, Ding Gang was appointed as the Chief Human Resource and Administrative Officer of our Group. Ding Gang obtained his degree in law in Central University for Nationalities in 1990.

 

Raymond Ho, Financial Controller and Joint Company Secretary

Raymond is our Financial Controller and Joint Company Secretary and is responsible for the management of the overall finance & accounting operations of our Group. In addition, he is responsible for implementing internal controls and corporate governance and practices, as well as liaising with external parties and regulatory bodies in respect of our Group's financial matters.

From July 1997 to May 2002, he worked as an auditor in Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. From June 2002 to January 2004, Raymond was appointed as worked as assistant internal audit manager of Eton Management Limited and was responsible for the internal control and review of the group. Thereafter in January 2004 to October 2004, he was appointed chief compliance officer of Regent Pacific Limited and was in charge of the internal control review and legal compliance of the group.

From October 2004 to September 2007, he was the financial controller of Pine Agritech Limited, a company listed on the SGX-ST and engaged in the manufacture and sale of soybean-based products. Pursuant to the Restructuring Exercise, Raymond was appointed Financial Controller and Joint Company Secretary of our Group.

Raymond Ho graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with a bachelor's degree in professional accountancy. He is a practicing member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and an associate member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom.

 

Johnson Choo, Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communication

Johnson is our Vice President for Investor Relations and Corporate Communication, and is responsible for all external communications with our investors, analysts and the media. He is our point person in interacting with the financial community in the dissemination of relevant corporate information and to update the investment community on the company's latest development.

Johnson, who is effectively bilingual in English and Mandarin, started his career as a TV Producer in April 1990 with the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. In 1994 to join he joined MTV Asia as Producer for Chinese programming, and later as Senior Producer for MTV News and coordinated the stringer network that spread across the whole of Asia.

From 1997 to 1998, he worked in Malaysia as an Executive Producer with Astro Wah Lai Toi, before going into freelance programme development and production in Malaysia from 1998 to 2002. In November 2002, he returned to Singapore and went into journalism with Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp as a reporter, where he covered numerous natural disasters in the region, including the tsunami that devastated Asian countries, and the earthquake that affected Pakistan.

He was also the Malaysian Correspondent for the agency before returning to Singapore to become a financial journalist in 2006. A year later, he made a switch to become a print journalist by joining MediaCorp Press as a Senior Business Reporter with the TODAY newspaper. Johnson graduated from the National University of Singapore with an Arts degree in History and Political Science.

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