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Directors and Senior Management |
Updated: 25 September 2008 |
Board of Directors (the "Board")
Executive Directors
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Independent Non-executive Directors Qualified Accountant |
# members of Audit Committee
| Mr. LI Yinquan, Chairman and Executive Director | |
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aged 53, was appointed as the Chairman and Executive Director of the Company on 4 July 2008. He is concurrently the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of China Merchants Group Limited, which is a substantial shareholder of the Company. He is also a Director of China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited (its shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange), China Merchants Bank Company, Limited (its shares are listed on both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) and China Merchants Energy Shipping Company, Limited (its shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange). Mr. Li joined China Merchants Group Limited in January 2000 and has served respectively as the General Manager of Finance Department, Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Financial Officer and has held the present post since March 2004. Mr. Li previously worked with the Agricultural Bank of China for 14 years, where he held senior posts in various divisions and was the Deputy General Manger of Hong Kong Branch just before leaving for China Merchants Group Limited. Mr. Li obtained a master degree in Economics from the Graduate School of the People's Bank of China in 1985 and a master degree in Banking & Finance from the Finafrica Institute in Milan, Italy in 1988. He is also a qualified senior economist in China. Mr. Li was once honoured as "China CFO of the Year for 2005". |
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| Mr. HONG Xiaoyuan, Executive Director | |
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aged 45, has been an Executive Director of the Company since June 2007. He has been the Managing Director of China Merchants Finance Holdings Company Limited, which is a substantial shareholder of the Company, since May 2007. He is the Chairman of the Investment Manager. He is also a Director of China Merchants Energy Shipping Company, Limited (its shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange), China Merchants Bank Company, Limited (its shares are listed on both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) and China Merchants Securities Company, Limited, and the Chairman of China Merchants Finance Investment Holdings Company, Limited, China Merchants Holdings (UK) Limited, China Merchants Industry Development (Shenzhen) Limited, China Merchants Insurance Company Limited, Houlder Insurance Brokers Far East Limited and Houlder China Insurance Brokers Limited. Mr. Hong had previously served as an Officer of Department of Overall Planning of the State Commission for Restructuring Economic System of China, the General Manager of Shenzhen Longfan Enterprise Company, Limited, the Assistant General Manager of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Company, Limited, the General Manager of China Merchants Property Development Company, Limited and China Merchants Technology Holdings Company, Limited, and the Deputy General Manager of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Company, Limited. Mr. Hong obtained a master degree in Economics from Peking University in 1988 and a master of science degree from The Australian National University in 1992. |
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| Mr. CHU Lap Lik, Victor, Executive Director | |
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aged 50, has been an Executive Director of the Company since June 1993 and holds directorship in a subsidiary of the Company. He is also Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group which is actively involved in direct investments in the PRC. Mr. Chu has served on the Central Policy Unit of the Hong Kong Government, the Council of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Takeovers and Mergers Panel and the Advisory Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission. Outside of Hong Kong, Mr. Chu is a Foundation Board Member of the World Economic Forum in Geneva and Chairman of the Paris-based ICC Commission on Financial Services and Insurance. Mr. Chu took his law degree at University College London. |
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| Ms. ZHOU Linda Lei, Executive Director | |
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aged 39, was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company on 6 March 2008. She was an Executive Director of the Company during the period from March 2002 to September 2005 and the Managing Director of the Investment Manager during the period from March 2002 to July 2005. Ms. Zhou was re-appointed as the Managing Director of the Investment Manager on 19 February 2008. Ms Zhou is also a Director of China Merchants Industry Development (Shenzhen) Limited, Shandong Jinbao Electronic Company, Limited and Langfang Oriental Education Facilities Development Company, Limited. Before joining the Investment Manager in April 2001, Ms. Zhou worked with ASI as a director of Business Development – Asia Pacific Region for three years and thereafter acted as a senior financial analyst and an advisor of Board of Advisory in iLink Global. Just prior to rejoining the Investment Manager in February 2008, Ms. Zhou worked with China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. and was responsible for leading the South America project team to study the feasibility of establishing refer container manufacturing base in Brazil and Chile and participated in other ad hoc projects. Meanwhile, Ms. Zhou is also an Independent Non-executive Director of Jiangxi Shihong Company, Limited and China Merchants Fund Management Company, Limited. Ms. Zhou has extensive experience in positioning foreign companies in China market and has actively involved with direct investments in China. Ms. Zhou obtained her Bachelor degree in Financial Accountancy from People’s (Renmin) University of China in 1989 and Master of Business Administration degree from California State University at Sonoma in 1993. |
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| Mr. TSE Yue Kit, Executive Director | |
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aged 46, has been an Executive Director of the Company since November 2000. He is also a Director of the Investment Manager. Mr. Tse is the General Manager in Investment & Development Division of China Merchants Finance Holdings Company Limited which is a substantial shareholder of the Company. Mr. Tse has a number of years extensive experience in accounting, auditing, corporate finance as well as investment. Mr. Tse obtained his bachelor degree with honours in Accountancy from the University of Exeter, UK. |
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| Ms. KAN Ka Yee, Elizabeth, Alternate Director (alternate to Mr. CHU Lap Lik, Victor) | |
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aged 50, has been an Alternate Director of the Company since May 1999 and holds directorships in certain subsidiaries of the Company. Ms. Kan was Deputy Managing Director and a Director of the Investment Manager from 1993 to 2006. She is also Managing Director of First Eastern Investment Group with which she has been associated since its founding in 1988. Ms. Kan is licensed with the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong. She is a Certified Public Accountant (U.S.A.) and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. Kan began her professional accounting career with the Hong Kong office of Arthur Andersen in the area of audit and business advisory services. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Accounting and Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA. |
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| Mr. KUT Ying Hay, Independent Non-executive Director | |
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aged 53, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since June 1993. He is also an Independent Non-executive Director of China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and whose ultimate holding company is a substantial shareholder of the Company and China Merchants Insurance Company Limited. Mr. Kut is a practising solicitor and notary public and the proprietor of Messrs. Kut & Co., a firm of solicitors. He is an attesting officer appointed by the Ministry of Justice of the PRC since 1995. He is also a solicitor of the Supreme Courts of England, Victoria of Australia, and Singapore, and an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Arbitrators and the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators, Australia. For the period from 1995 to 1998, he was a member of the Board of Review established by the Hong Kong government pursuant to the Inland Revenue Ordinance. Mr. Kut is currently a Vice-Chairman of the Association of Hong Kong Professionals Limited, a non-profit making body dedicated to provide a cross-profession platform for professionals of diverse disciplines to socialize, share knowledge and to create opportunities. |
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Mr. WANG Jincheng, Independent Non-executive Director |
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aged 51, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since March 2007. He is a Professor and is currently an Assistant to Dean of the School of Electronic and Information Engineering of Dalian University of Technology, a member of the Education Working Committee of Chinese Automation Association, the Automation Profession Committee of the Association for Teaching and Research of China’s Higher Educational Institutions and the Advisory Committee on Teaching of Dalian University of Technology, the Officer-in-Charge of Automation Profession of Dalian University of Technology, and a Director of Zhonglian Computer Development Company Limited, a company established in Dalian Economy and Technology Development Zone. Mr. Wang has significant contribution to the research studies of automation in the PRC. He also has a wide connection in the field of automation of metallurgical industry and a rich experience in corporate management. Mr. Wang graduated from Dalian University of Technology with a Bachelor degree in Automatic Control and a Master degree in System Engineering. He was once selected by the State Education Commission of China as a visiting scholar to go to Denmark participating in teaching and research work in Institute of Electronic Systems of Aalborg University, Denmark. |
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| Mr. LI Kai Cheong, Samson, Independent Non-executive Director | |
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aged 48, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company on 22 August 2008. He was the Alternate Director to Dr. The Hon. David LI Kwok-po during the period from May 1999 to August 2008. Mr. LI is the General Manager and Head of Investment Banking Division of The Bank of East Asia, Limited whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He has more than ten years of experience specializing in fund management and securities dealing. He is also the Managing Director of East Asia Securities Company Limited, a member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as well as a Director in a number of asset management companies. |
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| Ms. Tsang Wai Chu, Qualified Accountant | |
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Ms. Tsang Wai Chu, aged 33, has been the qualified accountant of the Company since May 2008. Ms. Tsang has extensive experience in audit and accounting area. Prior to joining the Company, she worked for a Hong Kong listed company and an international accounting firm in Hong Kong for external audit. She is a Certified Public Accountant of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Degree in Accountancy from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1997. |
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