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Directors and Senior Management

 Updated: 06 Jul 2010

Board of Directors (the "Board")

Executive Directors

Non-executive Directors

Independent Non-executive Directors

Qualified Accountant


* members of Investment Committee
# members of Audit Committee

Mr. LI Yinquan, Chairman and Executive Director

aged 55, has been the Chairman and an Executive Director of the Company since 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 Steam Navigation Company Limited, China Merchants Holdings (International) Company Limited (its shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange), China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (its shares are listed on both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) and China Merchants Energy Shipping Co., Ltd. (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 1986 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" and "China Best CIO for the Year 2006".
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Mr. HONG Xiaoyuan, Executive Director

aged 47, has been an Executive Director of the Company since June 2007. He is concurrently the Managing Director of China Merchants Finance Holdings Company Limited, which is a substantial shareholder of the Company. He is the Chairman of the Investment Manager. He is also a Director of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. (its shares are listed on both the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange), China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd. (its shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange), China Merchants Energy Shipping Co., Ltd. (its shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange), Great Wall Securities Co., Ltd., China Credit Trust Co., Ltd. and Morgan Stanley Huaxin Fund Management Co., Ltd.; and the Chairman of China Merchants Finance Investment Holdings Co., Ltd., 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 Ltd.. 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 Longbo Enterprise Co., Ltd., the Assistant General Manager of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Co., Ltd., the General Manager of China Merchants Property Development Co., Ltd. and China Merchants Technology Holdings Co., Ltd., and the Deputy General Manager of China Merchants Shekou Industrial Zone Co., Ltd.. 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

aged 52, has been an Executive Director of the Company since June 1993 and holds directorship in the Investment Manager and 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, Chairman of the Paris-based ICC Commission on Financial Services and Insurance, a Board Member of Zurich Financial Services AG and Siam Select Fund Limited. Mr. CHU took his law degree at University College London.
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Ms. ZHOU Linda Lei, Executive Director

aged 41, has been an Executive Director of the Company since March 2008 and holds directorship in various subsidiaries of the Company. 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. 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 Selon Industrial Co., Ltd. and China Merchants Fund Management Co., Ltd. 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

aged 48, 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 is licensed with the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong as responsible officer. 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)

aged 52, has been an Alternate Director of the Company since May 1999 and holds directorships in Siam Select Fund Limited and 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. KE Shifeng, Non-executive Director

aged 44, was appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Company on 22 December 2009. He was employed by Martin Currie Investment Management Limited between 1997 and 2006 to provide research and investment management services to certain of its clients investing in the Greater China and Taiwan markets. He also served as a director of Martin Currie Investment Management Limited from February 2004 to June 2006. Since 2006, Heartland Capital Management Limited has seconded Mr. KE to Martin Currie Investment Management Limited and its affiliates, including Martin Currie Inc. (collectively "Martin Currie"). Through this arrangement, Mr. KE continues to provide research and investment management services to certain clients of Martin Currie, including the China Fund Inc. (a NYSE listed company), on a full time basis with the same roles and responsibilities as a full time employee. Currently, Mr. KE is also a director of China Corn Oil Company Limited (a Hong Kong listed company). Mr. KE practiced law before moving to China's Ministry of Labour and Social Security where he had served from 1990 to 1996 and was responsible for the development of regulations and investment policies for pension funds. Mr. KE holds an MBA degree from The University of Edinburgh, UK.
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Mr. KUT Ying Hay, Independent Non-executive Director

aged 55, 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 practicing 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.
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Mr. WANG Jincheng, Independent Non-executive Director

aged 53, 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 Co., Ltd., 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

aged 49, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since 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 Deputy Chief Executive & Chief Investment Officer of The Bank of East Asia, Limited whose shares are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. LI 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. Mr. LI is a Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, and The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. In addition, he is an Associate of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Member of the Hong Kong Securities Institute. Mr. LI received his Professional Diploma in Accountancy from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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Mr. LIU Baojie, Independent Non-executive Director

aged 46, was appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company on 22 December 2009. He has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry. He was recently a senior vice president-investment with CitySpring Infrastructure Management Pte. Ltd., a Temasek subsidiary and trustee-manager of an infrastructure investment trust listed in Singapore. Prior to that, he held various positions with financial institutions, including managing director with Bank of America and ICEA Capital Limited, and vice president and Shanghai chief representative with J.P. Morgan. Mr. LIU holds an MBA degree from University of Utah, U.S.
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Ms. TSANG Wai Chu, Qualified Accountant

aged 35, 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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