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Since founding the Company in May l995, Mr. Xiong has served as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that, he worked for Guangzhou Huashi Animal Nutritionals Company as head of marketing. He rapidly rose from an entry level sales position to a top sales manager until reaching his final position as the head of marketing. Mr. Xiong Junhong earned his B.S. in Animal Husbandry & Veterinary studies from Jiangxi Agricultural University in July 1992 and has an EMBA degree from Tsinghua University in Beijing, one of China's top business schools.
Mr. Gerry Daignault brings to AgFeed more than 26 years of senior US executive experience including 18 years at the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) level for several leading US and global agricultural companies in animal feed and hog production. In the 1980s, he became the Director of Finance at Purina Mills, the largest US feed company. In the late 1990’s, he was the CFO for PMAG Products, a subsidiary of Tate & Lyle, N.A., a global leader in animal feeds and premix. His responsibilities included the formulation and execution of an aggressive M&A strategy that led to the consolidation of various operating subsidiaries and services positioning the company for future growth. Additionally, Mr. Daignault was the CFO of Newsham Hybrids, currently the 3rd largest swine genetics company in the US. Before co-founding Spectrum Agribusiness in 2006, he was CFO/Director of Finance for PIC North America, the largest swine genetics company in the US and a leading swine genetics company in the world. While at PIC, Mr. Daignault was responsible for operational and organizational restructuring that allowed PIC to profitably reposition itself to meet the needs of the rapidly consolidating North American pork industry. Under Mr. Daignault’s guidance, operating profit grew by more than 100% during that time until the company was sold to Genus PLC, a London Stock Exchange listed company in 2005. He stayed on during the successful integration of the two businesses. He has a Bachelor’s degree in finance and accounting from the University of Missouri in 1979.
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| Agfeed Industries, Inc |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Since founding the Company in 1995, Mr. Zhou has been serving as Corporate Secretary and VP-Financial Controller at the Company. Prior to founding the Company, he worked at Guangzhou Huashi Industries for two years as a sales representative. He received his bachelor degree in Animal Nutrition in 1992 from Jiangxi Agricultural University and upon graduation worked at Shanghai Daying Industry as a technician from July 1992 through October 1993. He obtained his EMBA degree from Tsinghua University in 2004, one of China's top business schools.
Dr. Yuan earned a Ph.D. degree in animal genetics from Huazhong Agricultural University and the University of Cambridge. His research area is focused on animal genetics and breeding, veterinary, molecular biology, statistics and bioinformation science. He has studied at PIC (the international leader in providing genetically superior pig breeding stock) research lab at the University of Cambridge, Tianzhong Breeder Pig Company (one of China's top breeder hog companies) and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) China. He was involved in a number of key research projects including BBSRC (UK), China's "863" Program -- China's Top National High-tech R&D Program and Hubei International Collaboration Project. He is the first scientist in China to have discovered the 12 biomarkers for selecting genetic difference in resistance / susceptibility to animal disease and improving reproductive traits in swine. His research achievements have been published in the following peer journals: Journal of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Animal, Chinese Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology, Journal of Animal, Chinese Journal of Animal Biotechnology Bulletin, Agricultural Sciences in China and Acta Biologica Hungarica.
Since founding the company in May 1995, Mr. Xiong has served as VP of Technical Operations for the Company. He is the current Chairman of Jiangxi Province Hog Farm Association. He graduated from Jiangxi Agricultural University in 1992 with a Bachelor's Degree in Animal Farming and from 1992 through 1994 he worked at Jiangxi Agricultural and Technology Company as a section chief. Mr Xiong is credited for broadening the Company's markets outside of Jiangxi especially throughout the eastern farming regions of China. Mr. Xiong has an EMBA degree from Tsinghua University, one of China's top business schools. He is not related to the Company's CEO and Vice Chairman.
Mr. Fredric Rittereiser, Independent Board Member
Mr. Rittereiser joins AgFeed as an independent board member as well as Chairman of the Nominating Committee. Mr. Rittereiser has over 40 years of capital markets experience as senior executives at numerous Wall Street firms. He is currently an independent consultant advising global companies with market entry and strategic development issues specializing in China related projects. He is the former President of Instinet Corporation, the world's leading electronic securities trading firm. After seven years of service at the NYPD Intelligence Division as a detective, he started his Wall Street career in 1964 as an institutional equities trader with Merrill Lynch & Co. Subsequently, he became one of the leading block traders on Wall Street. In 1973, Mr.Rittereiser became President of Wall Street trading firm Troster, Singer & Co. Under his guidance, the company was transformed into a leading institutional block trading house on the NASDAQ. Concurrently, since 1973 until 1980, he served as the NASD representative on the National Market System Committee responsible for negotiating rates, developing market linkages in the US, promoting price competition and endorsing NASDAQ as the electronic market for growth companies and new issues. In 1983, he joined Instinet Corporation as President and COO. Under his leadership, the company evolved into a highly efficient continuous electronic trading system that allowed institutions and dealers to negotiate securities trades anonymously. Mr. Rittereiser successfully negotiated the sale of Instinet to the Reuters Group in 1987. Between 1983 and 2002, Mr.Rittereiser was CEO and COO of three electronic trading companies – Instinet, Sherwood Group and Ashton Technology Group. Between 1991 and 1993, he became a special consultant to Booz Allen and Hamilton, a global strategy and technology consulting group. He also served as a board member of the International Heritage Mutual Fund. Mr. Rittereiser is the founder of Ashton Technology Group and Gomez Advisors, Inc.
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| Agfeed Industries, Inc |
Board of Directors |
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| SMARTHEAT INC. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Dr. Zhang is a leading expert in animal nutritional science and management consulting in China. Dr. Zhang is a Professor of Agricultural Management and has served as the Assistant Dean of the College of Agricultural Development at Renmin University of China since July 2003. In 2005, he was named a Top Ten Enterprise Strategist by the Chinese government. In 2004, Dr. Zhang was named a Top Ten Best Management Consulting Expert by the Chinese Government. In 2002, he was awarded the top prize for Innovative Management Science by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce. Dr. Zhang has authored over 60 books and articles in the topics of agricultural science and management science. He has conducted management training programs for global companies including SONY, Panasonic, General Motors, Motorola, China Life Insurance, China Telecom among others. Dr. Zhang received a PhD in Management Science from Renmin University in 2003.
Executive News
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UPDATE 1-AgFeed Q2 profit down 69 pct, shares fall
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AgFeed Industries, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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AgFeed Industries, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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AgFeed Industries, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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