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Mr. Feng was elected Chief Executive Officer in January 2009. He previously served as the company's Chief Operating Officer from 2003 through 2008. He has been a member of the Board of Directors since he joined the company in 2003. With more than 20 years in the industry, Mr. Feng's experience in architectural design and real estate development is leveraged as a member of the China Architecture Association, as Vice President of the Shaanxi Provincial Real Estate Association, and as Vice Director of Xi'an Decoration Association. From June 1996 to December 2002, Mr. Feng was General Manager and President of Xi'an Honghua Industry, Inc. He is a Registered Architect, and received his Master of Science degree in Architecture Science from Xi'an Architecture & Technology University.
Mr. Huang has been acting Chief Financial Officer of the company since June 2, 2009. Mr. Huang most recently served as Assistant CFO of China Housing & Land, a position he has held since October 2008 where he was responsible for oversight of the Company's financial department. Mr. Huang started his investment banking career at Cantor Fitzgerald in 2006 and played an active role in several high profile public financings for companies in the transportation/shipping sectors as well as several U.S. listed publicly-traded Chinese companies. While at Cantor, he completed 12 transactions, totaling over $1 billion in aggregate transaction value. Since 2007, Mr. Huang worked for Merriman Curhan & Ford Inc. followed by Collins Stewart LLC. He helped set up Merriman and Collins Stewart's China banking practice and participated in several well known China related financings transactions, including General Steel (NYSE: GSI) and FUQI International (Nasdaq: FUQI). From 2001 to 2004, Mr.Huang worked in Guangzhou, China with China Communication Construction Company Limited (1800.HK) as a project manager where he provided financial advisory services to both private and state-owned companies and participated in multiple multi-billion RMB infrastructure projects. Mr. Huang graduated from Shanghai Maritime University with a degree in transportation economics and has a Master's degree in Statistics from Columbia University. Mr. Huang is a CFA Level III candidate and has his NASD Series 7 & 63 licenses.
Ms. Lu, was elected to her current position in January 2009. She previously served as Vice President of the company from 2004 through 2008. Ms. Lu continues to serve as Board Secretary, which she has done since 2004, and is the company's primary spokesperson with investors and security analysts. She received her Master's degree from King's College in London in September 2004.
Mr. William Xin joined China Housing and Land Development on January 1, 2008. He is an entrepreneur with 13 years of experience in management and global finance. Prior to joining China Housing, Mr. Xin was Managing Director of Golden Leaf Investment Group from 2005 to 2007, advising many companies on strategic planning, financial strategies, and mergers & acquisitions. He helped a number of companies raise capital, including the largest privately owned hydroelectric company in South West China,. In 2000, Mr. Xin co founded BChinaB, Inc., and was its Chairman and CEO until 2005. BChinaB, a vertically integrated plastics industry outsourcing company, was the first Chinese owned B2B company based in New York. BChinaB allowed several US leading plastics companies to capture substantial savings by outsourcing their supply chains to China and led Mr. Xin to become the first Chinese entrepreneur featured on the front page of the Asia Wall Street Journal and in the International Section of the Wall Street Journal. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Xin served as Managing Director of Cheetah Global Financial Group, providing financial management and mergers & acquisitions advice to many U.S. and Chinese companies. In 1996, Mr. Xin founded Career.net and was its CEO until 1998. Mr. Xin is a frequent speaker at global business and finance forums and conferences and has spoken at the World Economic Forum. Mr. Xin attended Lanzhou University where he studied nuclear physics, then moved to New Haven, Connecticut, where he earned a B.S. in physics and computer science from Yale University and an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management with majors in international finance and derivatives.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| China Housing & Land Development, Inc. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| BChinaB, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| BChinaB, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder |
Former |
| Premier Heart |
Chief Operating Officer |
Former |
| Golden Leaf Group |
Managing Director |
Former |
| Yale School of Management |
MBA, International Finance & Derivatives |
Former |
| Yale University |
B.S., Physics & Computer Science |
Former |
Mr. Xiao, was elected to his current position in January 2009 and is focusing on merging acquisitions into the company and on business development. He previously served as the company's Chief Administrative Officer. Mr. Xiao has been a Board Member since September 1999. He has extensive experience in real estate acquisition, finance, and restructuring and holds an M.B.A. from Xi'an Jiaotong University. He joined the company in 1999.
Mr. Lu has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since he joined the company in 1999. He also served as the company's Chief Executive Officer from 1999 until January 2009, when his CEO duties were assumed by Mr. Xiaohong Feng. Mr. Lu has more than 40 years of experience in housing development, management, and construction. After graduating from the Xi'an Army College with a major in architectural engineering, Mr. Lu served 32 years in the Chinese Army in architecture and engineering and completed his military career with the rank of Senior Colonel. Mr. Lu was the founder of Lanbo Financial Investment Company Group Limited, where he was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from its formation in September 2003 until its merger with Lanbo Financial Group, Inc. Mr. Lu served as the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Lanbo Financial Group, Inc., until December 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Lu served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Xi'an Newstar Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., from 1998 until December 2005. He previously served as its General Manager from 1992 to 2003. He is member of the Enterprise Credit Association of Shaanxi Province.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| China Housing & Land Development, Inc. |
Chairman of The Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lanbo Financial Group, Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Lanbo Financial Group, Inc. |
Founder |
Former |
| Lanbo Financial Group, Inc. |
Chairman of The Board |
Former |
Mr. Michael Marks, began serving as an independent Director on October 10, 2007. He is currently a managing director and principal of Sonnenblick Goldman Asia Pacific Limited, a firm that provides advisory services in real estate investments. Mr. Marks is also the President and Director of Middle Kingdom Alliance Corp., a special purpose acquisition corporation listed on Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board. Previously, Mr. Marks served as a director of Horwath Asia Pacific from January 2002 to December 2005 and was the Chief Executive Officer and Director at B2Gglobe (Pty) Limited from May 2001 to December 2002. Mr. Marks received both bachelor's and master's degrees in Commerce from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1994 and 1997, respectively, and also received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of South Africa in 1998.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Middle Kingdom Alliance Corp. |
President |
Current |
| China Housing & Land Development, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| JIANGBO PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Middle Kingdom Alliance Corp. |
Director |
Current |
| Land Development, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
Master's Degrees In Commerce |
Former |
| University Corp. |
Bachelor's Degree In Psychology |
Former |
| University of the Witwatersrand |
Bachelor's |
Former |
Mr. Suiyin Gao, began serving as an independent Director on October 10, 2007. He has more than 30 years of experience in human resources and management consulting. Mr. Gao is currently the head of the Shaanxi Senior Talent Office, which is affiliated with Shaanxi Provincial government and is focused on corporation management, consultation, and human resources services. Mr. Gao is the founder and chairman of Shanxi Management Member Club, one of the largest manager clubs in Shanxi province. Mr. Gao is currently an independent director of six enterprises and has also acted as senior consultant for more than 20 enterprises. Mr. Gao began working in the government in 1973. He received his Master of Business Administration degree from Northwest University in China in 1998.
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