Directors and Officers
§Allen T.Y. Chan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong
Director since 1994; co-founder of Sino-Forest in 1992; previously worked twelve years as a management consultant and project manager in China; previously worked for Hong Kong government in new town development and management programs.
§Corporate citizenship roles In 2008, Mr. Chan was appointed to join the Jiangxi Standing Committee of the Tenth Session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (“CPPCC”). CPPCC’s government and non-government members discuss Chinese policies and principles. Its role and powers are somewhat analogous to an advisory legislative upper house. Also in 2008, Mr. Chan was appointed as Council Member of Renmin University of China (“RUC”, also known as the People’s University of China) for a three-year term.
§W. Judson Martin Vice Chairman, Hong Kong
Vice-chairman since June 2010; prior to joining Sino-Forest’s management team, Mr. Martin was Lead Director of the company’s board since 2007 and was Director since 2006; previously Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc., Senior EVP, CFO & Chief Operating Officer, MDC Communications Corporation, President & CEO, Trilon Securities Corporation, EVP & CFO, Brookfield Development Corporation, Vice President Finance and Treasurer, Trizec Corporation Ltd. Kai Kit (K.K.) Poon President, Hong Kong
Director since 1994; co-founder of Sino-Forest in 1992; previously worked fifteen years with Guangdong Forestry Bureau as engineer engaged in forest product trading and manufacturing. Officers
§David J. Horsley, CA, CBV, CF, C.Dir Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Toronto
Joined Sino-Forest in 2005; was Independent Director since 2004, member of Audit, Compensation, and Corporate Governance Committees and Senior Vice President and CFO, Cygnal Technologies Corporation; previously Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary, Canadian General Capital Limited. Other Executives
§Hua Chen, MBA Senior Vice President, Administration & Finance, China
Joined Sino-Forest in 2002; previously board chair of Suzhou New-Development Area Economic Development Group, and managed large corporations and gained access to capital markets in China. Albert Ip Senior Vice President, Development & Operations North-east & South-west China
Joined Sino-Forest in 1997; previously worked twenty years in marketing, production management, project management and corporate business development and operation, in the garment, electronics and wood related industries.
§Wei Mao Zhao Senior Vice President, Development & Operations, South & East China
Joined Sino-Forest in 2002; previously General Manager, Everbright Group Corp. with extensive experience in wood product manufacturing and knowledge of international wood material markets.
George Ho Vice President, Finance (China), Hong Kong
Joined Sino-Forest in 2007; previously worked extensively in the auditing, accounting and consulting field for more than 13 years with several years of experience as CFO of a merchant bank’s China operations.
§Alfred C.T. Hung, CFA, FRM, MSc Finance Vice President, Corporate Planning and Banking, Hong Kong
Joined Sino-Forest in 1999; previously gained nine years experience in investment research and management for several international firms. Thomas M. Maradin Vice-President, Finance (Corporate)
Joined Sino-Forest in 2005; previously worked five years for several multi-national corporations in financial reporting and internal control, regulatory compliance and system upgrading; previously worked fifteen years for Ernst & Young LLP, providing professional services in audit, taxation, risk management, strategic and business planning.
§Richard Kimel, HBA, LLB Corporate Secretary, Toronto
Partner, and a member of Aird & Berlis LLP’s Corporate/ Commercial and Corporate Finance Groups, practicing law since 1997; specializes in the areas of corporate/commercial and corporate finance law, focusing primarily on public and private financings, domestic and international mergers and acquisitions and ongoing corporate counsel activities. Independent Directors
§ William (Bill) E. Ardell Toronto
Lead Director since 2010; nominated as Director since 2010; previously President & CEO and a director of Southam Inc. Bill was director for a number of public and private sectors, including not-for-profit organizations, serving in varying capacities as Chairman, Director, or member of the board committees. He began his career with Touche Ross in Montreal.
James (Jamie) P. Bowland, CA
Joined the Board in February 2011; former Managing Director at BMO Capital Markets, Investment & Banking Group; extensive experience in mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and corporate banking. Jamie is a Director of a number of TSX-listed companies and not-for-profit organizations. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds the Institute of Corporate Directors designation.
§ James (Jamie) M.E. Hyde, CA, C.Dir Toronto
Director since 2004; previously Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, GSW Inc., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund, Former Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, where he provided for 24 years a board range of professional services to public and private companies.
§Edmund Mak, MBA Vancouver
Director since 1994; Associate Broker, Royal Pacific Realty Corporation; over thirty years with public, multi-national and private corporations in North America and Hong Kong, in the real estate, computer and high technology equipment, transportation, construction, oil & gas, textile and China trade industries.
§Simon Murray, CBE Hong Kong
Director since 1999; Chairman, GEMS (General Enterprise Management Services (International) Limited); thirty-five years in Asia; previously Executive Chairman, Asia Pacific, Deutsche Bank Group, Independent non-executive director of a number of listed companies in HKG including Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., Orient Overseas (Int’l) Ltd., Wing Tai Properties Ltd., and non-executive director of Greenheart Group Ltd. Peter Wang Hong Kong
Director since 2007; Senior Commercial Consultant of Zijing Copper of Zijing Mining Group, a HKG-listed company; has over 30 years experience in Sino-foreign business affairs, predominantly related to petrochemical and mining industries, as well as wood-based panel industries.
§ Garry J. West Toronto Joined the Board in February 2011; former Partner at Ernst & Young; With 35 years of extensive financial experience including auditing, corporate restructuring, public financings and strategic planning initiatives for a number of major organizations; Director and Chair of the Audit Committee for two other TSX-listed companies; Fellow of the Ontario Institute Chartered Accountants.
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