Directors - Executive Directors

BAI Zhisheng, aged 54, was appointed as a non-executive director of the Company in August 2004 and is an executive director and the chairman overseeing the business development and taking up the function of formulating and managing the investment strategies of the Group. He is also an executive director of Tianjin Development Holdings Limited ("Tianjin Development"), the general manager of the Tianjin Agricultural Industrial and Commerce Company and the chairman of Tianjin Heavenly Palace Winery Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Tianjin Development. He has been the deputy general manager of Tianjin Agricultural Cultivation Group Company since 1991 and subsequently he was the general manager in 2005. He is also a qualified senior economist. Mr. Bai graduated in 1984 from the undergraduate programme of Peking University where he studied in international politics. He completed a postgraduate course specializing in law at the School of Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1998. Mr. Bai has solid experience in corporate management for over ten years.

GAO Feng, aged 54, was appointed as an executive director of the Company in May 2009. He is also the general manager of the Company. He was an assistant to the general manager of Tianjin Agricultural Cultivation Group Company from 1995 to 2002. He has been the party committee member and the deputy general manager since 2002. Mr. Gao has been involved in the wine industry in Tianjin with solid experience in corporate management. His applied basic research in The Selection of Yeasts that Endure Low Temperature and Alcohol (耐低溫耐酒精酵母的選育) in 2003 and The Study of the Grapegrowing Characteristics of Vines (釀酒葡萄果實生長發育特性的研究) in 2004 were awarded the Municipal Technology Performance Awards (市級科技成果) by Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Commission. Mr. Gao graduated from Tianjin Radio & TV University in 1982 specializing in Chinese. He completed a postgraduate course specializing in political economy at the School of Central Committee of the Communist Party in 1997 and a master of business administration from The University of Greenwich, Australia in 2002. Mr. Gao joined the Group in 2008.

HUANG Yaqiang, aged 36, was appointed as an executive director of the Company in January 2010. He is also a chief accountant and head of the financial department of Dynasty Winery responsible for accounting and financial matters of Dynasty Winery. Mr. Huang graduated from the undergraduate programme of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 1996 and earned a master's degree in economics from Tianjin University of Economics and Finance in 1999. He is also a member of Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Huang has solid experience in financial accounting and management for over ten years. Mr. Huang joined the Group in 1996.