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HERIARD-DUBREUIL Francois, aged 61, was appointed as the vice-chairman and a non-executive Director of the Company in August 2004. He has been the vice-chairman of Dynasty Winery since May 1980. He has also been the chairman of the supervisory board of Remy Cointreau S.A., a company listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange, from December 2000 to September 2004, chairman of Orpar S.A. since December 1997 and director of Oeneo S.A. Mr. Heriard-Dubreuil joined Remy Martin & Co. S.A. in 1977 prior to its merger with Cointreau & Cie. He was appointed as the director of the Remy Cointreau Group in 1990. He has around 30 years of experience in the wines industry and has held various senior positions, including chairman of the Remy Martin Group from September 1984 to July 1990. He is also a director of Shanghai Shenma Winery Co., Ltd. ("Shenma"). He graduated from Universite de Paris with a degree of Maitrise Es Sciences in 1970 and a master of business administration from INSEAD, France in 1975.

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ZHENG Daoquan, aged 59, was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company in February 2009. He was appointed as an executive director of Tianjin Development in December 2006. Mr. Zheng is a senior economist and possesses tertiary academic qualification. From 1982 to 1998, he was the official, deputy head and head of administration section of Tianjin Engineering and Industrial Bureau. Besides, he was also the general manager of Tianjin Tai Guang Industrial and Trade Company during the same period. From 1998 to March 2006, he was the head of Tianjin's representative office of Tsinlien. Mr. Zheng is a director and deputy general manager of Tsinlien and the head of Tianjin's representative office of Tsinlien. Mr. Zheng has solid experience in management for over 20 years.

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Jean-Marie LABORDE, aged 61, was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company in February 2009. He joined the Remy Cointreau S.A., a substantial shareholder of the Company, as a chief executive officer in September 2004. Mr. Laborde holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Bordeaux and a master degree in business administration from the Institut Superieur des Affaires (HEC/ISA). He held various senior positions at Pernod Ricard from 1979 to 1996 and chairman and chief executive officer of Moet et Chandon (LVMH Group) from 1996 to 2003. Mr. Laborde is a member of a number of professional organizations. He was directors of Maxxium Worldwide BV, an associate of Remy Cointreau Group and Antonin Rodet, Burgundy Wines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sequana Capital, a company listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange (stock code: VOR). He is also a director of Finadvance S.A., a private equity firm.

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ZHANG Wenlin, aged 59, was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company in August 2004. He has been the chief accountant of Tianjin Agricultural Cultivation Group Company since 2000. He is also a qualified senior accountant. Mr. Zhang graduated from the undergraduate programme of Jilin Agricultural University in 1985 where he majored in agricultural economics and earned a master's degree in business administration from Macao University of Science and Technology in 2004.

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WONG Ching Chung, aged 70, was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company in August 2004. He has been a director of Dynasty Winery since December 1985. He is also a censeur (ºÊ¨Æ) of Orpar S.A. and the chairman of Shenma. Prior to joining Orpar S.A. in 2003, he was a director of Remy Cointreau S.A. between 1999 and 2002 and the regional managing director of Remy Associes and Maxxium Worldwide B.V. between 1986 and 2002. He graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a bachelor's degree in 1964 and from Arthur D. Little Management Institute, USA with a master of science in management degree in 1981. Mr. Wong has extensive experience in the wines industry for over 20 years. He was also awarded the Officier de l'Ordre du Merite Agricole by the French government in 1994 in recognition of his accomplishment in the wines and spirits industry.

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ROBERT Luc, aged 53, was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company in August 2004. He is also the director of Orpar S.A. for the Greater China region. He has held various management positions in the Orpar S.A. - Remy Cointreau Group since 1987, including the deputy group controller, regional finance director for the America, finance director of the champagne division and the regional finance director of Asia Pacific. Prior to joining the Remy Cointreau Group in 1987, he worked with the Ernst & Whinney in Montreal and Paris. He graduated from University of Sherbrooke, Canada with a bachelor's degree in business administration (accounting) in 1979. He is a Canadian Chartered Accountant. Mr. Robert has extensive experience in the wines and spirits industry for over 20 years.

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