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Directors - Non-executive Directors
HERIARD-DUBREUIL Francois, aged 59, 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 Premier Marche of the Euronext Paris 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.

CHEUNG Wai Ying, Benny, aged 74, was appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company in August 2004. He is also the owner of International Trade and Technology Research Associates and a director of Inttra Ltd. Mr. Cheung has been a director of Dynasty Winery since May 1980. He has extensive corporate and commercial experience for over 20 years. Besides, he is fluent in Chinese, English and Indonesian. He is currently a visiting professor at Central-South University, in Changsha, Hunan, the PRC. He graduated from the Russian Language Institute, Beijing, PRC in 1957 where he majored in translation.

ZHANG Wenlin, aged 57, 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.

WONG Ching Chung, aged 68, 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.

ROBERT Luc, aged 51, 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. ¡X 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 19 years.
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