is our co-founder and Non-Executive Chairman and was appointed to our Board on 8 October 2007. Since the establishment of our subsidiary, Jinjiang Lianjie Textile Printing & Dyeing Industrial Co., Ltd (“Lianjie”), he only aced in a non-executive role within Lianjie and is not involved in the daily operations of Lianjie. Prior to the founding of our Group, Mr. Choi was involved in various businesses, including the manufacturing of umbrella, property development and running of restaurants, for which he founded several companies and assumed an executive role. Since 2003 to date, Mr. Choi has been engaged in the business of granite quarrying through Ganzhou Leijie Stone Co., Ltd, a company founded by him. Mr. Choi is the vice chairman of Hong Kong Dong Shi Town Fraternal Association Ltd (香港东石镇同乡联谊会) and the Honorary Chairman of the Dongshi Chamber of Commerce (晋江东石商会).
Lin Wen Chang (林文章)
is our co-founder and CEO, overseeing the daily operations of Lianjie as well as helming the production, R&D, procurement, administration and HR departments. He was appointed to our Board on 14 January 2008. Mr. Lin has more than 20 years of experience in the textile industry. He graduated from Oriental Academy of Industry, Taiwan (亚东工业专科学校)(presently know as Oriental Institute of Technology, Taiwan (亚东技术学院)) in 1983 with a certificate in dyeing and finishing for fabrics. Prior to the founding, Mr. Lin had worked in various fabric manufacturing and dyeing companies in Taiwan: from 1992 to 1996, he served as a senior engineer in Jiewen Dyeing Company (捷稳染整公司); from 1988 to 1991, he served as a senior engineer in Nan Yang Dyeing & Finishing Co., Ltd (南洋染整公司); and from 1986 to 1988, he was the team leader of the technical department of Far East Textile Co., Ltd (远东纺织印染公司). Mr. Lin is the Chairman of Taiwan Fund Enterprises Institution, Jinjiang City, Fujian Province (福建省晋江市台资企业协会) and the vice chairman of Taiwan Fund Enterprises Institution, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province (福建省泉州市台资企业协会).
Lin Yung Hsiang (林永祥)
is our Executive Director and has been with our Group since March 2007, overseeing our sales & marketing department. He was appointed to our Board on 8 October 2007. Prior to joining our Group, he provided marketing consultancy services to property developers from 2001 to 2006. He was the vice general manager of the sales department of Harbin Tianshun Property Development Company (哈尔滨市天顺房产开发公司) from 1995 to 2001. Mr. Lin was the director and general manager of Kao Hsiung Jin-Hsiang Construction Co. (今翔建设公司) in Taiwan from 1990 to 1993.
Yang Shun Fu (杨顺福)
is our Executive Director and has been with our Group since October 2004, overseeing our finance department. He was appointed to our Board on 14 January 2008. Mr. Yang graduated with a diploma in 1993 from Quanzhou City Li-ming Vocational College (泉州市黎明职业大学). From1997 to 2004, he worked as an accounting manager in Jinjiang City Jin-fang Spinning and Dyeing Co., Ltd (晋江市晋纺印染织造有限公司). From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Yang provided freelance accounting services.
Tsang Siu For Thomas (曾兆科)
is our Independent Director and was appointed to our Board on 14 April 2008. He is also the Chairman of our Audit Committee. He has more than 15 years of audit experience with professional accounting firms such as KPMG, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong, Beijing and Singapore. He has managed various portfolios of clients comprising multinational corporations and was responsible for the entire management of audit of clients from planning, directing and complete handling of administrative matters. He is currently a partner in charge of initial public offering assignments, audit of listed companies and financial due diligence with LTC LLP in Singapore. Mr Tsang is currently a practicing member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, and a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He has also been an associate member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since 1997. Mr Tsang graduated with a Diploma in Accountancy from Chai Wan Technical Institute in Hong Kong in 1990 and thereafter, in 2003, he completed his MBA degree from the University of Warwick, England. Mr Tsang also obtained a Diploma in International Financial reporting from ACCA in 2005.
Ng Weng Wei (伍荣伟)
is our Independent Director and was appointed to our Board on 14 April 2008. He is also the Chairman of our Remuneration Committee. He is currently the executive director of Group Finance and Administration of Santak Holdings Limited, a listed company in Singapore. Mr Ng joined Santak in 2000 where he oversees the accounting, corporate finance, human resources and administrative functions as well as information systems in the Santak group of companies. Before that, he was an audit manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers, an international accounting firm in Singapore. Prior to that, he worked as a Senior Accountant at Price Waterhouse in Sydney from 1994 to 1996. Mr Ng graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) Degree from Nanyang Technological University in 1993. He is both a Chartered Accountant and Certified Public Accountant of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia since 1996 and The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore since 1999. He is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors since 2004.
Dr. Fu Xiao Bin (傅小斌博士)
is our Independent Director and was appointed to our Board on 14 April 2008. He is also the Chairman of our Nominating Committee. He is currently the assistant general manager of China Potevio Shanghai Industrial Park Development Company (中国普天信息产业上海工业园发展公司). Between 2004 and 2005, Dr Fu was the assistant general manager of China Marketing Media Holdings, Inc where he was tasked with managing investing and overseas financing. Between 2003 and 2004, he was the assistant general manager of Shenzhen Youyi Co. (深圳友谊有限公司) and was responsible for the implementation of a management and employee buy-out. Dr Fu graduated from Xi’an Jiaotong University (西安交通大学) with a Bachelor of Technology Economy Degree in 1994 before obtaining his Master Degree for System Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University (西安交通大学) in 1997. In 2003, he completed his Ph.D. in Management in the aforesaid university.