▌ Corporate Governance
Management Team
Kang Yihua has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer and as the Chairman of our Board of Directors, since 2005. From December 1993 to January 2008, Mr. Kang has served as the President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Goldenway Nanjing Garments Co., Ltd., our subsidiary. Mr. Kang has extensive worldwide managerial and operational experience focusing upon business development and strategic planning. Mr. Kang formerly was the Senior lecturer of the Management College, Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University, and the Vice General Manager of the Import and Export Department of Nanjing Shenda Company. Mr. Kang earned a MSc degree from Peking University, a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University.
Sun Jia Jun has served as our Chief Operating Officer and a member of our Board of Directors since 2005. Mr. Sun also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Goldenway since 2000 and as a member of the Board of Directors of Nanjing New-Tailun Garments Company Limited (PRC) since 2006. From July 1996 to November 2002, Mr. Sun was the General Manager of International Trade Department at Goldenway. Mr. Sun has more than 8 years experience in import and export in the textile industry. Mr. Sun earned his bachelor’s degree from the Wuhan Textile Industry Institute.
Guo Yan has served as our Chief Financial Officer since 2005, and was appoined as Corporate Secretary on May 26, 2008. From August 1, 2007 to March 26, 2008,. Ms. Guo was a member of the Board of Director. From July 1999 to 2004, Ms. Guo was the Section Chief of the Financial and Accounting Department of Goldenway. Ms. Guo earned her bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Nanjing Audit Institute.
Independent of Director
Changyu Qi is a member of the Board of Directors, and serves as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Qi has over 30 years of experience in international trade, and since February 2005, has served as inspector and deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Jiangsu Provincial Government’s Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. In addition, Mr. Qi is also a director on the Board of Directors of Jiangsu Skyrun International Group (SHA: 600981) and has served in this position since 2007. He is currently the President of both the Jiangsu Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export Firms and the Jiangsu International Freight Forwarders Association. Mr. Qi received a B.S. in Foreign Trade and Economy from Beijing Foreign Trade University.
Zhixue Zhang was appointed to the board of directors in March 2008, and serves on the audit committee and as chairman of the compensation committee. Mr. Zhang is a professor of Organizational Management at Peking University, and has held this position since August 2008. Mr. Zhang has over fifteen years of experience in the fields of organizational psychology, management and organizational culture as it relates to conducting business within China and with Chinese businesses. From August 2001 to July 2008, he was the Associate professor at Peking University. From August 2006 to June 2007, he was a Freeman Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. From September 2001 to March 2002, he was a visiting scholar at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Zhang holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hong Kong, and a M.Sc. from Beijing Normal University, and a B.Sc. from Henan University.
