Mr. Chan was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1999 at ChinaCast's inception. Mr. Chan previously worked as a sales executive in Sun Hung Kai (China) Limited from 1983 to 1985, and from 1985 to 1986 was sales manager for Unisys China Limited. From 1987 to 1988, he was strategic account manager for Unisys Asia Limited, and thereafter joined Unisys Hong Kong Limited as a sales director until 1990. Mr. Chan then joined CL Computer China/Hong Kong Limited as its general manager prior to founding Technology Ventures Holdings, an information technology company currently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Chan holds a Master of Science, Mathematics and a Master of Computer Science degree, both from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. He also serves as board director of the Hong Kong Institute of Technology.
Michael J. Santos
President - International
Mr. Santos has overall responsibility for all international operations including global education and technology partnerships, external communications, fund raising and M&A. He previously worked with Hughes Network Systems from 1988 to 2001, where he was Senior Director, Asia-Pacific, responsible for all sales, marketing, customer support and business development activities in the Asia-Pacific region and was a member of the Hughes deal team that lead the investment in ChinaCast's $17 million Series A venture capital financing round in October 2000. Mr. Santos holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science degree from The George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.
Justin Tang
Non-Executive Director
Justin Tang is a co-founder of Blue Ridge China, a private equity fund formed in 2006 that invests in companies in China. Prior to that, Mr. Tang was the co-founder of eLong, Inc., a leading online travel service company in China. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Tang served as Chairman and CEO of eLong and in similar key executive positions at its predecessor company from 1999 to 2001. Prior to founding eLong, Mr. Tang held various positions in the financial services industry in the United States from 1993 to 1999.
Mr. Tang studied at Nanjing University in China and received his BS degree from Concordia College in the United States.
Daniel Tseung Kar Keung*
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Tseung is the Founder & Managing Director of LionRock Capital, a private equity fund which provides strategic, financial, and corporate governance support for growth stage companies in Greater China. He is also a Senior Advisor to Owens Corning (NYSE: OC) and Sun Hung Kai Properties Group, where he last served as Managing Director of Sun Hung Kai Properties Direct Investments Limited. Before joining the Sun Hung Kai Properties Group in 2000, Mr.Tseung worked from 2997 to 2000 at GE Equity, the private equity arm of GE Capital, and from 1993 to 1995 at DE Shaw, a major global hedge fund. He also currently serves as an independent Board Director for Gourmet Master (Taiwan Stock Exchange: 2723) and has previously served on the Board of Directors for RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and Owens Corning (NYSE: OC). Mr. Tseung holds a Bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a Master's Degree from Harvard University.
Ned Sherwood
Non-Executive Director
Ned Sherwood co-founded ZS Fund L.P., a private equity firm, in 1985 and currently serves as its managing general partner. Mr. Sherwood joined W. R. Grace & Co. in 1975 as a vice president in the Office of Strategic Projects, a group specializing in the evaluation and divestiture of various W. R. Grace & Co.'s business units. In 1981, Mr. Sherwood joined AEA Investors, Inc., where he led a number of successful acquisitions until his departure to co-found ZS Fund L.P. Mr. Sherwood has served as a director on a number of public company boards, including Consolidated Stores Corporation (now Big Lots, Inc.), Market Facts, Inc., Kaye Group, Inc., Colorado Prime, Inc., Southern Electronics, Inc., Mazel Company; Niagara Frontier Services, Inc. (now Tops Markets) and Sun Television and Electronics, Inc. Mr. Sherwood graduated magna cum laude from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he received the Herbert T. Steuer Memorial Award for the Most Outstanding Wharton Student. Mr. Sherwood serves as a director for a number of not-for-profit organizations, including I HAVE A DREAM, the Dana Farber Hospital Advisory Board, the Stanford University Parents Advisory Board, City Squash and the Columbia-Presbyterian Heart Research Institute.
Stephen Markscheid
Non-Executive Director
Stephen Markscheid, currently the Chief Executive Officer of Synergenz BioScience Ltd., has broad business experience as a banker, consultant, manager and corporate finance professional with more than 20 years experience in new business development in the US, Asia and Europe. Mr. Markscheid previously worked at GE Capital, where he led their business development activities in China and Asia. Prior to joining GE, he worked with the Boston Consulting Group and was a banker in London, Chicago, New York, Hong Kong and Beijing with Chase Manhattan Bank and First National Bank of Chicago. His career began with the US-China Business Council, working in Washington D.C. and Beijing. Mr. Markscheid earned a MBA with distinction from Columbia University (class valedictorian), a Masters in International Affairs and Economics from Johns Hopkins and a BA in East Asian Studies from Princeton University. He has lived and worked in Asia for over sixteen years including China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand. Besides his native English, he is fluent in Chinese and conversant in Japanese and French. He also serves as board director of CNinsure, Inc., Jinko Solar Inc., China Energy Corporation, China Integrated Energy, Inc. and China Ming Yang Wind Group Co. Ltd.
Hope N
Non-Executive Director
Hope Ni, is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inspire Capital, which focuses on investments and business advisory. She previously served as the chief financial officer and director for COGO Group Inc., a US listed company, which she joined in August 2004, and served as Vice Chairman of COGO Group in 2008. Ms. Ni also spent six years as an attorney specializing in corporate finance at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York and Hong Kong. Prior to that, she worked at Merrill Lynch's investment banking division in New York. Ms. Ni is currently an independent director at JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., Digital China Holdings Ltd., Kong Zhong and ATA Inc. She received her J.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and her bachelor's degree in Applied Economics and Business Management from Cornell University.
*Mr. Tseung is the independent director who has been determined to be an audit committee financial expert by the board of directors in accordance with SEC rules on the matter.
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