Dr Lan Weiguang, the Founder & Managing Director of our Group oversees the overall management and operations of our Group. He is also responsible for formulating our business model and growth strategies. From 1985 to 1992, he was Assistant Professor at the Department of Food Engineering of Jimei University in Xiamen, PRC. Prior to the founding of our Group in 1996, Dr Lan was appointed as Technical and Sales Director of Hydrochem Engineering (Singapore) Pte Ltd from 1994 to 1995. Dr Lan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Xiamen University, PRC and a PhD in Chemistry from the National University of Singapore.

In 1997, Dr Lan was invited to be an Associate Professor at Xiamen University and was also invited to establish an Applied Membrane Research and Development Center in Xiamen University for scientific research purposes. In 1999, he was promoted to the position of Professor of the faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering of Xiamen University.

In 2003, Dr Lan won the Young Chinese Entrepreneur Award organized by Yazhou Zhou Kan. In 2004, Dr Lan was invited to be a Professor from Nanchang University. In 2005, he was elected as a Deputy Council Chairman of the China Desalination Association. In the same year he won the Outstanding Entrepreneurship Award from the State Overseas Chinese Affair Office of PRC, the "Golden-Bridge" Award from Chinese Technological Market Association, and the Outstanding Science Alumni Award from the National University of Singapore. Dr Lan is an adjunct Associate Professor of the National University of Singapore, he is also appointed as an adjunct Professor of the Water Resource Centre of Peking University. In 2006, Dr Lan won the Excellent Employer Award by Xiaman Municipal Government, PRC. Moreover, Dr Lan is selected as the 2007 top-ten Chinese Financial and Intelligent Persons by the National Situation Research Association of China, as well as the Mentor for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Torch Centre, Ministry of Science and Technology, China.

 

  Chen Ni, Executive Director and co-founder of our Group oversees the administration and the day-to-day operations of our Group in Singapore. Chen Ni was a laboratory technologist at the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering of the National University of Singapore from 1992 to 1998. Prior to 1992, she was a laboratory technologist at the Department of Food Engineering of Jimei University in Xiamen, PRC for fi ve years. She was a teacher at Wuping First Middle School in Fujian, PRC from 1984 to 1987. Chen Ni holds a Diploma in Biology from Ningde Teachers' College, Fujian Province, PRC, a Certifi cate in Accounting from LCCI, as well as an MBA from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, PRC.

 

 

 

  Teng Cheong Kwee was appointed Independent Director of our Company on 14 May 2003. He also served as an Independent Director in several other listed companies. Mr Teng started his career in 1978 as an administrative assistant in the Singapore Government Administrative Service. He later served as an Assistant Director and then a Deputy Director in the Monetary Authority of Singapore. During that period, he also served concurrently as Secretary to the Securities Industry Council. In 1989, he joined the then Stock Exchange of Singapore as an Executive Vice President. He later was appointed Executive Vice President and head, Risk Management and Regulatory Division, of the Singapore Exchange. He had also served as a council member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Mr Teng obtained a Bachelor degree in Engineering (Industrial) with fi rst class honors and a Bachelor degree in Commerce from the University of Newcastle, Australia in 1977.

 

 

  Hee Theng Fong was appointed Independent Director of our Company on 14 May 2003. Mr Hee obtained a LLB (Hons) from the then University of Singapore (now known as National University of Singapore) in 1979 and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore in 1981.

 

  Kong Tai was appointed Independent Director of our Company on 28 September 2007. Mr Kong obtained a Diploma of Medicine in Management Engineering from the Shenyang Pharmaceutical University. He also holds the pharmacist's license and the title of Senior Economist in the People's Republic of China.

Since 1984, he joined Jingjiang Glucose Factory as Manager and took the responsibility for the overall management and day-to-day operations. In 1990, he embarked on a pharmaceutical venture and set up Jiangshan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, one of the largest vitamin producers in China, where he was the President until he retired on January 2007. In 2006, he was awarded China State Council Special Allowance for his contribution in the technology development for the production of Vitamin C. He has more than 20 years experience in nutrition-based pharmaceutical industry.