Executive Officers

Emily Chui-Hung Tong, 60
Chairwoman

Ms. Tong has served as the President of Method Investments & Advisory, LLC in New York since January 2012. She was the Managing Director of Kildare Capital, Inc. from June 2010 to June 2011. She was the co-founder and President of EastGate Securities, LLC from 2008 to March 2010. During her tenure with Method, Kildare and EastGate Securities, all of which are U.S. securities firms, Ms. Tong was responsible for those firms’ China related transactions. In addition, Ms. Tong was the co-founder and President of EastGate Financial, Inc. (from 2006 to December 2013) and was the co-founder and President of The Jade Cricket Company Inc. (from 1993 to 2006), both of which were U.S. financial advisory firms specializing in China related transactions. She holds Series 7, 24, 63, 79, and 99 licenses. In the 1990’s, Ms. Tong was the co-founder and President of a joint venture between The Jade Cricket Company, Inc. and Lenovo Computers, a Chinese multinational computer technology company with headquarters in China and United States. Ms. Tong worked for IBM, an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, between 1978 and 1993. Her last position at IBM was in its Wall Street office leading its sales and marketing efforts from 1988 to 1993. Ms. Tong graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Master degree in Computer Science and from Hunter College, City University of New York, with a Bachelor degree in Computer Science.

Stephen N. Cannon, 46
President/CEO/Director

Since April 2010, Mr. Cannon has been a Partner and Head of China for RedBridge Group Ltd, a boutique merchant banking firm focused on Chinese and Arabian Gulf cross-border investments, and since June 2009, Mr. Cannon has been a senior advisor at Ackrell & Co, a U.S. broker-dealer. From 2007 until April 2010, Mr. Cannon served in various capacities with Hambrecht Asia Acquisition Corp., a Nasdaq-listed SPAC. Mr. Cannon was a co-founder, initial CFO and director, and then VP of Acquisitions, for the SPAC. In addition to having responsibility for the formation and IPO process of the SPAC, Mr. Cannon identified the SPAC’s ultimate acquisition target (SGOCO Group Limited (NASD: SGOC) and negotiated a transaction with that company. In addition, in 2008, Mr. Cannon was a co-founder and CFO of Ruslan Acquisition Corp, a Russia-focused SPAC that filed a $300 million IPO with Euronext regulators that was never funded due to market conditions. The committed underwriters of the offering, Credit Suisse & Morgan Stanley postponed the offering as a result of the global financial crisis. From 2005 until 2008, Mr. Cannon served as a Managing Director of Asian investment banking for WR Hambrecht & Co. In addition to founding and heading the firm’s Shanghai office, he had overall responsibility for corporate finance transactions for Asian clients. During his tenure, WR Hambrecht& Co grew to be one of the most active U.S.-based investment banks of U.S. public offerings for private Chinese middle market companies. Through a combination of underwriting IPOs, providing M&A advisory services, and fairness opinions, the firm was involved with a significant portion of the Chinese-focused SPACs consummated during this period. Prior to WR Hambrecht & Co, Mr. Cannon worked at the following investment banking firms: Ackrell & Co (2003-2005); ABN-Amro Securities (2000-2002); Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette (1994-2000); Smith Barney (1993-1994); and Salomon Brothers (1991-1993). Mr. Cannon’s career has spanned several industry and product groups, including M&A, public equity and debt, private equity and debt, high yield financings, leveraged buy-outs and restructurings. He holds Series 7, 63, and 24 licenses with FINRA. Mr. Cannon graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor degree in Economics.

Board of Directors

Haibin Wang, 48
Director Nominee

Mr. Wang is the founder of San Glory International Hotel, Beijing, and has been its Director and the majority shareholder since May 2009. San Glory International Hotel is a four-star business hotel located in Daxing District, Beijing, China. He has also served as the Executive Director of the Star Group, China, since 2005. The Star Group is a conglomerate engaged in businesses involving hotels, golf courses, real estate developments, direct investments, fund management, and manufacturing. The Star Group has 11 subsidiaries and over 1,600 employees. One of its subsidiaries, Xing Pai Sports Goods Co. Ltd., is the largest billiard table manufacturer in China and the official table supplier to ‘World Snooker’. He has also served as the General Manager of the Star Group Investment Holdings Limited since 2005. Star Group Investment Holdings Limited is a direct investment company that focuses on financial and mining sectors in China. From August 2009 to August 2010, he was an independent non-executive Director of Bo Ying Investment Co., Ltd. headquartered in Hubei, China, which is a public company (SZSE: 000760) listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, China. From 2006 to 2008, he served as Chairman of the Investment Committee of CITIC Star Group Fund, a China based investment company. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Wang founded Beijing Day Skandia Technology Co, a company engaged in the distribution of electronic tax machines, certified by the Beijing tax authority. Between 1999 and 2005, he founded several tax accounting firms, including: Beijing Sino CTA Firm, Beijing Capital CTA Firm, Beijing China Water Valuation Firm, and Beijing Guang Zhang CTA Firm. Among those firms, the Beijing Sino CTA Firm merged with Unitax Certified Tax Agent Co. Ltd. in 2009, which has become one of the largest tax accounting firms in China with over one thousand employees. He was a tax officer in the Beijing Tax Bureau of China from 1994 to 1999. He has been a Certified Tax Accountant of China since 2002.

Foelan Wong, 43
Director Nominee

Mr. Wong has served as the Managing Director of Great Wall Pan Asia International Investment Company Limited since October 2013, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of China Great Wall Asset Management Corporation Limited. The China Great Wall Asset Management Corporation is one of the four largest state owned asset management companies in China. His responsibility includes assisting corporations, state owned enterprises and multi-national companies across Asia in advising direct capital market transactions involving bonds, syndicated debt, mezzanine debt, liability management, leveraged buyouts, private placements, and structured high-yield credits. His role involves end-to-end deal origination, structuring, and pitching. From December 2012 to July 2013, Mr. Wong was the Director of ABCI Asset Management Limited, a subsidiary of Agricultural Bank of China Limited (HKSE: 1288), which is one of the four largest banks in China. From February 2010 to July 2012 and June 2007 to July2008, he was the Managing Director of HEC Group Ltd., which was registered with the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and had subsidiaries including Enerchine Investment Management Limited, formerly known as CU Investment Management Ltd., Enerchine Securities Limited, formerly known as Radland International Limited, and HEC Commodities Limited, formerly known as Chung Nam Commodities Limited. During this period, he served as investment manager for three Hong Kong public listed companies. Between 2008 and 2009, he was Senior Executive of Total Securities (HK) Limited and Qi Yuan Asset Management (H.K.) Limited, both of which are well known regional investment boutiques registered with Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission. From 2004 to 2007, he was a Manager of Okasan International (Asia) Limited, which was a subsidiary of Okasan Securities Group (8609.JP). The Group is a well-known financial institution in Tokyo, Japan. He was awarded the Executive Financial Professional Award in 2007 by the Society of International Registered Financial Practitioner. Mr. Wong is registered with the Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission and holds licenses of RA1 Dealing in Securities (responsible officer), RA2 Dealing in Futures Contracts (responsible officer), RA4 Advising on Securities (responsible officer), RA5 Advising on Futures Contracts (responsible officer) and RA9 Asset Management (responsible officer). He also obtained a license from the Chinese Gold & Silver Exchange Society of Hong Kong. He is a member of the China Business Manager Association and fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors. Mr. Wong graduated from the International American University in the U.S. with a Doctorate degree in Business Administration (finance), from the Edith Cowan University in Australia with a Master Degree of Management Information System, and from the Hong Kong Institute of Director with the Professional Diploma in Corporate Governance.

Hai Wang, 37
Director Nominee

Mr. Wang founded Top (HK) Investment & Development Ltd. in September 2009. Mr. Wang has been the Company’s Executive Director and led all of its investments since its inception. The company manages a private equity fund focused on emerging market sectors involving the online business, online video and online gaming, green energy, and financial industry sectors. From April 2008 to June 2009, Mr. Wang was the Chief Operating Officer of MTV China, one of the largest subsidiaries of MTV, the world’s largest music television network and owned by Viacom. Mr. Wang was responsible for MTV China’s overall operations, as well as Viacom’s investments and M&A activities in China. From November 2006 to March 2008, Mr. Wang was the Senior Vice President of PPLIVE, one of the largest point-to-point (P2P) technology based online video companies in China with over 90 million users globally and over 700 distribution channels featuring movies, TV drama, sports, and cartoon, which founded in 2005. From September 2005 to October 2006, Mr. Wang was the Head of Strategy and Investment Development of BESTV in China. From September 2003 to March 2005, he was the Director of Digital Media Investment, Family Fund of Bertalsmann, Austria, a joint venture company of Bertalsmann and Orf in Austria specialized in investing, promoting, and operating digital media, interactive media and mobile TV. From December 1997 to September 2001, he worked as a producer for Zhejiang Television Station, Hangzhou, China. Mr. Wang graduated from the Peking (Beijing) University with an Executive Master of Business Administration degree, from the University of ART Linz, Austria with a Master degree in Business Administration and Director of Movie, and from Media College of Zhejiang in China with a Bachelor degree.

Jason Kon Man Wong, 50
Director Nominee

Mr. Wong has served as a member of the board of directors of Whiz Partners Asia Ltd., an investment advisory company focused on assisting Japanese companies expand their business operations in Asia, since April 2013. He has also served as a member of the board of directors of Fortune Capital Group Ltd., an investment company, since 2000. Mr. Wong has been an independent and Non-Executive Director of Group Sense International Limited (HKSE: 601), a manufacturer of electronic dictionaries and other handheld information devices, since 2004. He has been the independent and Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Audit Committee of Neo-Neon Holdings Limited (HKSE: 1868), a decorative lighting company based in Hong Kong since November 2011. From May 2010 to November 2013, Mr. Wong was the Independent and Non-Executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Polyard Petroleum International Group Limited (Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listed: 8011.hk), which mainly engages in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, provision of professional technical services, and trading of petroleum-related products. From July 2009 to December 2011, he was the Independent Director and Chairman of Audit Committee of China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources, Inc. (American Stock Exchange Listed: SHZ). Prior to that, he was a financial consultant of Transpac Capital Limited, one of the largest and oldest private equity funds and venture capital funds in Asia, from 1993 to 2000. From 1992 to 1993, Mr. Wong was an auditor for Ernst & Young CPA, Hong Kong and was an auditor for Clay & Co. in the USA from 1989 to 1992. He has been a member of AICPA and HKICPA since 1992 and 1993, respectively. Mr. Wong graduated from the University of Hawaii at Manoa with a Bachelor degree in Accounting.