Pacific Special Acquisition Corporation *

Pacific Special Acquisition Corporation *

Apr 12, 2022 by Anthony Sozzi

MANAGEMENT & BOARD


Executive Officers

Jian Tu, 55
President and Chairman of the Board

From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Tu was a Director of Pacific Securities Co., Ltd. (601099.SH), or Pacific Securities, and since 2007, he has served as the Chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee of Pacific Securities as well as the Vice Chairman of the Board of the China-Laos Securities Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Pacific Securities and Laos Securities Exchange and the first securities brokerage firm in Laos. He also worked as General Counsel of Shanghai Stock Exchange and a Committee Member of the Shanghai Stock Exchange Review Committee. Mr. Tu has been an independent director to several public companies, including North China Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (600812.SH) (2005 – 2008), China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (2001 – 2012), Beijing Gehua CATV Network Co., Ltd. (600037.SH) and GTJA Allianz Funds (a joint venture between Guotai Junan Securities and Allianz AG). Mr. Tu was also a Member of the China South Securities Co., Ltd. Internal Review Committee, the China Merchants Securities Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Guotong Securities Co., Ltd.) Internal Review Committee, and the Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. Internal Review Committee. Mr. Tu worked as the Head of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Asset Management Center from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Tu started his career in China University of Geoscience (formerly known as Beijing Geographic Management Officers College) from 1982 to 1993 and he was the Vice Managing Partner and the Shanghai Office Managing Partner of China Lawyer Association Center (now known as Deheng Law Offices) from 1993 to 2004. Mr. Tu graduated from Peking University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economy in 1982.


Zhouhong Peng, 57
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

Since May 2015, Mr. Peng has served as the General Manager of Pacific Securities Investment Management Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Securities Capital Management Co., Ltd. From 2006 to 2012, Mr. Peng was the president assistant, chief manager of investment banking department head office, as well as the President of Investment Banking Department of Pacific Securities Co., Ltd. From 2012 to May 2015, Mr. Peng worked at Pacific Securities Capital Management Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Securities, as its Chief Manager. From 1994 to 2005, he worked as Vice President in the investment banking department and the President in the internal review department in South Securities Co., Ltd. In 2006, he worked as the Chief Executive Manager in the M&A Department of Shanghai Securities Co., Ltd. Mr. Peng worked at Shanghai Runfeng Global Commodity Futures Co., Ltd. as a broker from 1992 and the Shanghai Newland Securities Investment Consultants Co., Ltd. as the head of research department from 1993. Mr. Peng also served as the director, advisor and reviewing committee member to several public and private companies, including the Little Swan Group Co., Ltd. (000418.SZ) (200418.SZ) and the Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd. (600664.SH). Mr. Peng graduated from East China Normal University with a Bachelor’s Degree in 1988 and from the City University of Macau with a Master’s Degree in Business Management in 2003. He has the China securities practice permit and license.


Yaqi Feng, 33
Chief Operating Officer and Secretary

Ms. Feng has been working as the Executive Director of the Global Business Department in Pacific Securities Co., Ltd. since 2013, where she is responsible for Chinese companies’ overseas IPOs, cross border M&A transactions, and global investment management. From 2012 to 2013, she worked as the Managing Director of Regeneration Capital Group LLC in New York, where she was responsible for IPOs and listing projects for emerging market companies, business development, project due diligence as well as transaction management. From 2010 to 2012, Ms. Feng worked as a VP for Griffin Financial Group, a mid-sized investment bank; in this capacity she was responsible for public offerings, private placements, deal structuring, financial modeling as well as institutional sales. She also served as a manager for Asian Legend Asset Management Inc. a private equity firm based in China and New York that specialized in China related projects, from 2009 to 2010. Ms. Feng worked as an associate in the New York office of the Jun He law firm from 2007 to 2008. Ms. Feng received an LL.M from Boston University School of Law and an LL.B from the School of International Law, China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, China, where she also earned a B.A. in Business.


Board of Directors

Guoxiong Luo, 50
Director Nominee

Since 2007, Mr. Luo has served as the Assistant Chairman and the Head of Global Business Department for Pacific Securities Co., Ltd. Mr. Luo worked as the Chief Financial Officer and President of China Exhibition Investment and Development Co., Ltd. from 2005 to 2007. From 1990 to 2005, he worked at Zhongjingxin Investment Co., Ltd., most recently as Vice General Manager and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Luo worked as the accountant in the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade from 1988 to 1990. .Mr. Luo received a Bachelor’s Degree in Economy, Finance and Accounting from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in the year of 1988.


David Boris, 55
Director

Since May 2013, Mr. Boris has served as an independent financial consultant. From March 2011 to June 2013, Mr. Boris served as a Director of Trio Merger Corp. Mr. Boris served as Managing Member of Hercules Laser Manager LLC, a healthcare investor, beginning in November 2010. From November 2010 to May 2013, Mr. Boris served as Chairman of Primcogent Solutions LLC, f/k/a Hercules Laser Group, LLC. In May 2013, Primcogent Solutions LLC, f/k/a Hercules Laser Group, LLC, filed a petition for voluntary reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. On November 5, 2013, the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case was dismissed and converted into a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case. The Chapter 7 bankruptcy case is pending before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. From January 2007 to May 2010, Mr. Boris served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at Pali Capital, Inc., an investment banking firm. From 2001 to January 2007, Mr. Boris was a founding member and Managing Director of Morgan Joseph & Co. Inc., where he was Head of both the Financial Sponsors and Media Groups. Mr. Boris is the former President of Ladenburg Thalmann Group Inc., and was also Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Banking at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. In addition, he was a co-founder, Director, and a principal shareholder of Brenner Securities Corporation. Mr. Boris was also previously employed at Oppenheimer & Company, as a Senior Vice President and Limited Partner. Mr. Boris began his career as a member of the Business Development Group of W.R. Grace & Company. Mr. Boris is a graduate of Columbia Business School and a graduate of Vassar College, cum laude. Mr. Boris is an active member of the World President’s Organization.


Jason Zexian Shen, 61
Director

Mr. Shen started his own business in 2012 to open Jason Z. Shen CPA Firm, a local CPA accounting firm in the State of New York. From 2007 to 2012, Mr. Shen worked in the AIG Corporate Comptrollers in New York as a senior accountant. He worked in Alliance Building Services from 2006 to 2007. He was the accounting manager in Gandhi Engineering, Inc. from 1994 to 2001, and the accounting manager in Berger Lehman Associates, PC from 2001 to 2006. Mr. Shen has worked as the accounting manager in the New China News Agency Hong Kong Office (Now Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Hong Kong from 1982 to 1991. Mr. Shen graduated from Peking University with the Bachelor’s Degree in Economy in 1982 and Master’s Degree in Accounting from Binghamton University in 1993. He is the Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of New York.


Honghui Deng, 46
Director Nominee

Dr. Deng started his education professional career in 1990 as a lecturer in Chongqing Univerity in China. Dr. Deng has been serving as the independent director at 500.com, Ltd. (WBAI.NYSE) since May, 2011. Dr. Deng was the founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer of HHD Consulting Service LLC from 2003 to 2008. He has been serving as a fellow at the Innovation Creativity Capital Institute (IC2) of the University of Texas at Austin since 2010. Dr. Deng also has been teaching as an EMBA/MBA professor at Peking University Guanghua School of Management since 2005. He has been working as an assistant professor at the School of Business of University of Nevada, Las Vegas since 2003. From 1993 to 1997, he worked as an official in the Ministry of Education of China. Dr. Deng has extensive consulting experiences for business firms on long-term strategy, finance and management. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Engineering and Business Administration from the School of Electronic Engineering of Chongqing University in 1990 and 1994, and a Ph.D. Degree in Business Administration from Red McCombs School of Business, University of Texas at Austin in 2003.