Sino Mercury Acquisition Corporation
MANAGEMENT & BOARD
Executive Officers
Jianming Hao, 39
Executive Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Since March 2012, Mr. Hao has served as a Partner of Beijing CAC Capital, a private equity firm, and the Chief Executive Officer of Huafu Tiancheng Investment Management Company, an RMB 100 million Beijing government fund with three completed investments. From April 2010 to April 2013, Mr. Hao served as the Chief Executive Officer of Deyu Agriculture Corp. (formerly, Eco Building International Inc.), a vertically integrated producer, processor, marketer and distributor of organic and other agricultural products made from corn and grains operating in Shanxi Province in the People’s Republic of China, where he helped complete three acquisitions of agricultural companies. From September 2007 to April 2010, Mr. Hao served as the Chief Executive Officer of Detianyu Biotechnology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., which became a subsidiary of Deyu Agriculture Corp. in April 2010. From April 2004 to September 2007, Mr. Hao served as a Director and Vice President of Shenzhen Leton Holdings, an investment firm founded in 2003. Under Mr. Hao’s leadership, Shenzhen Leton closed four investments including an insurance assessment firm, a fashion chain, an insurance agency and a real estate firm. From January 2001 to April 2004, Mr. Hao served as the Financial Controller of China Merchants Dichain (Asia), a portfolio company of China Merchants Group. During his tenure there, Mr. Hao led and participated in the acquisition of Dransfield Group, and led two acquisitions in the high-tech and manufacturing industries.
Richard Xu, 37
President and Director
Mr. Xu has served as the President of CIFCO International Group, a financial advisory firm focused on overseas investments in Chinese enterprises, since 2010. From May 2009 to 2010, Mr. Xu was a Director of the Investment Banking Division of Maxim Group, an investment banking and securities broker-dealer based in New York City, where he was responsible for the firm’s Chinese investments. From September 2005 to May 2009, Mr. Xu was the co-founder of Viking Investment Co., an investment banking firm with responsibility for overseas restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and financing of Chinese private companies. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Xu served as a trader at Suisse American Securities, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group. Prior to that, Mr. Xu served as a Vice President at Asiapower Investment PTE Ltd., a public company in Singapore.
Amy He, 34
Chief Financial Officer
Since May 2012, Ms. He has served as Chief Financial Officer of Deyu Agriculture Corp. She also served as Deyu Agriculture Corp.’s Acting Chief Financial Officer from February 2012 to May 2012 and its Financial Controller from October 2011 to February 2012. Ms. He served as an audit manager for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. in China from July 2005 through September 2011, where she served multinational corporations and Chinese corporate clients, including private companies and public listed companies in the United States. Ms. He earned a Master’s Degree in Management from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Tsinghua University in China. Ms. He is also a Certified Public Accountant of China and Certified General Accountant of Canada.
Board of Directors
Aimin Song, 51
Director
Since August 2013, Mr. Song has served as Chairman of Beijing Hantang Asset Management, an investment company focusing on investments in the financial and hotel management industries, with approximately 500 million RMB under management in China. From September 2008 to August 2013, Mr. Song served as Chairman of Zhongsheng International Insurance Brokers, a company founded by People’s Insurance Company of China, the biggest insurance company in China, and Tokio Marine Fire Insurance, an international insurance company. From June 2007 to September 2008, Mr. Song served as General Manager at the Bank Insurance Division of the Chinese People’s Health Insurance Company, which was the first insurance company in China dedicated to health insurance. From May 2005 to June 2007, he worked as a Vice-General Manager at the Bank Insurance Division of China Life Insurance, the top insurance company in China dedicated to life insurance, with total assets under management of approximately 250 billion RMB. From May 2000 to May 2005, Mr. Song served as President of the Shanxi Branch of People’s Bank of China, the central bank of the People’s Republic of China with the power to control monetary policy and regulate financial institutions in mainland China. The People’s Bank of China has the most financial assets of any single public finance institution in the world.
Bradley Reifler, 54
Director
Since May 2009, Mr. Reifler has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Forefront Capital, a global financial services firm that he founded. Mr. Reifler was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pali Capital Inc., a registered investment banking firm, from 1995 to October 2008. Pali was acquired by the Euram Group in 2001, but repurchased six years later at which time Mr. Reifler was made Chairman. In 1982, Mr. Reifler founded Reifler Trading Corporation, a firm engaged in the execution of global derivatives, which was sold to Refco, Inc. in 2000. In 1992, Mr. Reifler founded Reifler Capital Management, a commodity pool advisor focused on commodity-based and foreign exchange trading strategies. From 1995 until 2000, he managed Refco, Inc.’s Institutional Sales Desk, where he was responsible for sales and execution of global derivatives, foreign exchange and creating custom investment programs for institutional and high-net-worth clients. Mr. Reifler is a Trustee of the Millbrook School and Chairman of the Finance Committee.
Qing Zhu, 57
Director
Since July 1987, Dr. Zhu has served as a professor of finance and a doctoral supervisor at the Financial and Monetary Institute of Renmin University in China. He is also a Director of The Chinese Tax Society. Dr. Zhu focuses on China’s tax laws, tax planning, international tax, taxation theory and policy, and social security. He has written two books including “International Taxation” and “Taxation Management” that were awarded as National Planning Textbooks for the “11th Five Years Plan” by the Ministry of Education in China. From August 2005 to October 2005, Dr. Zhu was a senior visiting scholar in the economics department at the University of California (Berkeley). Previously, he was a visiting scholar at the Management School of the State University of New York (Buffalo).