Greentree Hospitality Group Ltd
Officers & Directors
Mr. Alex S. Xu () is our founder and has served as our chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer since 2004. Mr. Xu is the founder of American Pacific Homes, Inc., a leading home builder in California and transformed now to a hotel franchisor and operator in the Western US, and has served as its chairman since 1997. He also has served as a managing director of Foothill Medical Centers since 1997. Prior to founding our company, Mr. Xu served as the chief operating officer of U.S. Uni-President Investment and Development from 1995 to 1997. From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Xu served as the director of finance with Santa Anita Realty Enterprises, Inc. From 1990 to 1994, Mr. Xu worked as the accounting and corporate data service manager for Broadway Stores Inc. Mr. Xu received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology in 1984 and two master's degrees in computer engineering and in applied mathematics from the University of Southern California in 1990.
Mr. Gregory James Karns has served as a director and general counsel of our company since 2005. Mr. Karns is a partner with the U.S. law firm of Cox, Castle & Nicholson LLP, where he has worked since 1989. From 1985 to 1989, Mr. Karns worked as an associate with the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, and Mr. Karns began his legal career in 1983 as an associate with the law firm of Kindel & Anderson. Mr. Karns received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of California in 1980, and his juris doctor degree from Loyola Law School in 1983.
Mr. Akira Hirabayashi has served as an independent director of our company since 2011. He currently serves as the president of JHAT Co., Ltd. starting from June 2018, after he took the role of the chief executive officer of Accordia Golf Co., Ltd. from January to March 2018. From 2016 to 2017, Mr. Hirabayashi served as vice chairman and a director of H.I.S. Co., Ltd. and also as chief executive officer of H.I.S. Hotel Holdings Co., Ltd. From 2008 to 2016, Mr. Hirabayashi served as the chief executive officer of H.I.S. Co., Ltd. From 2007 to 2008, he served as a director of H.I.S. Co., Ltd. From 1993 to 2007, Mr. Hirabayashi served successively as a supervisor, manager, deputy general manager, and senior general manager in the regional sales department of H.I.S. Co., Ltd.
Mr. Bingwu Xie () has served as an independent director of our company since 2011. Mr. Xie is the founder and owner and has served as a director of Global Standard Investment Management Co., Ltd. since 2009 and as a director of ValueAlert Co, Ltd. since 2005. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Xie served as a partner of Gopher Asset Management Limited and as the deputy chief investment officer of Noah Holdings (Hong Kong) Limited. From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Xie served as a managing director in the mergers and acquisitions department of ZEG Capital Management Co., Ltd. with Zhongzhi Enterprise Group, and as corporate vice president in charge of the real estate finance division of Zhongrong International Trust Co., Limited. From 2000 to 2009, Mr. Xie held various positions with Lehman Brothers in Japan and Hong Kong as a vice president and senior vice president of the investment management division, as a vice president in the fixed income division, and served as China country head of the real estate private equity division since December 2006. Mr. Xie received a bachelor's degree in English for science and technology from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1993 and a master's degree in international development (economics) from the International University of Japan in 1998.
Mr. Dong Li () has served as an independent director of our company since March 2018. Mr. Li has served as the chief financial officer of Ximalaya, Inc, one of China's largest online audio platforms since September 2019 and its co-chief financial officer since March 2021, and as an independent director of Boqii Holding Ltd (a company listed on the NYSE, ticker symbol: BQ) since September 2020. Prior to joining Ximalaya, Inc, Mr. Li served as the chief financial officer for several companies, including OneSmart International Education Group Limited, a diversified premium K-12 education company in China listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: ONE) from July 2017 to June 2019; Pegasus Media Group Limited, a company focuses on movie and TV show production, investment, licensing, marketing and derivatives from April 2016 to April 2017; and Ecovacs Robotics Holdings Limited, a consumer robotics company in China listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: 603486) from March 2015 to February 2016. From September 2008 to February 2015, Mr. Li worked as an associate and later vice president in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and ICBC International in Hong Kong. Prior to that, Mr. Li worked in KPMG's auditing practice group from August 1999 to April 2006 in its Beijing and Silicon Valley offices, respectively. Mr. Li received a bachelor's degree in accounting from School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University in July 1999, as well as a master's degree in business administration in finance from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University in June 2008. Mr. Li is a member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada.
Dr. Yiping Yang () has served as our chief financial officer since January 2019, a director of our company from January 2018 to March 2018, as our vice president for operations since 2017, and as our vice president for sales and marketing since 2016. Dr. Yang has worked at our company as a secretary of general managers and a group marketing director since 2016, with responsibility for sales channels, customer reservation services, online promotion, public relations, and graphic design. She initially joined our company as executive assistant to the chairman. From 2011 to 2015, Dr. Yang held various roles as a marketing director, sales manager, and assistant general manager with Jingfeng Industry Co., Ltd., Jiangxi, a chain manufacturing company. Dr. Yang received a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2004 and passed the qualifying exam for the doctoral program in 2006. She received a doctoral degree in financial engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2010.
Ms. Wen Qi () has served as our vice president for human resources and administration since 2016. Ms. Qi has held various positions in our company since 2006. From 2013 to 2016, she served as the director of our information technology department with responsibility for scheduling programs, appraising employees' performance and planning the development of information technology solutions for our company. From 2011 to 2013, Ms. Qi served as a director of our purchasing department. From 2008 to 2009, and from 2009 to 2011, she successively served as a supervisor and as a director of our legal affairs department. From 2006 to 2007, Ms. Qi worked as the executive secretary to the chairman of our board of directors. Ms. Qi received a bachelor's degree in law from University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2002 and received a master's degree in law from the University of Hertfordshire in 2005.
Mr. Yong Yang () has served as our vice president for development since 2015. Mr. Yang worked with our company as a regional manager from 2013 to 2015 and as a regional deputy manager from 2012 to 2013. In 2012, he served as our regional director of the Southern Anhui Region. From 2011 to 2012, Mr. Yang worked with our company as a regional manager and a development specialist. From 2011 to 2010, he worked successively as a deputy manager and then manager of our Anhui branch. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Yang served as assistant general manager of the Hefei branch of Homeinns Hotels Co., Ltd. Mr. Yang studied economic management at the College of Economics and Management at the Anhui Administration Institute and graduated in 2005.
Greentree Hospitality Group Ltd currently has 20000 employees.
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