Tantech Holdings Ltd
Officers & Directors
Zhengyu Wang is a seasoned veteran in business and high-tech agricultural products.
He founded Tantech Bamboo in October 2002 (then known as Lishui Zhonglin High
Tech Co., Ltd.) and he has served as Chairman and CEO ever since. From November
1998 until April 2003, he was General Manager of Lishui Forasen Foodstuff Co.,
Ltd. Prior to that, from 1994 to 1997, he served as General Manager of Lishui
Jingning Huali, Co., Ltd. From 1990 to 1994, he served as a board member of the
Lishui Farmer’s Economic Committee. In addition to his efforts with our
Company, Mr. Wang also manages the business operations of Forasen Group, a company
he owns with his wife and our director, Ms. Yefang Zhang. Forasen Group is a PRC
company with several subsidiaries that are engaged in a variety of businesses,
including without limitation rubber trading, mushroom sales, biomass power generation,
and marketing. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Biology from Zhejiang
University in Hangzhou, China in June 1990. He has been appointed as a director
because, as our founder, he has significant experience in leading and advising
our Company and understands our industry.
Zaihua Chen is an academic in the field of general science, physics and chemistry,
and has spent almost two decades in Japan. He joined Tantech Bamboo in August
2008 where he has served as Technology Director and CTO. From 2006 to 2008, he
served as Technology Director at Japan KANAC Co., Ltd, also in Takamatsu, Japan.
From April 2001 to March 2006, he served as leader of R&D in Research Institute
for Solvothermal Technology at the Japan Research Institute in Takamatsu, Japan.
He graduated in 1985 from Fuzhou University with a degree in Chemistry, in Fuzhou,
Fujian Province. In March 1994, he earned his Master’s Degree from Chiba
University (Japan), in Education. He earned his Ph.D. at Chiba University in Natural
Science Research in March 2000 from the Graduate School of Science and Technology,
and extended his experience with Postdoctoral research at Yokohama National University
in 2001 in Yokohama, Japan, focusing on Eco-Technology.
Jianming Wu joined Tantech Bamboo in February 2011 and has since served as our
Chief Operating Officer. From June 2005 to February 2011, he worked in the Zhejiang
WeiKang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. as General Manager. Prior to that, he was a Deputy
Manager during June 2003 to May 2005. He worked for Zhejiang Ruixin Pharmaceutical
Co., Ltd. as a Manager of Technical Department and Quality Control Department
during March 2000 and May 2003. From September 1990 to February 2000, he served
for Zhenan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. as a technician and manager. He graduated
from Hangzhou University in June 1998 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province with a Bachelor’s
Degree in Biology. He joined an Executive MBA program in China People’s
University during 2006 and 2008, and once joined a Pharmaceutical DBA program
in Beijing University during 2009 and 2011.
Jing Jin joined Tantech Holdings in May 2016 and has since served as Chief Financial
Officer. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Jin served as Senior Adviser for AAIC
(Shanghai) Co., Ltd responsible for M&A transaction deals from January 2014
– February 2016. In the meantime, he also served as Project Advisor and
Lecturer for Shanghai Golden Education Group. Prior to 2014, he worked in Can-Access
Int’l Financial Consultants Ltd, Vancouver as Senior Financial Adviser,
responsible for small-medium enterprises’ financing both in private and
public. Mr. Jin graduated from Simon Fraser University in June 2008 in Burnaby,
Canada with a Bachelor’s degree of Business Administration. He is a licensed
CPA in the states of New Hampshire since 2014.
Qingsong Dong joined Tantech Bamboo in March 2010 and has since served as Company
Treasurer. He also served as the Company’s Acting Chief Financial Officer
from February 2016 to May 2016. From September 2003 to February 2010, Mr. Dong
worked in the Kangchao Group Guangzhou Motorcycle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. as an
Accountant and Finance Manager. From February 2003 to September, he worked for
Zhejiang Kangli Metal Products Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Kangchao Group, as an
accountant in Hangzhou. From 1998 to 2002, he worked as Assistant Accountant at
Dexing Credit Union, in Dexing City, Jiangxi Province. He graduated from the Jiangxi
Academy of Finance in June 1998 in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province with a Bachelor’s
Degree in Accounting.
Yefang Zhang has been in leadership roles for over a dozen years. She then helped
to found Zhejiang Forasen Group Co., Ltd in October 2002 and has served as a Board
Member since then. From 1997 until 2002, she worked as General Manager at Zhejiang
Forasen Food and Stuff Co., Ltd. From 1994 to 1997, she served as Vice GM of Lishui
Jingning Huali Co., Ltd. From 1991 to 1994, she was a teacher at Wenzhou Huangtan
Middle School. From 1990 to 1994, she served on the board of Lishui Farmer’s
Economic Committee. In addition to her efforts with our Company, Ms. Zhang also
manages the business operations of Forasen Group, a company she owns with her
husband and our director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Zhengyu Wang. Forasen
Group is a PRC company with several subsidiaries that are engaged in a variety
of businesses, including without limitation rubber trading, mushroom sales, biomass
power generation, and marketing. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Geography
from Wenzhou Teacher’s College in July 1991. We have appointed Ms. Zhang
to be a director due to her strong understanding of our industry and business.
Wencai Pan has served as the CFO of Shandong Xiangrui Pharmacy Co. Ltd., which
was listed in the US under SMSA Treemont Acquisition Corp. from 2011 through present.
From 2007 through 2010, Mr. Pan was the China controller for Aramex Express Logistics
Services (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., a global logistics and transportation company from
2007 to 2010, as controller for its China operations and was based out of Shanghai.
During 2006, Mr. Pan had been employed as a consultant by the Centergate Securities
Bankruptcy Committee, which was set up by the China Securities Regulatory Commission,
where he assisted on bankruptcy audits on Centergate Securities Ltd. Co. Previously,
Mr. Pan served as the finance manager for Shera International Limited, a technology
product development, production and distribution company, from 2004 until the
end of 2005 and was based out of Shanghai. Mr. Pan was employed as an internal
auditor by Valley National Bank, located in Wayne, New Jersey, U.S., from 2003
to 2004. None of Mr. Pan’s previous employers is a parent, subsidiary or
other affiliate of the Company. Mr. Pan obtained a Masters in Professional Accountancy
from The University of Utah, in 2003. In 1998, Mr. Pan received a bachelor’s
degree in Economics from The University of International Business & Economics,
Beijing, China. Mr. Pan passed the Chinese CPA exams in 1997 and passed the Uniform
CPA exams in the United States in 2002. We have chosen Mr. Pan to serve as a director
because of his experience with US GAAP and with United States compliance issues.
Hongdao Qian has been a Professor on the faculty of the Guanghua Law School at
Zhejiang University since September 2005. His research, writing and teaching focuses
on corporate governance, economic analysis of law and Western jurisprudence. Prior
to joining Guanghua Law School, Mr. Qian was a Professor at the Institute of Law,
China Academy of Social Sciences; a Lecturer in Economics at Peking University
and a Prosecutor in the People’s Procuratorate of Zhejiang Province. Mr.
Qian has been a visiting scholar at Waseda University in Japan, Stanford University
in California and both Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. He currently
serves as Vice Chairman of the Chinese Society of Comparative Law, Executive Subeditor
of the China Academic Yearbook and President of the China Rule of Law Research
Institute, where he has organized a team of scholars to create China’s first
Rule of Law index using empirical methods. Mr. Qian earned his bachelor of law
from Jilin University in 1986, his master of law from North-West University of
Politics and Law in 1994 and his doctor of law from Peking University in 1997.
We have chosen Mr. Qian to serve on our Board of Directors because of his expertise
in economics and law.
Shudong Wang was the department director at the China National Bamboo Research
Center from 1996 through his retirement in 2012. He earned his bachelor’s
degree in forestry from Northeast Forestry University in Heilongjiang in 1976.
He once served as deputy director of Bamboo Branch of the Academic Committee of
China Forestry. He has also served as executive director of South-South Cooperation
Association and the Center of China International Exchange. He is a science advisor
to the State Forestry Bureau. We selected Mr. Wang to serve on our Board of Directors
because of his expertise in the bamboo industry in China.
Tantech Holdings Ltd currently has 300 employees.
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