Xinyuan Real Estate Co Ltd
Officers & Directors
Yong Zhang founded our company in 1997 and is the Chairman of the board of directors
and, through September 2013, was our Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Zhang has more
than 20 years of working experience in the real estate industry. Prior to founding
our company, he worked at several construction and property development companies,
including Zhengzhou City Construction and Development Inc. and China Antai Real
Estate Development Inc. Mr. Zhang is also vice chairman of Henan Real Estate Association,
a member of China Democratic National Construction Association and a deputy to
the 12th People’s Congress of Henan Province in China. Mr. Zhang received
an executive master’s degree in business administration from Tsinghua University
in 2005 and a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Henan Zhongzhou University
in 1985. Mr. Zhang is married to Yuyan Yang, a director of our company and Vice
President.
Xinqi Wang was appointed our Chief Executive Officer effective September 2013
and a director of our company effective January 2014. Prior to joining our company,
Mr. Wang served as Vice President for Wanda Commercial Properties Co., Ltd., one
of China’s largest property enterprises, most recently serving as Vice President
and General Manager of the Northern Projects Management Center.
Yong Cui has been a director of our company since August 2006 and was appointed
our President effective September 2013. With a doctorate degree in finance from
Renmin University of China, Mr. Cui has extensive experience in corporate finance.
As discussed below in “ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
- B. Related Party Transactions, ” prior to his being appointed President,
Mr. Cui provided consulting services to us with respect to, among other matters,
the development of commercial real estates in China and residential real estate
in the U.S. For the past five years, he worked at Beijing Runzheng Consulting
Company as President, and he has served as an executive director of Winsway Enterprises
Holdings Limited (formerly known as Winsway Coking Coal Holdings Limited. He resigned
his position at Winsway Enterprises Holdings Limited on December 30, 2013.
Yinfei Hao was appointed as a director in December 2010. Ms. Hao is the Company’s
Executive Vice President. She has broad connections in the real estate industry
and has more than 38 years of working experience, including the last 28 years
in government services. Ms. Hao holds a master’s degree in economics law,
an MBA and a PhD in Management Science and Engineering. She has also received
an Independent Director Certificate from the China Securities Regulatory Commission
and National Accounting Institute. Ms. Hao also serves as senior officer of the
Supreme People’s Procuratorate of the Peoples’ Republic of China.
She is also a non-executive director of Pangang Group Vanadium Titanium &
Resources Co., Ltd., and an external director and audit committee member of China
National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation and China FAW Group Corporation.
Huaiyu Liu was appointed as our Chief Financial Officer effective April 9, 2015.
Prior to joining our company, Mr. Liu served as the chief financial officer of
Savills Asia Pacific since 2011. Its parent, Savills, is a global real estate
service provider listed on the FTSE. From 2005-2011, Mr. Liu served as the Regional
Finance Controller for the Asia region for Stena Envac, a European multinational
focused on construction and engineering. In this role, he was responsible for
all financial and accounting matters for Envacs Asia operations. Mr. Liu holds
a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Shenzhen University and an MBA from
Cornell University and holds designations as a Certified Public Accountant–
HKICPA and Chartered Accountant - ICAEW designations. Mr. Liu has extensive experience
in finance, accounting, tax, and audit matters, and covered risk management, legal
and compliance, strategic planning, and corporate development.
Huai Chen was appointed as director of our company in December 2007. Mr. Chen
is director of development of urban and rural construction, Graduate School, Chinese
Academy of Social Science. He was former director of the Policy Research Center
of the MOHURD and was the deputy director of the Institute of Market Research
under the PRC State Council’s Development and Research Center.” Mr.
Chen was a visiting professor of Stanford University and Tokai University and
has a doctorate from Renmin University of China. His business address is No. 9
Sanlihe Road, Beijing, PRC.
Thomas Gurnee was appointed to the board of directors of our company in December
2007 and from February 2009 through October 2013 served as our Chief Financial
Officer. In 2015, Mr. Gurnee was appointed Audit Committee chair. Prior to joining
Xinyuan, Mr. Gurnee was the Chief Financial Officer of GEM Services Inc., a semiconductor
contract manufacturer based in China. Prior to that, Mr. Gurnee served as the
president of Globitech Inc., a Texas-based epitaxial semiconductor wafer manufacturer,
the Chief Financial Officer of Artest Inc., a California-based semiconductor test
subcontractor, and the Chief Financial Officer of Sohu.com (NASDAQ: SOHU), a Beijing-based
internet portal. He is also a member of the board of directors of eLong, Inc.
Mr. Gurnee obtained his bachelors degree from Stanford University and master’s
degree in business administration from the University of Santa Clara. His business
address is 5920 Sky Terrace Court, Reno NV 89511.
Yumin Liang was appointed as a director in January 2014. Mr. Liang was appointed
chairman of Henan Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd., one of our subsidiaries, in July
2013. Prior to joining Xinyuan, Mr. Liang was the chairman of Zhengzhou Public
Housing Investment Co. Ltd. Prior to that, Mr. Liang held progressive positions
at the Zhengzhou Housing Management Bureau for approximately eighteen years.
Steve Sun was appointed a director of our company in September 2013. Mr. Sun is
a Partner and Managing Director at TPG and is based in the firms Hong Kong office.
Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Sun was a Managing Director in the Principal Investment
Area (PIA) of Goldman Sachs and focused on private equity investment in the Greater
China region from 2006 to early 2011. Before joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Sun was
a Vice President at Morgan Stanley in Hong Kong from 2004 to 2006. Prior to that,
he worked for General Electric in Connecticut and Citigroup in New York. Mr. Sun
earned a Bachelor of Economics degree from Renmin University of China and an MBA
with high distinction from University of Michigan. He is also a director of Phoenix
Satellite Television Company Limited. His business address is 57/F, Two International
Finance Centre, 8 Finance Street, Central, Hong Kong. Mr. Sun was appointed as
the TPG Investor director pursuant to the TPG Securities Purchase Agreement.
Yuyan Yang co-founded our company in 1997 with Mr. Yong Zhang. She is a director
and previously a Vice President of our company. Ms. Yang has more than 10 years’
working experience in the real estate industry. Ms. Yang received a bachelor’s
degree in education management from Henan University in 1985. Ms. Yang received
her executive master’s degree in business administration at the National
University of Singapore in May 2008. Ms. Yang is married to Yong Zhang, Chairman
of our board of directors.
Xinyuan Real Estate Co Ltd currently has 3185 employees.
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