Mr. Tingxiu Lu is chairman of our board of directors and has been with our company since 2004. Since 2003, Mr. Lu has served as the chairman of the board of directors of China Electric Equipment Group Co., Ltd., or CEEG, a Chinese company that mainly manufactures power transformer. He has been chairman and general manager of Jiangsu CEEG Transformer Manufacturing Co., Ltd. since 2002, and has been a member of the supervisory board of Jiangsu CEEG Electrical Transmission and Distribution Equipment Co., Ltd. From 1991 to 2003, Mr. Lu was the general manager of Jiangsu CEEG Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Co, Ltd, the predecessor of CEEG. Mr. Lu was awarded the China Excellent Entrepreneur award by the China Entrepreneur Confederation in 2005. He was also named as a 2005 Top Ten Distinguished Youth Entrepreneur of Jiangsu Province in 2005 by Jiangsu Province Development and Reform Commission and other government bodies. Mr. Lu graduated from an executive business management program at Tsinghua University in 2006.
Dr. Allen Wang
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Allen Wang is the chief executive officer and a member of China Sunergy's board of directors. He joined our company in July 2007. Prior to joining China Sunergy, Dr. Wang served as senior vice president and general manger of NEC China's operations division where, since July 2004, he was responsible for supply chain management, quality assurance and customer service. Before NEC, he assumed various senior operational management roles during his ten years with Motorola and helped develop and execute Motorola's handset joint-venture in China. In addition to his experience in China, Dr. Wang also spent eight years in the US with AT&T working in sales/marketing and business and market development where he helped penetrate nine new major markets in China. During this time he led the joint venture negotiations with Chinese partners which ultimately created an US$100M investment in Qingdao. Dr. Wang is an engineer by training and also holds two MA's C one in mechanical engineering from Yale University and the other in electrical engineering from Northwestern University. He holds a PHD from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Dr. Wang is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
Dr. Jianhua Zhao CTO
Dr. Jianhua Zhao is CTO and one of the founders of our company and has been with our company since 2004. From 2002 to June 2006, he was an associate professor of the Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics, formerly known as the Photovoltaics Special Research Centre, at the University of New South Wales in Australia, and also served as its deputy director from 1999 to June 2006. At the Photovoltaics Special Research Centre, he was a senior lecturer (senior research fellow) from 1991 to 2001. Dr. Zhao is a senior member of IEEE Electron Device Society, member of Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society and member of Chinese Renewable Energy Society. Dr. Zhao graduated from Nanjing Institute of Technology in 1978 and received his master's degree from the same university in 1982, and received a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of New South Wales in Australia in 1989. Dr. Zhao has published 65 papers in scientific journals, including one published in Nature magazine, 111 papers in international scientific conferences, and 32 research reports. Dr. Zhao is the husband of Dr. Aihua Wang.
Dr. Aihua Wang
Vice President & General Manager of R&D
Dr. Aihua Wang has bee a Vice President of China Sunergy in charge of research and development since 2004. From 2000 to June 2006, she was a research fellow at the Centre of Excellence for Advanced Silicon Photovoltaics and Photonics, formerly known as the Photovoltaics Special Research Centre, at the University of New South Wales in Australia. At the Photovoltaics Special Research Centre, she was a project scientist from 1991 to 2000. She was an engineer at Applied Solar Energy, Inc. in California from 1990 to 1991. Dr. Wang published a number of research articles and papers on solar cells. Dr. Wang graduated from the Nanjing Institute of Technology in China in 1978 and received a Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University of New South Wales in Australia in 1992.
Mr. Richard Yumin Gu
Vice President & General Manager, Sales & Marketing Division
Mr. Richard Yumin Gu is a Vice President of China Sunergy in charge of sales and purchasing having joined in January 2007. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Gu was the General Manager of Shanghai Ever-rich Electric Equipment Co. Ltd., a company engaging in the electric equipment business. From 1992 to 2001, Mr. Gu worked with various subsidiaries and a joint venture of DuPont, a multinational chemicals and health care conglomerate. From 1999 to 2001, he was a regional Business Manager of DuPont China Limited, in its department in charge of electrical insulation and advanced fiber system. From 1996 to 1999, he served as a Technical Consultant and Marketing Manager of DuPont Teijin Paper Asia Limited. From 1992 to 1996, he served as an Account Manager of DuPont China Holding Company Limited. Mr. Gu received his bachelors degree in electrical engineering from Xian Jiao Tong University in China and completed his MBA correspondence courses with Auckland University of New Zealand in 1999.
Mr. Roger Yang
Vice President & General Manager, Operation Division
Mr. Roger Yang is the Vice President of Strategy& Planning and CEO Special Assistant, a member of the management team at China Sunergy. Prior to joining, Mr. Yang worked in a number of senior management roles at NEC Telecommunications (China), most recently as Director of the Business Management Department and Operations Division. In this role, Mr. Yang oversaw all strategic planning, operation management, contract management and supply chain management. Before NEC, Mr. Yang worked at Lucent Technologies (China) and AT&T Qingdao. Mr. Yang received his undergraduate degree in Engineering, his Masters in System Engineering and his MBA from Northwest Polytechnic University in Xian City. He brings with him over 10 years experience in business planning and strategy.
