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The following table sets forth the name and age of each member of our board of directors, the positions and offices held by each director with us, and the period during which the director has served as one of our directors. Directors serve until the election and qualification of their successors.
Leng You-Bin has been our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, and General Manager since May 2003. From January 2002 to May 2003, Mr. Leng served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of ADI FEIHE. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Leng served as the General Manager of Feihe Dairy, and he became the Chairman and General Manager in 2000. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Leng served as a technician, deputy director and director of Zhaoguang Dairy Plants, the predecessor of Feihe Dairy. Mr. Leng received a bachelor’s degree in food engineering from Northeast Agriculture University, China. and Shanghai Light Industrial College and studied business administration at Beijing University.
Liu Hua has been our Vice Chairman since April 2008 and served as Secretary, Treasurer, and a director since May 2003. From May 2003 to April 2008, Mr. Liu served as our Chief Financial Officer. From November 2000 to May 2003, Mr. Liu served as the Financial Officer of Feihe Dairy. From June 1998 to November 2000, Mr. Liu served as the Chief Executive Officer of Shenzhen Cima Limited, a financial consulting company. From January 1996 to June 1998, Mr. Liu served as Chief Executive Officer of Shensheng Jiajing Inc., a trading company. From September 1993 to January 1996, Mr. Liu served as the Chief Executive Officer of Zhengzhou Huacheng Limited, a trading company. Mr. Liu received a bachelor’s degree in finance and economics from Xian Jiaotong University and from Shenzhen University.
Liu Sheng-Hui has been a director since May 2003, and served as Vice President of Finance of Feihe Dairy since August 2001. From January 2000 to May 2003, Mr. Liu served as Chief Financial Officer. From September 1998 to January 2000, Mr. Liu served as Chief Financial Officer at Feihe Dairy, where he also served in a variety of business positions from July 1992 to September 1998. Mr. Liu received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Northeast Agriculture University, China, and an associate degree in accounting from Country Cadre Institute under the Supervision of Ministry of Agriculture in China.
Hui-Lan (“Tracy”) Lee, CPA. has been a director since June 2003. From April 2006 to November 2008, Ms. Lee served as Vice President of Financial Reporting of Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., a residential mortgage company, where she also served as Vice President and Director of Income Tax Compliance from April 2003 to April 2006. From October 1996 to March 2003, Ms. Lee served as Tax Manager at Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company. From 1979 to 1996, Ms. Lee held a variety of management positions with companies such as The Flying Tiger Line Inc., a large air cargo company, Quotron Systems, Inc., a large supplier of equity data to the financial community, and Lear Siegler, Inc., a conglomerate company in aerospace, automotive, Agriculture and other industries. Ms. Lee holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, a Master of Science degree in Taxation from Golden Gate University, and a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University.

Kirk G. Downing, Esq. has been a director since February 2005. From December 1980 to the present, he has been practicing law in Los Angeles, California. From January 1989 to June 1997, Mr. Downing also engaged in ranching, farming, logging and property development. Mr. Downing received a bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Portland State University and a Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School.

 

 

 

James C. Lewis, Esq. has been a director since December 2006. From 2006 to the present, Mr. Lewis has been a partner in the law firm of Lewis, Hansen, Waldo & Pleshe, in Salt Lake City, Utah. From July 2002 to September 2006, Mr. Lewis was involved in a number of private business ventures and practiced law under the name James C. Lewis, L.C. in Salt Lake City, Utah. From 2000 to June 2002, Mr. Lewis was a member of the firm of Jones, Waldo, Holbrook & McDonough, Salt Lake City, Utah. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Lewis was a partner in the firm of Lewis Law Offices. From 1993 to 1997, Mr. Lewis was a partner in the firm of Diumenti & Lewis. From 1987 to 1992, he was a partner in the firm of Lewis & Lehman. From 1979 to 1985, Mr. Lewis was an attorney with Kruse, Landa & Maycock. Mr. Lewis received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Utah and a Juris Doctorate from the University of San Diego.
Neil N. Shen has been a director since August 2009. Mr. Shen is a founding and managing partner of Sequoia Capital China. Mr. Shen co-founded Ctrip, a NASDAQ-listed travel consolidator in China, and served as its Chief Financial Officer from 2000 to October 2005 and as its President from August 2003 to October 2005. He also co-founded Home Inns and Hotels Management ("Home Inns"), a NASDAQ-listed, leading economy hotel chain in China. Prior to founding Ctrip and Home Inns, Mr. Shen had worked for more than eight years in the investment banking industry in New York and Hong Kong. Currently, Mr. Shen is a Co-Chairman of Home Inns, a director of Ctrip and a director of E-House (China) Holdings Limited, a NYSE-listed leading real estate service company in China. He is also an independent director of Focus Media Holding Limited, a NASDAQ-listed media advertising company based in China, and a director of a number of privately owned companies based in China. Mr. Shen received his bachelor's degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and his master's degree from the School of Management at Yale University.

Director Independence

The board of directors has determined that Hui-Lan Lee, Kirk G. Downing, James C. Lewis and Neil N. Shen are each an independent director as defined by the listing standards of the NYSE and SEC rules.

Board Committees

Our board of directors has established the following committees: the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee, the Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee, the Executive Committee and the Finance Committee. Our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee each operate under a written charter adopted by the board of directors. Our board of directors and its committees set schedules to meet throughout the year and also can hold special meetings and act by written consent from time to time, as appropriate. The committees report on their activities and actions to the board of directors.

Audit Committee

Our Audit Committee consists of Hui-Lan Lee, James C. Lewis and Kirk G. Downing, each of whom is an independent director as defined by the listing standards of the NYSE and SEC rules. The board of directors has determined that Ms. Lee is an “Audit Committee Financial Expert,” as defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K. Our Audit Committee appoints, retains, compensates and oversees our independent public accountants and reviews the scope and results of the annual audits, receives reports from our independent public accountants, and reports the committee’s findings to the board of directors.

Compensation Committee

The current members of our Compensation Committee are Leng You-Bin, Hui-Lan Lee, and James C. Lewis. Except for Leng You-Bin, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, and General Manager, none of the members of our Compensation Committee is an officer or employee of our company. None of our executive officers servel, or in the past year has served, as a member of the board of directors or Compensation Committee of any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our board of directors or Compensation Committee.

Nominating Committee

The current members of our Nominating Committee are Leng You-Bin, Liu Hua, and Lee Hui-Lan. Only Hui-Lan Lee is not an officer or employee of our company.