• CHINA SUNERGY CO LTD Key Executives

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    Mr. Ruennsheng Allen Wang has been our chief executive officer since July 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Wang served as a senior vice president and the general manager of Operation Division, NEC Telecommunications (China) Co., Ltd. from 2004 to 2007. From 1996 to 2004, he held various management positions with Motorola, first as the general manager of Hangzhou Motorola Cellular Equipment Co., Ltd. from 1996 to 2001, subsequently as a vice president of Motolora International Inc. in 2000, then as the general manager of CPAD Asia, Motorola PCS from 2001 to 2003 and finally as general manager of Motorola PCS ODM Taiwan Operations from 2003 to 2004. From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Wang served as a vice president of AT&T (China) Co., Ltd. Mr. Wang graduated with a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from Taiwan University in 1977 and received his master"s degree in the same major from Yale University in 1981. He also received his master"s degree in computer science from Northwestern University in 1983. Mr. Wang received a Ph.D. degree from Northwestern University and an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1985 and 1992, respectively.
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    Mr. Kenneth Luk has been our chief financial officer since December 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Luk served as corporate controller of Freescale Semiconductor Hong Kong Limited from 2004 to 2007. From 1990 to 2004, he held various management positions with Motorola Semiconductors Hong Kong Limited, first as a credit manager from 1990 to 1994, subsequently as a credit and marketing finance controller from 1994 to 2002, and finally as a sector controller from 2002 to 2004. Mr. Luk graduated with a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Toronto in 1976 and received his MBA from York University in 1977.
    Dr. Jianhua Zhao, Ph.D. - Chief Technology Officer
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    Dr. Jianhua Zhao is vice chairman of our board of directors and chief technology officer 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, a member of Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society and a 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, 107 papers in international scientific conferences, and 32 research reports. Dr. Zhao is the husband of Dr. Aihua Wang.
    Xiaoqian Zhou - Director
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    Mr. Xiaoqian Zhou has been an independent director of our company since May 2007. Mr. Zhou is an independent director of Xuji Electric Stock Co., Ltd. and Tebian Electric Appliance Stock Co., Ltd. He is a vice director of Chinese Energy Research Society and chairman of the Chinese Society for the Development of Power. Mr. Zhou has over 40 years of experience in the power industry in China. He was a consultant to the State Grid Corporation of China from 2001 to 2004, and was an assistant general manager of the same company from 1998 to 2001. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Zhou was the general manager of China Grid Construction Co., Ltd. Mr. Zhou graduated from Zhejiang University with a major in thermal power equipment in 1964.
    Jian Li - Director
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    Ms. Jian Li has been an independent director of our company since May 2008. Ms. Li has worked in education with the Central University of Finance and Economics since 1983. Ms. Li is a professor, the head of department of finance, a doctoral supervisor and a supervisor of postdoctoral research station of Central University of Finance and Economics. She is also an independent director of Citic Securities Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Ms. Li has been involved in the publishing of a number of academic papers both in China and overseas during the past ten years, mainly on finance and the capital markets. Ms. Li received her bachelor"s degree in finance and doctor"s degree in economics from the Central University of Finance and Economics and Xi"an Communication University in 1983 and 1997, respectively.
    Steve Morgan - Director
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    Mr. Steve Morgan has been an independent director of our company since May 2008. Mr. Morgan has been a senior partner and foreign legal advisor for Zhonglun W&D Law Firm in Beijing since 2007. Mr. Morgan was a special advisor on a number of projects for the Carlyle Group, Mitsubishi Corporation and Finmeccanica SpA. from 2004 to 2006, and was appointed as a Visiting Professor of the Graduate Business School of Seoul National University in 2007. From 2000 to 2004, he served as senior executive vice president for Hyundai Motor Company in Seoul and served in other executive positions in Hyundai group companies since 1998. Mr. Morgan graduated from Fordham College, New York, with a bachelor degree in political science in 1973 and received his juris doctorate from Northwestern University School of Law in 1976.
    Wenze Wang - Director
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    Mr. Wenze Wang has been our independent director since May 2008. Mr. Wang has been a executive vice chairman of China Investment Association since 2000. Mr. Wang was the Commissioner of the Finance and Economics Committee of the National People"s Congress from 2003 and resigned from this role in March 2008. From 1994 to 2003, Mr. Wang served as general manager of the State Development and Investment Corporation. Mr. Wang graduated from Shandong Technical College with a bachelor"s degree in thermal power in 1965.
    Fang Yang - Vice President, Divisional
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    Mr. Fang Yang has been our vice president in charge of strategy and planning and special assistant to the chief executive officer since August 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Yang served as a director of the business management department and operation division with NEC Telecommunications (China) Co., Ltd. from 2004 to 2007. From 1995 to 2004, Mr. Yang worked as a director of sales and business management with Lucent Technologies (China) Co., Ltd., a communication equipment manufacturing company in China. Mr. Yang received his bachelor"s degree in engineering, his master in system engineering and MBA from Northwest Polytechnic University in Xi"an, China in 1992, 1995 and 1995, respectively.
    Tingxiu Lu - Chairman of the Board/Director
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    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 transformers. 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. since 2003. Mr. Lu has been chairman of Jiangsu Xinde Assets Management Co., Ltd. and Nanjing Xinde Assets Management Co., Ltd., two investment management and investment holding companies, since 2006. 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. Fengming Zhang, Ph.D. - Director/Vice President, Divisional
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    Dr. Fengming Zhang is a director and vice president of our company in charge of manufacturing technology and has been with our company since 2004. Dr. Zhang has been a director of CEEG (Shanghai) Science and Technology Co., Ltd., a solar module manufacturer since 2007. Dr. Zhang has been a professor at the Department of Physics of Nanjing University in China since 2002 and is currently a supervisor for Ph.D. students. Dr. Zhang has also been a professor of Fujian Normal University in China since 2005. From 1997 to 2002, he worked as a research scientist at Pacific Solar Pty Ltd in Australia. From 2001 to 2002, he worked with Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd. as the director for research and development center. Dr. Zhang has published a number of articles and papers in solar power related journals. Dr. Zhang received a bachelor"s degree in physics from Shandong University China in 1986, a master degree in physics from the Institute of Physics of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1989, and a Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Newcastle in Australia in 1996. He is a professional committee member of Chinese Physical Society. Dr. Zhang was selected for the New Century Talent Support Program run by the PRC Ministry of Education in 2006.
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    Dr. Aihua Wang, Ph.D. - Vice President, Divisional
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    Dr. Aihua Wang is a vice president of our company in charge of research and development and has been with our company 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 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.
    Richard Yumin Gu - Vice President, Divisional
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    Mr. Richard Yumin Gu is a vice president of our company in charge of sales and marketing and has been with our company since 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, serving for its department in charge of electrical insulation and advance fiber system business. 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 bachelor"s degree in electrical engineering from Xi"an Jiao Tong University in China and completed MBA correspondence courses with Auckland University of New Zealand in 1999.