Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Xin Zhou is one of the co-founders of our company and has served as our chairman and chief executive officer since 2003. Mr. Zhou has over 15 years of experience in China's real estate industry. From 1997 to 2003, he served as a director and the general manager of Shanghai Real Estate Exchange Co., Ltd., and as the deputy general manager of Shanghai Jinfeng Investments Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Mr. Zhou also served as the chairman and general manager of Shanghai Wanxin Real Estate Investments Consulting Ltd. from 1994 and 1997. In recognition of his contribution to the development of real estate marketing, brokerage and circulation area in Shanghai and elsewhere in China, Mr. Zhou was awarded the "Special Contribution Award in China's Real Estate Circulation Industry" in 2005, and named one of the "2005 ten most influential people in the real estate services industry" from China City Property Exposition Commission. Mr. Zhou currently serves as Chairman of the Real Estate Services Committee of the China Real Estate Association. Mr. Zhou received his bachelor's degree from Shanghai Industrial University.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Li-Lan Cheng has served as our chief financial officer since November 2006. Prior to joining us, Mr. Cheng served from 2005 to 2006 as the chief financial officer of SouFun Holdings Limited, China's leading real estate Internet company. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Cheng served as an executive director and the chief financial officer of SOHO China Limited, a real estate developer in Beijing. Mr. Cheng was an assistant director and the head of the Asian transportation sector investment banking group of ABN AMRO Asia from 1997 to 2002. Mr. Cheng received a bachelor's degree in Economics from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr. Cheng is a chartered financial analyst.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Chunlin Chen has served as our director since April 2006 and as our vice president since January 2006. Mr. Chen served as the financial controller of Shanghai Real Estate Consultant & Sales (Group) Co., Ltd. from 2005 to 2006 and as the vice president in Shanghai Golden Hill Investments Development Ltd. from 2002 to 2005. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Chen was the chief accountant of Shanghai Jinfeng Investments Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. From 1994 to 1998, he served as a section chief at Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. Mr. Chen received a bachelor's degree from Hua Zhong Normal University and a master's degree from Shanghai University of Finance & Economics in China.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Bing Xiang has served as our independent director since August 2007. Mr. Xiang has served as an independent director of Huicong International Information since 2002, and has served as an independent director of Shanxi Taichuan Machine Development Co., Ltd. and E Fund Management Co., Ltd. since 2001. Mr. Xiang is a Professor of accounting and Dean at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. Prior to that, Mr. Xiang was a professor and founding director of EMBA and Executive Education programs at the Guanghua School of Management, Peking University. He also taught at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chinese University of Hong Kong and China-Europe International Business School. Mr. Xiang holds a bachelor's degree from the Xi'an University of Transportation and a Ph.D. degree in accounting from the University of Alberta.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Hongchao Zhu has served as our independent director since August 2007. Since 1985, Mr. Zhu has served as managing partner of Shanghai United Law Firm. Mr. Zhu also serves as vice chairman of the All China Bar Association and vice chairman of the Shanghai Bar Association. In addition, Mr. Zhu serves as arbitrator of Shanghai Arbitration Association as well as arbitrator of China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission. Mr. Zhu received both his master's and bachelor's degrees in law from Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Yongyue Zhang has served as our director since December 2006. Mr. Zhang has also served as the president of Shanghai E-House Real Estate R&D Institute since September 2005. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Zhang served as our vice chairman and the vice chairman of Shanghai Jinfeng Investment Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Zhang was the general manager of Shanghai Jinfeng Investment Co., Ltd. From 1986 to 2000, Mr. Zhang was a professor in Shanghai East China Normal University. Mr. Zhang is a renowned economist specializing in the real estate industry. He also holds the positions of vice chairman of the China Appraisal and Real Estate Services Industry Association, director of the China Real Estate Industry Association and vice chairman of the Shanghai Economists Association and is the expert-in-residence at China's Ministry of Construction.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Mark Qiu is a director of our company since April, 2006. He is chief executive officer and managing director of China Renaissance Capital Investment Inc., a Greater China focused private equity investment firm. Mr. Qiu currently acts as director of approximately twenty companies. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Qiu was the chief financial officer and senior vice president of CNOOC Limited, a Chinese state owned oil company listed on both the New York Stock Exchange and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Qiu was an oil and gas banker with Salomon Smith Barney, with his last role there as the head of Asia Oil & Gas Investment Banking Group. From 1993 to 1997, he held various management positions at Atlantic Richfield Corporation. Mr. Qiu received a bachelor's degree from Hangzhou University, China, a master's degree and a Ph.D. degree in decision science from the University of Texas at Arlington, as well as an MBA degree from the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Thomas Pulley has served as our director since April 2006. Mr. Pulley is a managing director of Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Limited and is responsible for overseeing all of DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners' Asian investment activities. He is also the representative director of Beta West Servicing Company. In 1993, Mr. Pulley founded the commercial-mortgage-backed securities group at Bankers Trust. From 1994 to 1997, he was a member of Bankers Trust's Real Estate Equity Investment Committee and Management Committee. Mr. Pulley was the Head of Asian Principal Finance for UBS, based in Tokyo, in 1997, and the Head of Illiquid Securities for Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, based in London, from 1998 to 1999. Mr. Pulley has experience investing in distressed debt and real estate assets located in London, Germany, Eastern Europe, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan and China. Mr. Pulley received a BA degree from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Jianjun Zang has served as a co-head of our primary real estate agency service since 2001. Mr. Zang served as our director from December 2004 to August 2007. He was the chairman and general manager of the predecessor of Shanghai Real Estate Brokerage Co., Ltd. in 2000. Mr. Zang served as a director and general manager of Shanghai Yidu Real Estate Sales & Planning Co., Ltd. from 1998 to 2000, and as an operating director of Shanghai Lidahang Real Estate Consulting Co. from 1993 to 1998. Mr. Zang received a bachelor's degree from Fudan University and an EMBA degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Xudong Zhu has served as a co-head of our primary real estate agency service since 2001. Mr. Zhu served as our director from December 2004 to August 2007. From 1998 to 2000, he was the planning supervisor of Shanghai Real Estate Exchange Co., Ltd. Mr. Zhu served as the general manager of Shanghai Xuyang Media Co., Ltd. from 1994 to 1998 and as a planning supervisor of Shanghai Hollywood Real Estate Development Co. from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Zhu received a bachelor's degree from Shanghai Industrial University and an EMBA degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Canhao Huang has served as our director since April 2006 and as the head of operations since September 2007. He served as a vice president from 2000 to September 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Huang was a manager at Shanghai No. 1 Department Store Co., Ltd. from 1985 to 2000.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Zuyu Ding has served as the head of our real estate consulting and information service since 2006. He was our technology director from 2001 to January 2008. Mr. Ding is currently also serving as the vice principal of Shanghai E-House Real Estate R&D Institute. Mr. Ding served as our research and development manager from 2000 to 2001. He worked as manager of the research and development department at Shanghai Real Estate Exchange Co., Ltd. from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Ding received a bachelor's degree from Shanghai East China Normal University and an MBA from Macau University of Science & Technology.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Ber Jen Ko has served as the head of our secondary brokerage services since 2006. Mr. Ko has been the general manager of Shanghai City Rehouse Agent Consultant Co., Ltd. since 2002. He served as the deputy general manager of Shanghai Pacific Rehouse Service Co., Ltd. from 1994 to 2002.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Neil Nanpeng Shen has served as our director since January 2005. Mr. Shen is the founding managing partner of Sequoia Capital China Advisors (Hong Kong) Limited. Mr. Shen co-founded Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. (NASDAQ - HMIN), or Home Inns, a leading economy hotel chain in China, and Ctrip.com International, Ltd. (NASDAQ - CTRP), or Ctrip, the largest travel consolidator in China. Currently, Mr. Shen is a co-chairman of Home Inns, a director of Ctrip and also an independent director of Focus Media Holding Limited (NASDAQ - FMCN), a media advertising company based in China. Mr. Shen also serves on the boards of a number of private companies based in China. He served as Ctrip's chief financial officer from 2000 to October 2005 and as president from August 2003 to October 2005. Prior to founding Ctrip, Mr. Shen worked for more than eight years in the investment banking industry in New York and Hong Kong. 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.
Total Compensation: $ —
Mr. Charles Chao has served as our director since August 2007. Since May 2006, Mr. Chao has served as the chief executive officer of SINA Corporation (NASDAQ - SINA), or SINA, China's leading online media company. Prior to that, Mr. Chao was SINA's president and chief financial officer, and had also served as SINA's co-chief operating officer in charge of website operation, marketing and online advertisement sales. Prior to joining SINA, Mr. Chao served as an audit manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in Silicon Valley, California. Mr. Chao is an independent director of Focus Media Holding Limited and NetDragon Websoft Inc. (HKSE - 8288.HK). Mr. Chao received his master's degree in professional accounting from University of Texas at Austin. He also holds a master's degree in journalism from University of Oklahoma and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Fudan University in China. Mr. Chao is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Total Compensation: $ —
Ms. May Wu has served as our independent director since April 2008. She has been the chief financial officer of Home Inns since May 2006. She served as Home Inns' senior vice president of finance from March 2006 to May 2006. Prior to joining Home Inns, Ms. Wu was a first vice president at Schroder Investment Management, North America Inc. from 2005 to March 2006, and a vice president from 2003 to 2004. She was responsible for investment research and management for various funds specializing in the consumer and services sectors. From 1998 to 2002, Ms. Wu was an equity research analyst at JP Morgan Asset Management where she also served as a vice president from 2000 to 2002. Ms. Wu holds a bachelor's degree from Fudan University in China, a master's degree from Brooklyn College at the City University of New York and an MBA degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
