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Mr. Henricus Johannes Petrus Hoskens is our chief executive officer, his tenure commenced on February 25, 2008. Mr. Hoskens joins Solarfun from TPO Displays Corporation, Chunan Taiwan, where he recently served as Deputy CEO. Mr. Hoskens began his career with Royal Philips in 1988 following the receipt of his master"s degree in Industrial Engineering & Management Science from Eindhoven University of Technology. In 1997, Mr. Hoskens moved to the Royal Philips" Mobile Display Systems (MDS) division in Hong Kong, serving as its CEO beginning in September 2003. Mr. Hoskens led MDS into a merger with Toppoly from Taiwan, creating TPO Displays Corporation. In the integration process after the merger, he served in Taiwan as Deputy CEO.
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Mr. Hanfei Wang is our director and chief operating officer. He joined our company in 2005. Mr. Wang was chief operating officer of Hongdou Group Chituma Motorcycle Co. from 2004 to 2005. He was manufacturing manager, marketing manager, management representative and deputy production general manager of Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., a company currently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, from 2001 to 2004. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Wang was production and materials senior supervisor of Wuxi Nemic-Lambda Electronics Co., Ltd., a PRC subsidiary of Densei-Lambda K.K., a Japanese publicly listed company, responsible for production and quality management. Mr. Wang received his bachelor"s degree in physics from Soochow University in China. He has also attended an executive MBA course in Fudan University in China.
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The Company appointed Ms. Amy Jing Liu to be our chief financial officer in October 2007. Prior to joining our company in October 2007, Ms. Liu was vice president and director of finance of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. from 2004 to 2007, where she was in charge of mainland China and Hong Kong regions. From 1997 to 2003, she was a finance manager in several different business units of DuPont, including Herberts, the coatings subsidiary of Hoechst, which was acquired by DuPont in 1998. From 1996 to 1997, Ms. Liu served as a finance supervisor at Swire CocaCola Dongguan. She was a senior accountant at China Construction Bank (Dongguan Branch) between 1994 and 1996. Ms. Liu received her bachelor"s degree in economics from Beijing Nuclear Industrial Administration University and an MBA from Columbia Southern University in the United States.
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Mr. Jianping Zhang is vice president of our company. Prior to joining our company in 2006, Mr. Zhang had served as a director and general manager in Topsun Technologies Qidong Gaitianli Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. since 2000. During the same period, he was also president of the Chamber of Commerce of Qidong Food and Medicine Industry. Mr. Zhang was a director and deputy general manager of Qidong Gaitianli Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Zhang received his bachelor"s degree from Nanjing Agricultural University. He has also attended an executive MBA course at Northwest University in China.
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Mr. Ernst A. Butler has served as our independent director since November 2006. He also serves as the chairman of our compensation committee and as a member of our audit committee and corporate governance and nominating committee. Mr. Butler has been an independent board member/consultant and owner of E.A. Butler Management in Zurich since 2005. His other current positions include board member of Bank Frey & Co. AG, Zurich, chairman of the board of Alegra Capital Ltd., Zurich, board member of PHI Investment, Zurich, chairman of the board of AA-Partners, Zurich, member of the supervisory board of Sunfilm Power Ltd., Germany, member of the advisory board of Frey Capital, Zurich, and advisor to the executive board of Partners Group in Zug, Switzerland, the largest independent Asset Manager of Alternative Investments in Europe. From 1999 to 2005, he was a partner of Partners Group in Zug, responsible for markets in Switzerland, Italy and France. Mr. Butler spent over 25 years with Credit Suisse and Credit Suisse First Boston, with his last assignment being managing director and co-head of the Corporate and Investment Banking Division in Switzerland. He received a bachelor"s degree from the School of Economics and Business Administration in Zurich in 1973, and attended post-graduate programs at the University of Massachusetts in the United States, The European Institute of Business Administration in Paris, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Dr. Sven Michael Hansen has served as our director since June 2006. Dr. Hansen currently serves as the chief investment officer of Good Energies AG. He also serves as the chairman of Sunfilm AG (Germany), and a director of the following companies which are active or which intend to be active in the solar PV sphere: Norsun AS (Norway) and InErgies Capital Inc., a Swiss company that advises on energy sector investments. He is a member of the advisory board of the Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative of the United Nations. From 2001 to 2003, he was a managing partner of Black Emerald Group in Switzerland. Dr. Hansen served as group finance director and also a member of the executive board of Intels Group from 1999 to 2001. From 1996 to 1999, he worked as an executive director of UBS. Dr. Hansen received his bachelor"s degree from the University of Basle, and MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of St. Gallen.
Yonghua Lu - Chairman of the Board/Director/Founder
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Mr. Yonghua Lu is our founder and chairman of our board of directors. He also serves as a member of our corporate governance and nominating committee. Mr. Lu has been chairman of Linyang Electronics since 1997 and was general manager of that company from 1997 to August 2006. Linyang Electronics had been the parent company of Linyang China until June 2, 2006. Mr. Lu was general manager of Qidong Changtong Computer Group Company, and deputy manager of Qidong Computer Factory, from 1988 to 1996. From 1983 to 1988, he was deputy manager of the Lining Cloth Factory of Qidong "Wu Qi" Farm and manager of the Cashmere Factory of Qidong "Wu Qi" Farm. Mr. Lu has over 20 years of experience in enterprise management. He has received many awards and honors for his entrepreneurship, including being named one of Jiangsu Province"s Top Ten Outstanding Young Entrepreneurs and Fifth-term National Township Entrepreneur. Mr. Lu has attended a 15-month training course for Applied Social Studies at Soochow University Graduate School of Humanities, and a 20-month executive MBA course at Renmin University in China.
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Mr. Terry McCarthy has served as our independent director since November 2006. He also serves as the chairman of our audit committee. From 1985 to 2006, Mr. McCarthy worked for Deloitte & Touche LLP in San Jose, California in various roles as a managing partner, tax partner-in-charge and client services partner. Beginning in 1999, he worked extensively with companies entering the China market and, from 2003 to 2006, he was associate managing partner of the Deloitte US Chinese Services Group. In 1976, Mr. McCarthy co-founded Hayes, Perisho & McCarthy, Inc., a CPA firm in Sunnyvale, California, where he was an audit partner and president from 1976 to 1985. From 1972 to 1976, he held several positions at Hurdman & Cranstoun, CPAs, including senior audit manager. He received a bachelor"s degree from Pennsylvania State University, an MBA from the University of Southern California and a master"s degree in Taxation from Golden Gate University. He is also a director of Hisoft Technology International Limited and Agria Corp (NYSE: GRO).
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Mr. Yuting Wang is our chief engineer. He joined our company in 2004. From 2001 to 2004, he was associate chief engineer of Hebei Tianwei Yingli Energy Source Co., Ltd. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Wang was a researcher at Beijing Solar Research Institute and engaged in research on grooved PV cells. From 1985 to 1996, Mr. Wang was chief engineer of Hebei Province Qinhuangdao City Huamei Optoelectronic Device Company, where he engaged in the development of monocrystalline PV cells. He was section chief of Sichuan Qichuan 879 Plant from 1972 to 1985 and was a technician of Sichuan Guangyuan 779 Plant from 1967 to 1972. Mr. Wang received his bachelor"s degree from Xi"an Jiaotong University.
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Mr. Thomas J. Toy has served as our independent director since November 2006. He also serves as the chairman of our corporate governance and nominating committee and as a member of our audit committee and compensation committee. His other current positions include director and chairman of the board, compensation committee chairperson and audit committee member of UTStarcom Inc. (Nasdaq: UTSI), director, corporate governance committee chairperson and audit committee member of White Electronic Designs Corp. (Nasdaq: WEDC) and director of several privately held companies. Mr. Toy has also been co-founder and managing director of PacRim Venture Partners, a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, since 1999, and he is a partner with SmartForest Ventures, a venture capital firm based in Portland, Oregon. From 1987 to 1999, he was partner and managing director of the Corporate Finance Division of Technology Funding, a venture capital firm based in San Mateo, California. From 1979 to 1987, Mr. Toy held several positions at Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, including vice president. He received his bachelor"s and master"s degrees from Northwestern University in the United States.
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Mr. Yinzhang Gu has served as our independent director since June 2007. He also serves as a member of our compensation committee. From 1962 to 1998, Mr. Gu worked for Eastern China Electricity Administration, a government agency overseeing power supply in eastern China, in various roles, including as deputy director and director. Mr. Gu retired from Shanghai Electricity Administration in 1998. Mr. Gu graduated from Zhejiang University in 1962.
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Dr. Philip Comberg has served as our independent director since December 2007. Dr. Philip Comberg is a founding partner of Alcosa Capital GmbH & Co KG, a Frankfurt based investment firm which focuses on control investments in stressed and distressed companies. Since the foundation of Alcosa Capital at the end of 2003, Philip has served as a board member at various of the acquired companies, most recently at SecurLog GmbH. Previously, he worked as an investment banker with the financial institutions group of Deutsche Bank Global Corporate Finance in Frankfurt. Prior to his investment banking career, Philip worked as an M&A lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance in their offices in Dusseldorf, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Philip holds a law degree of the University of Heidelberg and a Chinese Language Degree of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong Province, PRC. He also holds a Master of Law (LL.M.) from New York University School of Law and a Doctor of Law (PhD) from the University of Dusseldorf.
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Mr. Johan van Splunter has served as our independent director since February 15, 2008. Before his retirement from Royal Philips Electronics in 2006, Mr. van Splunter was president and CEO of Philips Domestic Appliances and Personal Care and a member of its group management committee from May 2003. Mr. van Splunter was a member of the board of management of the Grundig AG, chairman and CEO of Philips Southern Africa, and president and CEO of Philips Asia Pacific. Mr. van Splunter was also a member of the board of the Economic Review Committee and chairman of the Committee for Manufacturing, both of which were led by the Singapore government. He studied Business Economics at the University of Amsterdam.
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Mr. Paul W. Combs is our vice president of strategic planning. Prior to joining our company in August 2007, Mr. Combs was chief investment officer of Think Equity Partners from 2004 to 2006. Mr. Combs was vice president of Stephens Inc. between 1996 and 2004. Mr. Combs served as vice president of Dain Bosworth, Inc. from 1991 to 1996. From 1989 to 1991, he was vice president of William K. Woodruff, Inc. Mr. Combs was vice president of William Blair & Co. between 1985 and 1989. Mr. Combs also worked at Morgan Stanley & Co. from 1980 to 1985. Mr. Combs received a bachelor"s degree of science from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University.
