People: Acorn International Inc (ATV)

ATV on New York Consolidated

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21 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Robert Roche

 49 2010 Chairman of the Board

Peng Lu

 56 2012 President

Dongjie Yang

 44 2011 Chief Executive Officer, Director

Lifu Chen

 49 Vice President

Wei Meng

 34 Vice President

Rong Wang

 42 Vice President

Yongqiang Zhu

 39 Vice President

Xiaogang Wang

 48 2011 Director

Andrew Yan

 56 2006 Director

Zhenyu He

 52 Independent Director

William Liang

 54 2010 Independent Director

Jing Wang

 47 2011 Independent Director

Jun Ye

 36 2010 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Robert Roche

 Mr. Robert W. Roche is the Chairman of the Board of Acorn International, Inc. He is a co-founder. He also serves as the chairman of Oak Lawn Marketing, a company incorporated in Japan. In addition, Mr. Roche conducts numerous business operations throughout Asia and the United States. President Obama named Mr. Roche to the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. He is also on the President’s 100,000 Federal Advisory Committee. Mr. Roche’s other civic contributions include serving as prior Chairman of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, member of the American Chamber of Commerce Japan Board of Governors, and a Board Member at the USA Pavilion, Expo 2010 Shanghai. In addition to funding his own foundation, Mr. Roche’s philanthropic work includes endowing a chair at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan, and establishing a Masters of Laws (LLM) in International Business Transactions program at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law. Mr. Roche received his bachelor’s degree in Economics and Japanese Studies from Illinois State University in 1985 and a J.D. degree from the University of Denver in 1988.

Peng Lu

 Mr. Peng Lu is President of Acron International Inc., since March 2012. From June 2007 to February 2012. Mr. Lu served as group vice president of Alibaba Group and general manager of Wasu Taobao, Inc., vice president of Strategic BD and vice president of Engineering for Taobao.com. Mr. Lu is also a co-founder and served as the chief executive officer of Entena, Inc. from 2002 to 2006 and senior vice president of product and technology of Tonbu, Inc. from 2000 to 2002. Prior to that, Mr. Lu held the technical and management positions in various companies such as IBM and Oracle in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Lu received his Ph.D. degree in engineering from McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.

Dongjie Yang

 Mr. Dongjie Yang is Chief Executive Officer, Director of Acorn International, Inc. Mr. Yang is is a co-founder. Mr. Yang was reappointed the chief executive officer of company in 2010. Mr. Yang previously served as chief executive officer before 1999. Prior to co-founding company in 1998, Mr. Yang was a partner of J&J Partners from 1996 to 1997. He also acted as general manager of Bei Shang Printing Co., Ltd. from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Yang studied Law at Peking University from 1986 to 1989.

Lifu Chen

 Mr. Lifu Chen is Vice President of Acron International Inc. Mr. Chen has served as general counsel and corporate secretary since joining the company in 2006. Prior to joining company, Mr. Chen was a senior attorney from 2004 to 2006 at Lee and Li. Mr. Chen has experience in the Asian marketplace. Before Lee and Li, he served as senior legal counsel at Hon-Hai Precision Industry Co. Limited from 2000 to 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Chen was legal manager at Singapore Telecommunications Limited from 1999 to 2000. From 1995 to 1998, he also worked for Sullivan & Cromwell in both the Hong Kong and Washington, D.C. offices. Mr. Chen received his J.D. degree from Boston University as well as a bachelor’s degree in law from National Taiwan University.

Wei Meng

 Mr. Wei Meng is Vice President of Acron International Inc. Mr. Meng is a certified Project Management Professional. Mr. Meng has experience in planning and designing POS/ERP/WMS for retailing. He also specializes in PMI project management, ERP planning and software design. Mr. Meng joined company in November 2010. Mr Meng previously worked at Shanghai Aiwu Food Company and Shanghai Rezin SoftWare Co., Ltd. Mr. Meng received his bachelor’s degree in Logistic Engineering Technology from Zhengzhou Institute of Aeronautical Industry Management College.

Rong Wang

 Mr. Rong Wang is Vice President of Acron International Inc. Mr. Wang has experience in product development, marketing planning and branding in IT products, consumer electronics and cultural collectables. Mr. Wang joined company in October 2005. Prior to joining company, Mr. Wang served in Founder Group (established by Peking University,) Beijing Huizheng Technology and Beijing Changhong IT. Mr. Wang received his bachelor’s degree in Wireless Electronics from Peking University.

Yongqiang Zhu

 Mr. Yongqiang Zhu is Vice President of Acron International Inc. Mr. Zhu has experience in call centers and e-commerce management. He has been with company since 1999 and has great contribution in data utilization and creating sales via all kinds of sales channels. Prior to joining company, Mr. Zhu served in a branded clothing agent and MeetingChina. Mr. Zhu received his bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Statistics from Shanxi University of Finance & Economics.

Xiaogang Wang

 Mr. Xiaogang Wang is Director of Acorn International, Inc. He has over 15 years of experience in corporate finance and strategic business development. From April 2010 to present, Mr. Wang has worked as a partner with Boardroom Advisors Co., Limited, focusing on investments and advisories for China based companies on financing and strategic matters. Mr. Wang previously served as chief financial officer of company from September 2005 to March 2010. Mr. Wang has also been an independent director for LeGaga Holding Limited, an agriculture company listed in Nasdaq since November, 2010. Mr. Wang served as chief financial officer and executive vice president in Chaoda Modern Agriculture Limited from 2003 to 2005. Mr. Wang also served as the director of investor relations at Legend Group Limited from 2002 to 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Wang held positions in various organizations, including JingTai Securities (Hong Kong), MeetChina.com, Schroders Asia Limited and Morgan Stanley Asia Limited. Mr. Wang received a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tianjin University in 1985, a master's degree in Computer Aided Engineering from Rutgers University in 1989 and an MBA degree from the University of Chicago in 1994.

Andrew Yan

 Mr. Andrew Y. Yan is a Director of Acorn International, Inc. He is also the managing partner of SAIF Partners III & IV, SB Asia Investment Fund II L.P., and president & executive managing director of Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund. Before Joining SAIF in 2001, Mr. Yan was a managing director and the head of the Hong Kong office of Emerging Markets Partnership from 1994 to 2001. From 1993 to 1994, he was the director responsible for strategic planning and business development for the Asia Pacific region at Sprint International Corporation. From 1991 to 1993, he worked in the Hudson Institute as a research fellow. From 1989 to 1990, he was an economist in the World Bank. . From 1982 to 1984, he was the chief engineer at the Jianghuai Airplane Corp. Mr. Yan was voted by the China Venture Capital Association as “The Venture Investor of the Year” in both 2004 and 2007. He was also selected as one of the “Fifty Finest Private Equity Investors in the World” by the Private Equity International in 2007; “No. 1 Venture Capitalist of the Year” by Forbes (China) in 2008 and 2009. He was the “Venture Capital Professional of the Year” by Asia Venture Capital Journal in 2009. Mr. Yan is an independent non-executive director of China Resources Land Ltd. and Fosun International Ltd; non-executive director of Digital China Holdings Ltd., MOBI Development Co., Ltd, NVC Lighting Holding Limited, eSun Holdings Limited and Huiyuan Juice Group Limited. He is also an independent director of Giant Interactive Group Inc.; and a director of ATA Inc. and Eternal Asia Supply Chain Co. Ltd. (all ten companies are listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, NYSE, NASDAQ or Shenzhen Stock Exchange). He also holds directorship in several SAIF portfolio companies. Mr. Yan received a master of art degree from Princeton University as well as a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the Nanjing Aeronautic Institute in the PRC.

Zhenyu He

 Mr. Zhenyu He is Independent Director of Acron International Inc. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Public Accountant in the United States, and currently serves as chief financial officer at YY Inc. From March 2007 to August 2011, Mr. He served as chief financial officer of Giant Interactive Group, a China based company listed in New York Stock Exchanges (NYSE:GA). From 2004 to 2007, Mr. He served as chief strategy officer of Ninetowns Internet Technology Group, a China based company listed in NASDAQ (NASDAQ:NINE). Mr. He also served as a director of AIG Global Investment Corporation (Asia) Ltd from 2002 to 2004, the managing director of Softchina Venture Group from 1999 to 2002 and senior vice president of Capital Securities Corporation from 1996 to 1999. Prior to that, Mr. He held positions in various companies in the US. Mr. He received a bachelor's degree in Accounting from National Taipei University in 1983 and an MBA degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1986.

William Liang

 Mr. William Liang is Independent Director of Acorn International, Inc. Mr. Liang is currently chief representative of Reuters Transaction Services Ltd. in Beijing. Since 2008, Mr. Liang has been serving as a director of the Board of J.P. Morgan Futures Co. Ltd. in China. Prior to that, Mr. Liang worked in the Foreign Commercial Service and several multi-national corporations such as Alcoa and United Technologies. Holder of a B.A. degree and MBA degree from University of Massachusetts, Mr. Liang has over ten years of financial services industry and China experience in business development, strategic and business planning, management and corporate governance.

Jing Wang

 Mr. Jing Wang serves as Independent Director of Acorn International Inc. Mr. Wang currently serves as the vice president of engineering at Baidu Inc., a Chinese language internet search provider, where he is responsible for engineering strategies in the areas of infrastructure, mobile and monetization. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Wang served as site director of Google China in Shanghai where he was a key member of the cross-functional senior management team responsible for setting monetization strategies and priorities in China. Mr. Wang was general manager of eBay China Development Center from July 2004 until August 2006. Mr. Wang holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Science and Technology of China and a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Florida.

Jun Ye

 Mr. Jun Ye is Independent Director of Acorn International, Inc. Mr. Ye is the founder and executive director of Yi Star Investment Ltd since 2009, and chairman of Jiangsu Wing Star Investment and Development Co. Ltd from 2004 to 2009. In the past 6 years, his investment companies have been actively participating in the growth capital investment, pre-IPO investment, and reverse merger operation with many investments including Ambow Education, Accord Pharma, GCL-Poly Energy, China Energy Development and Inbank Media. Before founding of Wing Star, Mr. Ye was the sales director of Sanum—Kehlbeck Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd from 1999 until 2004, in charge of China mainland sales operation. Prior to that, Mr. Ye worked in Jiangsu Branch of China Construction Bank from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Ye holds a B.A. of Economics from School of Business Nanjing University and an MBA degree from Columbia Business School.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Robert Roche

 --

Peng Lu

 --

Dongjie Yang

 --

Lifu Chen

 --

Wei Meng

 --

Rong Wang

 --

Yongqiang Zhu

 --

Xiaogang Wang

 --

Andrew Yan

 --

Zhenyu He

 --

William Liang

 --

Jing Wang

 --

Jun Ye

 --
As Of 

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Robert Roche

 0 0

Peng Lu

 0 0

Dongjie Yang

 0 0

Lifu Chen

 0 0

Wei Meng

 0 0

Rong Wang

 0 0

Yongqiang Zhu

 0 0

Xiaogang Wang

 0 0

Andrew Yan

 0 0

Zhenyu He

 0 0

William Liang

 0 0

Jing Wang

 0 0

Jun Ye

 0 0

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