People: Agria Corp (GRO)

GRO on New York Consolidated

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Guanglin Lai

 49 2013 Executive Chairman of the Board

Wai Yip Tsang

 44 2013 Chief Financial Officer

Kean Seng U.

 45 2008 Head - Corporate and Legal Affairs

Weizhong Wang

 50 2009 Chief Strategy Officer - Corn Seed

Joo Hai Lee

 57 2008 Independent Director

Xiaosheng Shao

 56 2008 Independent Director

Wah Kwong Tsang

 60 2011 Independent Director

Jiuran Zhao

 51 2007 Independent Director

Jerry Mao

 2012 Finance Controller
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Biographies

Name Description

Guanglin Lai

 Mr. Guanglin Lai, CPA, has been appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board of Agria Corporation. He has served as the chairman of the company's board of directors since June 2007 and as chairman of the compensation committee since March 2010. Mr. Lai also served as the co-chief executive officer from September 2007 to June 2008 and as the chief executive officer from November 2008 to September 2009. Mr. Lai’s wholly owned investment vehicle, Brothers Capital Limited, is the shareholder. Mr. Lai has experience in investments, acquisitions and operation management. Mr. Lai has established many other enterprises in China, Hong Kong and internationally, in particular, animation, logistics and transportation, pharmaceutical sectors, etc. He takes a role in respect of strategic planning and business development in his investment portfolio.Mr. Lai is the chairman of the board of directors, the chairman and a member of nomination committee and a member of remuneration committee of China Pipe Group Limited, a Hong Kong listed company, which is a provider to the construction sector offering a wide range of pipe related products, services and solutions to the constructors, designers, consultants and government agencies in Hong Kong and Macau. In December 2009, Mr. Lai was appointed as a director of PGG Wrightson Limited which is a company listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange. Mr. Lai holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia and master of business administration in finance from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a certified public accountant in Australia.

Wai Yip Tsang

 Mr. Wai Yip Tsang has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Agria Corp. Mr. Tsang is currently a director of PGG Wrightson Limited (NZSE: PGW), the Company's majority-owned subsidiary listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange, and a director of China Pipe Group Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Tsang has over twenty years of experience in auditing, accounting, investor relations and corporate finance, including involvement in a number of initial public offering, restructuring and merger and acquisition transactions. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Tsang held finance roles at a number of companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, including China Resources Enterprises Limited and Tianjin Development Holdings Limited. Prior to that, Mr. Tsang served as an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Tsang holds a bachelor's degree with honors in accountancy and is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Kean Seng U.

 Mr. Kean Seng U. is Head - Corporate and Legal Affairs of Agria Corporation since December 2008. Mr. U has experience in advising multi-national corporations and sovereign entities on direct investments in the People’s Republic of China entities. Mr. U previously practiced as a partner in the Singaporean firm of Shooklin & Bok LLP and led a corporate finance team in Allen & Overy Shooklin & Bok, JLV, an international law venture partnership with London-based Allen & Overy LLP. Currently, Mr. U sits as independent and non-executive directors of several publicly listed corporations. Mr. U received his bachelor of laws degree with honors from Monash University in Australia. He is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria in Australia, an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and a solicitor of England and Wales. In addition to his legal knowledge, Mr. U also has a degree in economics and accounting from Monash University in Australia.

Weizhong Wang

 Dr. Weizhong Wang is Chief Strategy Officer - Corn Seed of Agria Corporation. He served as the company's chief strategy officer from September 2007 to October 2009 and the company's chief strategy officer focusing on the corn seeds business since October 2009. From 2000 to 2006, Dr. Wang served as chairman and president of Denong Seed Science and Technology Development Company, a company that engages in the development, production and marketing of corn, rice, cotton and other agricultural products in China. Dr. Wang holds a Ph.D. degree in agricultural economics from the Chinese Academy of Agriculture.

Joo Hai Lee

 Mr. Joo Hai Lee is an Independent Director of Agria Corporation since November 2008 and a member of the audit committee since January 2009. Mr. Lee has 32 years of experience in accounting and auditing. Mr. Lee joined BDO Patrick Tay & Partners/BDO International Singapore (now known as BDO LLP) in 1983 and became a partner there in 1986. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the Singapore and Hong Kong Institutes of Directors.

Xiaosheng Shao

 Mr. Xiaosheng Shao is an Indipendent Director of Agria Corporation since November 2008, chairman of the compensation committee from November 2008 to March 2010 and chairman of the corporate governance and nominating committee since March 2010. Mr. Sean Shao currently also serves as (i) independent director and chairman of the audit committee of: Xueda Education Group, a Chinese personalized tutoring services company listed on NYSE since March 2010; China Biologic Products, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company listed on NASDAQ since July 2008 and Yongye International, Inc., a Chinese agricultural company listed on NASDAQ since April 2009; (ii) independent director and chairman of the compensation committee of AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc., a Chinese telecom software solutions provider listed on NASDAQ since July 2010, and (iii) independent director and chairman of the audit committee and compensation committee of China Nuokang Bio-Pharmaceutical, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company listed on NASDAQ since September 2008. He served as the chief financial officer of Trina Solar Limited from 2006 to 2008. In addition, Mr. Shao served from 2004 to 2006 as the chief financial officer of ChinaEdu Corporation, an educational service provider, and of Watchdata Technologies Ltd., a Chinese security software company. Prior to that, Mr. Shao worked at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd. for approximately a decade. Mr. Shao received his master’s degree in health care administration from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1988 and his bachelor’s degree in art from East China Normal University in 1982. Mr. Shao is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Wah Kwong Tsang

 Mr. Wah Kwong Tsang has been appointed as an Independent Director of Agria Corp., effective August 23, 2011. He is a chairman of the audit committee and member of the Compensation Committee since August 2011. Mr. Tsang is a former partner of Hong Kong and China firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers and has over 30 years of professional experience in auditing listed and unlisted companies and providing supports for initial public offerings and acquisition transactions. Currently, Mr Tsang is also a director and a member of the Audit Committee of PGG Wrightson Limited, a company listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange, and an independent non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited, a company listed on Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Tsang is a fellow member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member of Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK.

Jiuran Zhao

 Dr. Jiuran Zhao is an Independent Director of Agria Corporation since September 2007. Since 1997, Dr. Zhao has served as the managing director of the Maize Center of the Agricultural and Forestry Scientific Research Academy in China. Dr. Zhao is also a director of Shandong Denghai Seeds Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. From 1986 to 1997, Dr. Zhao worked at the Crop Center of the Agricultural and Forestry Scientific Research Academy, where he began as a researcher, became a vice director and later became the director. Dr. Zhao specializes in the genetic breeding and industrialization of maize and other varieties of crops as well as DNA fingerprint techniques. He is also an agricultural consultant to the Beijing municipal government, the director of the maize expert group of the Ministry of Culture of China, a vice director of the China Crop Association, the leader of the National Maize Cultivation Group, a member of the Examination Committee of the Plantation New Variety of the Ministry of Culture. Dr. Zhao received his Ph.D. degree in crop genetic breeding from China Agricultural University.

Jerry Mao

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Guanglin Lai

 --

Wai Yip Tsang

 --

Kean Seng U.

 --

Weizhong Wang

 --

Joo Hai Lee

 --

Xiaosheng Shao

 --

Wah Kwong Tsang

 --

Jiuran Zhao

 --

Jerry Mao

 --
As Of 

Options Compensation

Name Options Value

Guanglin Lai

 0 0

Wai Yip Tsang

 0 0

Kean Seng U.

 0 0

Weizhong Wang

 0 0

Joo Hai Lee

 0 0

Xiaosheng Shao

 0 0

Wah Kwong Tsang

 0 0

Jiuran Zhao

 0 0

Jerry Mao

 0 0

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