People: Synthesis Energy Systems Inc (SYMX.W)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Lorenzo Lamadrid	61	2005	Independent Chairman of the Board
Robert Rigdon	54	2009	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Feng Gao	42	2012	Independent Vice Chairman of the Board
Francis Lau	65	2008	Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer
William Preston	53	2011	Senior Vice President - Global Business Development and Licensing
John Winter	58	2010	Senior Vice President - Engineering and Project Operations
Kevin Kelly	49	2008	Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, Secretary
Donald Bunnell	47	2011	Director
Yang Guang		2012	Director
Harry Rubin	58	2006	Independent Director
Denis Slavich	72	2005	Independent Director
Ziwang Xu	55	2010	Independent Director
Guang Yang	47	2012	Independent Director
Matthew Haines			IR Contact Officer

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Biographies

Name	Description
Lorenzo Lamadrid	Mr. Lorenzo C. Lamadrid is Independent Chairman of the Board of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., since April 2005. Since 2001, Mr. Lamadrid has been the Managing Director of Globe Development Group, LLC, a firm that specializes in the development of scale energy, power generation, transportation and infrastructure projects in China and provides business advisory services and investments with a particular focus on China. Mr. Lamadrid has also been a director of Flow International Corporation since January 2006. Mr. Lamadrid has been a member of the International Advisory Board of Sirocco Aerospace, an international aircraft manufacturer and marketer, since mid-2001. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Arthur D. Little, a management and consulting company, from 1999 to 2001 (which filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code within two years of his leaving the company), as President of Western Resources International, Inc. from 1996 through 1999 and as Managing Director of The Wing Group from 1993 through 1999. The Wing Group was a international electric power project-development company that was sold to Western Resources in 1999. Prior to that, he was with General Electric from 1984 to 1993 serving as corporate officer, Vice President and General Manager at GE Aerospace for Marketing and International Operations, and as General Manager of Strategic Planning and Business Development of GE’s International Sector. Prior to joining GE, Mr. Lamadrid was a senior Manager at the Boston Consulting Group where he worked from 1975 to 1984. Mr. Lamadrid holds a dual bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and Administrative Sciences from Yale University, an M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. in Marketing and International Business from the Harvard Business School.
Robert Rigdon	Mr. Robert Wayne Rigdon is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. Mr. Rigdon joined the company as a director in August 2009, and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since March 31, 2009. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer since November 2008 and as Senior Vice President of Global Development since May 2008, where he was responsible for overseeing all aspects of the company current and future coal gasification projects worldwide. From June 2004 until joining the company, Mr. Rigdon worked for GE Energy in a variety of capacities, including Manager—Gasification Engineering, Director—IGCC Commercialization, and Director—Gasification Industrials and Chemicals Business. For the 20 years previous to this, Mr. Rigdon worked for Texaco, and later ChevronTexaco, as an engineer and in the Worldwide Power & Gasification group, where he ultimately became Vice President—Gasification Technology for the group. As a result of his three decades working on gasification, Mr. Rigdon is experienced in the operational and marketing strategies that are key to the company development and success. Mr. Rigdon is a mechanical engineer with a B.S. from Lamar University.
Feng Gao	Mr. Gao Feng is Independent Vice Chairman of the Board of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., since September 2012. He has been the Chairman and President of Hongye International Investment Group Co., Ltd. (“Hongye”) since 2007, which is headquartered in Beijing, China. Hongye is a private, diversified group operating in the energy & natural resources, finance and bio-pharmaceuticals industries. Mr. Gao has more than 20 years of experience in the coking and coal mining business. These include working as plant manager at coking plants and serving as chairman and mine manager of various coal mining companies in Inner Mongolia, China. Mr. Gao is currently serving as a Representative of the Wuhai Municipal People’s Congress, Committee Member of the China National Democratic Construction Association Inner Mongolia division, Vice Chairman and Vice President of the Federation of Industry and Commerce of Inner Mongolia, and Director of the China Enterprise Confederation.
Francis Lau	Mr. Francis Lau is Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. From January 2006 until joining the company, he was Vice President of Gasification at GreatPoint Energy, in Cambridge, Massachusetts in charge of technology development. From 1970 until joining GreatPoint, Mr. Lau was the Executive Director of Gasification and Gas Processing Center at the Gas Technology Institute (“GTI”) in Des Plaines, Illinois. At GTI, he led research, development, demonstration, and deployment programs aimed at clean and efficient conversion of coal, biomass, and other feedstocks to electricity, hydrogen, and clean liquid fuels. Mr. Lau received a B.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
William Preston	Mr. William E. Preston is Senior Vice President - Global Business Development and Licensing of Synthesis Energy Systems Inc. Mr. Preston is a recognized gasification with approximately 30 years of business leadership, project development, project management, and project operations experience. Mr. Preston has previously served in senior positions at Great Point Energy, the Energy Capital Group, GE Energy, Texaco and ChevronTexaco. Early in his career, Mr. Preston worked on the design and startup teams, and then had extended operating assignments at the Cool Water Coal Gasification Program in California and the coal gasification unit at the Eastman Chemical plant in Kingsport, Tennessee. Mr. Preston’s experience at these early coal gasification facilities led to startup and technical service assignments at several gasification units around the world. Mr. Preston received a M.S., Chemical Engineering, from The University of Texas at Austin and a B.A., Chemistry from Pomona College in California.
John Winter	Dr. John Winter is Senior Vice President - Engineering and Project Operations of Synthesis Energy Systems Inc. He is responsible for the company engineering and equipment sourcing activities and projects in the implementation phase outside of China and he provides worldwide technology development support. Dr. Winter has over 30 years of experience in the petrochemical industry, including more than 15 years of gasification technology research, engineering design, technical services, and gasification plant operations. Dr. Winter has held senior positions at Range Fuels, Evergreen Energy, GE Energy, Texaco/ChevronTexaco, Worldwide Power and Gasification, Allied Plastics and Dow Chemical. Dr. Winter holds a B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alabama and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston.
Kevin Kelly	Mr. Kevin Kelly, CPA., is Chief Accounting Officer, Controller, Secretary of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. Mr. Kelly joined the company as the company Controller in October 2008 and was named the company Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary in November 2008. From 2005 to October 2008, Mr. Kelly served as the Corporate Controller for W-H Energy Services. Prior to that, Mr. Kelly held controllership and treasury management positions with a variety of public-traded companies and as an audit manager with Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Kelly is a certified public accountant and holds a B.A. in Accounting and Management from Houston Baptist University.
Donald Bunnell	Mr. Donald Bunnell is Director of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. He was the company President and Chief Executive Officer—Asia Pacific until February 2011 when he resigned to pursue other interests. Since 2009, his duties included oversight of the company global licensing business. From 2001 until the company founding in 2003, Mr. Bunnell was the Asia Business Development Vice President for BHP Billiton’s aluminum group. Between 1997 and 2001, Mr. Bunnell served in various capacities, including Vice President in charge of Enron China’s power group, and Country Manager, with the power development team of Enron Corporation. During this time, Mr. Bunnell spent three years the Enron/Messer/Texaco consortium for the Nanjing BASF Project. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Bunnell was a manager with Coastal Power Corporation (now part of El Paso Corporation) in Beijing, where he was involved in development of gas turbine power plants and other power projects. Mr. Bunnell has practiced law in Hong Kong, advising clients on China investments, prior to entering the power business. Mr. Bunnell graduated from Miami University with a B.A. and from the William & Mary School of Law with a J.D.
Yang Guang	Dr. Yang Guang has been appointed as Director of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., effective 24 October 2012. Dr. Yang is the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Velox Pharmaceutical, Inc. Dr. Yang is an advisory director of Nanjing Sharelink Capital Co., Ltd., a government venture fund company focusing on early stage investment in China. Earlier in his career, Dr. Yang worked in the pharmaceutical industry as principle scientist and director for DuPont, GlaxoSmithKline, Roche-Chugai, and Mitsubishi-Tanabe. Dr. Yang earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Maryland at College Park, a M.S. in organic chemistry from Bucknell University, and a B.S in polymer chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China.
Harry Rubin	Mr. Harry M. Rubin is Independent Director of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., since August 5, 2006. Mr. Rubin is currently Chairman of Henmead Enterprises, in which capacity he advises various companies regarding strategy, acquisitions and divestitures. He held board positions at a number of private and public companies such as the A&E Network, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, the Genisco Technology Corporation and Image-Metrics Plc. He was a founding partner of the Boston Beer Company. In the 12 years prior to 2006, Mr. Rubin held various senior management roles in the computer software industry, including Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Atari, and President of International Operations and Chief Financial Officer for GT Interactive Software. Mr. Rubin entered the computer software business in 1993 when he became Executive VP for GT Interactive Software as a start-up company, and played a leadership role in GT’s progression as the company went public in 1995 and became one of the industry players. Prior to 1993, he held various senior financial and general management positions at RCA, GE and NBC. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School.
Denis Slavich	Mr. Denis Slavich is Independent Director of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., since November 2005. Mr. Slavich has over 35 years of experience in scale power generation development. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Astrata Group Inc, a privately held global telematics company headquartered in Singapore, and an international consultant, as well as an advisor and board member for a number of additional firms. He served as a director of China Advanced Construction Materials Group, Inc., a company traded on the NASDAQ, from September 2009 until May 2011. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Slavich was the CFO and director of KMR Power Corporation and was responsible for the development of this international IPP company that developed projects in Columbia as well as other areas. From 2000 until 2002, he served as Vice President and CFO of BigMachines Inc., a software company, and from 2001 until the present, he has served as Chairman of Leading Edge Technologies, a privately held desalination technology company. Mr. Slavich also served as acting President for Kellogg Development Corporation, a division of M.W. Kellogg, during 1997. From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Slavich was also a Vice President of Marketing for Fluor Daniel. From 1971 to 1991, Mr. Slavich served in various executive positions at Bechtel Group including Sr. VP, CFO, and director and Sr. VP and division manager of the International Power Division. Mr. Slavich received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his M.B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.
Ziwang Xu	Mr. Ziwang Xu is Independent Director of Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc., since February 3, 2010. Mr. Xu is currently the Chairman of CXC Capital, Inc. and CXC China Sustainable Growth Fund, companies which he founded in March of 2008 and which are based in Shanghai, China. From November of 2005 until founding CXC, he was a private investor in Shanghai and worked on the development of residential real estate projects. During this same time, he was an Advisory Director for Goldman Sachs in Beijing, China. From 1997 through 2005, he served as a Managing Director and Partner for Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong. He is also currently an Advisor with Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a member of the Board of Overseers of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and Vice Chairman, Alumni Association of Economics and Finance, of Fudan University in Shanghai, China. He holds a B.A. from East China Normal University and an M.A. in Economics from Fudan University and an M.A. in International Business from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Guang Yang	Dr. Yang Guang is Independent Director of Synthesis Energy Systems Inc. Dr. Yang is the executive vice president of Hongye, general manager of the Honye biomedical division, and the managing partner of Hongye SD Group, LLC in the United States. Dr. Yang founded Velox Phamaceutical, Inc. in China in 2011 and serves as the Chairman and chief executive officer. Dr. Yang is also an advisory director of Nanjing Sharelink Capital Co., Ltd., a government venture fund company focusing on early stage investment in China. Earlier, Dr. Yang worked in the pharmaceutical industry as principle scientist and director for DuPont, GlaxoSmithKline, Roche-Chugai, and Mitsubishi-Tanabe. Dr. Yang has a Ph.D. in biochemistry from University of Maryland at College Park, a M.S. in organic chemistry from Bucknell University, and a B.S in polymer chemistry from University of Science and Technology of China.
Matthew Haines

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Lorenzo Lamadrid	--
Robert Rigdon	420,000
Feng Gao	--
Francis Lau	--
William Preston	--
John Winter	--
Kevin Kelly	230,000
Donald Bunnell	140,000
Yang Guang	--
Harry Rubin	--
Denis Slavich	--
Ziwang Xu	--
Guang Yang	--
Matthew Haines	--

As Of 29 Jun 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Lorenzo Lamadrid	0	0
Robert Rigdon	0	0
Feng Gao	0	0
Francis Lau	0	0
William Preston	0	0
John Winter	0	0
Kevin Kelly	0	0
Donald Bunnell	0	0
Yang Guang	0	0
Harry Rubin	0	0
Denis Slavich	0	0
Ziwang Xu	0	0
Guang Yang	0	0
Matthew Haines	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
BUNNELL DONALD P	200	$1.05
BUNNELL DONALD P	2,300	$1.06
BUNNELL DONALD P	5,155	$1.05
BUNNELL DONALD P	3,411	$1.05
BUNNELL DONALD P	400	$1.05
BUNNELL DONALD P	100	$1.06
BUNNELL DONALD P	3,300	$1.06
BUNNELL DONALD P	2,489	$1.05
BUNNELL DONALD P	900	$1.06
BUNNELL DONALD P	1,100	$1.05
BUNNELL DONALD P	500	$1.08
BUNNELL DONALD P	6,200	$1.05
BUNNELL DONALD P	1,000	$1.07
BUNNELL DONALD P	300	$1.09
BUNNELL DONALD P	200	$1.13
BUNNELL DONALD P	800	$1.18
BUNNELL DONALD P	1,900	$1.21
BUNNELL DONALD P	1,374	$1.08
BUNNELL DONALD P	34	$1.17
BUNNELL DONALD P	100	$1.11
BUNNELL DONALD P	100	$1.12
BUNNELL DONALD P	400	$1.16
BUNNELL DONALD P	200	$1.17
BUNNELL DONALD P	96	$1.09
BUNNELL DONALD P	1,166	$1.14

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People: Synthesis Energy Systems Inc (SYMX.W)

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