People: WSP Holdings Ltd (WH)


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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Longhua Piao

 49 2007 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Badrul Feisal bin Abdul Rahim

 2013 Vice Chairman of the Board

Choon-Hoi Then

 55 2011 Chief Financial Officer

Jiaxing Liu

 65 Vice General Manager - Human Resources

Zongdi Ye

 60 Vice General Manager - Machinery

Baiqin Yu

 66 Vice General Manager - Production

Yi Zhang

 56 Vice General Manager - Technology

Xizhong Xu

 43 Assistant General Manager, Director

Yanping Dong

 49 Assistant General Manager - Administration

Rixin Luo

 49 Assistant General Manager - Sales and Marketing

Michael Liu

 49 2011 Independent Director

Jing Lu

 71 2007 Independent Director

Weidong Wang

 45 2009 Independent Director

Dennis Zhu

 48 2007 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Longhua Piao

 Mr. Longhua Piao is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of WSP Holdings Limited. He has been director and chief executive officer since inception and became chairman in August 2007. Mr. Piao serves as the chief executive officer of WSP China since he founded WSP China in November 1999. Mr. Piao is principally responsible for formulating strategic development objectives, supervising the implementation of business plans and policies, and overall organizational management. Prior to founding WSP China, Mr. Piao served as the general manager of Daqing City Zhong Bang Jing Mao Company Limited during the period between 1996 and 1999. Outside of group, Mr. Piao is a director and the controlling shareholder of Master Holdings Limited, an investment company, Eastar Industries Inc., a steel manufacturing and trading company, Lianyungang Eastar Photonics Technologies Co., Ltd., an LED manufacturing company, Regalia Investments Holdings Ltd., an investment company, WSP Canada Ltd., an oil pipe trading company, Wuxi Huayi Investment Company Limited, an investment and trading company, Wuxi Longhua Steel Pipes Company Limited, WSP Pipe LLC, an investment company and Cambodian WS Mining Industry Holding Ltd., both of which are iron ore mining companies. Mr. Piao completed the in-service accounting program (postgraduate level) at the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics School of Accounting in October 2006. Mr. Piao has received a number of awards. In January 2006, the Wuxi Municipal People’s Government honored Mr. Piao for his contributions towards the development of Wuxi’s non-state-owned economy by naming him as one of the top 10 private entrepreneurs for 2005.

Badrul Feisal bin Abdul Rahim

 Mr. Badrul Feisal bin Abdul Rahim has been appointed as Vice Chairman of the Board of WSP Holdings Limited. He is currently the executive director of UMW Holdings Berhad "Group", a public company in Malaysia engaged in auto manufacturing, industrial equipment and oil and gas services. UMW Holdings Berhad, through its subsidiary UMW China Ventures, is the Company's strategic shareholder. From January 2010 to November 2010, Mr. Badrul Feisal served as founder and managing director at Insight Value Sdn Bhd. From 2007 to 2009 he served as chief operating officer at Edaran Otomobil Nasional Berhad, one of Malaysia's conglomerates and a distributor of Malaysia's domestically manufactured cars. Prior to that, he served as the group chief operating officer at SKS Corporation Sdn Bhd and Senior Vice President of investments at Khazanah Nasional Berhad. Mr. Badrul Feisal holds a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy from the University of Missouri, Columbia in the United States.

Choon-Hoi Then

 Mr. Choon-Hoi Then is Chief Financial Officer of WSP Holdings Ltd. Prior to joining the Company in March 2011, Mr. Then served as the vice president of finance, Asia at Corporation from 2008 to 2010 where he was responsible for corporate finance in Asia and provided regional operational support. From 1999 to 2008, he held positions at several Asia-based subsidiaries of Fedders Corporation, most recently as Asia Pacific controller where he was responsible for treasury matters and accounting functions of all of the company’s Asia Pacific entities. Prior to that, he held accounting positions at several companies in New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. Mr. Choon-Hoi Then studied for professional accountancy qualification at Tengku Abdul Rahman College. He is a professionally qualified member of the Association of Certified Accountants (ACCA-UK) and a fellow of FCCA. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in computing science from Glasgow University in the United Kingdom.

Jiaxing Liu

 Mr. Jiaxing Liu is Vice General Manager - Human Resources of WSP Holdings Limited. Mr. Liu is responsible for human resources management and policy planning and serves as compliance officer. Prior to joining the Company in May 2007, Mr. Liu served as chairman on the boards of directors of Bao Ri Co. Ltd. and Nanjing Rolling Steel Factory of the Bao Steel Group Corporation from February 2003 to May 2007. From 1990 to 2003, he held senior positions, including as chief human resources manager, senior economist and engineer, at Bao Steel Group Corporation. Mr. Liu graduated from Shanghai Institute of Technology.

Zongdi Ye

 Mr. Zongdi Ye is Vice General Manager - Machinery of WSP Holdings Limited. Mr. Ye is a director of WSP China. Mr. Ye is principally responsible for sourcing of production equipment, quality testing and coordinating the logistics for transportation of this equipment. Prior to joining the Company in March 2001, Mr. Ye served as a manager and an executive director of Daye 170 Seamless Steel Tube Co., Ltd. from May 1998 to October 2000. From January 1980 to April 1998, Mr. Ye served in capacities for the Daye Steel Group Corporation, including technician and engineer of its steel rolling mill, deputy factory manager of its smelting mill, assistant general manager and senior engineer. Mr. Ye graduated from the Wuhan Steel Institute with a degree in metallurgical engineering in 1980, and was qualified as a senior engineer by the Assessment Committee for Senior Posts in Metallurgical Technology of the Hubei Province in December 1999.

Baiqin Yu

 Mr. Baiqin Yu is Vice General Manager - Production of WSP Holdings Limited. Mr. Yu is responsible for production, logistics and environmental and safety management. Prior to joining the Company in September 2006, Mr. Yu served as the vice general manager of the tubular product division of Baosteel Tube Co. from January 2001 to October 2003 and served as the chief manager for the Electric Resistance Welded project and UOE Pipe project of Baosteel Tube Co. from October 2003 to June 2006. Mr. Yu was awarded with the Excellent New Products of Shanghai Certificate from the Economic Commission of Shanghai in June 2001, and the Shanghai Development Contributor Honor Award from the Shanghai Major Projects Competition Committee in January 2006. Mr. Yu received the Shanghai Excellent Quality Management Certificate by the Quality Work-task Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government in September 1999, and the Science and Technology Progress Certificate by the Ministry of Metallurgy in December 1999. Mr. Yu graduated from the Central South Mineral and Metallurgy College in August 1970.

Yi Zhang

 Mr. Yi Zhang is Vice General Manager - Technology of WSP Holdings Limited. He is responsible for technology development and quality control. Mr. Zhang served as a director until June 30, 2007 and is currently a director of WSP China. Prior to joining the Company in January 2004, Mr. Zhang served as the chief engineer of Baosteel Tube Co. from July 1998 to December 2003 and as the deputy chief engineer of the Xi’an Tubular Goods Research Center from May 1982 to June 1998. Mr. Zhang was an instructor to post-graduate students in material science at the Graduate School of Northeast University from July 2002 to July 2007. Mr. Zhang was awarded Certificates of Technological Innovation from the Shanxi People’s Government, the State Science and Technology Commission and the Ministry of Science and Technology in January 1997, December 1997 and December 1998, respectively. He received the Tianjin Science and Technological Innovation Certificate from the Tianjin People’s Government in September 1999, as well as a Certificate of Product from Baosteel Group in October 2000, and received a Senior Engineer’s Certificate from CNPC in 1993. Mr. Zhang received a master’s degree in metallurgy from the Xi’an Jiaotong University in 1999.

Xizhong Xu

 Mr. Xizhong Xu is an Assistant General Manager, Director of WSP Holdings Limited. Mr. Xu has joined the board of directors of WSP Holdings since November 2006. Mr. Xu joined the company in December 2000 and is responsible for strategic investment planning and management. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Xu served as a credit officer at the Bank of Communications, Wuxi Branch, from December 1992 to October 2000. Mr. Xu is a director of Lianyungang Eastar Photonics Technologies Co., Ltd., a LED manufacturing company. Mr. Xu received his bachelor’s degree in economics from the Jiangsu Institute of Technology in July 1990, and was awarded an accounting professional certificate from the Ministry of Finance People’s Republic of China in June 1998.

Yanping Dong

 Ms. Yanping Dong is an Assistant General Manager - Administration of WSP Holdings Limited. Ms. Dong is responsible for general administration and policy planning. Prior to joining the Company in January 2000, Ms. Dong served as a financial manager at Daqing City Zhong Bang Jing Mao Company Limited from January 1996 to January 2000. Ms. Dong completed a training course in accounting at the Wuxi Municipal Institute of Technology in December 2003 and the in-service accounting program (post-graduate level) at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics School of Accounting in October 2006. She received the Certificate of Accounting Professional by the Wuxi Municipal Finance Bureau in November 2002.

Rixin Luo

 Mr. Rixin Luo is an Assistant General Manager - Sales and Marketing of WSP Holdings Limited. Mr. Luo is responsible for managing sales, customer-relations and marketing. Prior to joining the Company in March 2002, Mr. Luo was a manager of Daye Sales Company from January 1999 to November 2001. Mr. Luo was the head of the market research department of Daye Steel Group Corporation from May 1996 to December 1998. He served as an assistant general manager of Daye 170 Seamless Steel Tube Co. from March 1995 to April 1996. He served as a technician, engineer and department head of the smelting mill of Daye Steel Group from 1984 to 1995. Mr. Luo graduated from the Wuhan Institute of Technology in 1984. He was qualified as an engineer authorized by the Assessment Committee for Intermediate Posts in Metallurgical and Steel Engineering Technology in August 1992.

Michael Liu

 Mr. Michael Muhan Liu is an Independent Director of WSP Holdings Limited, since June 1, 2011. Mr. Liu has been a managing director of East China Capital Investments Ltd., a company mainly involved in investment and financing of mineral resources projects. Since 2009, he has served as a director of China Growth Minerals Ltd., a Hong Kong company mainly involved in the investment in uranium. From 2004 to 2009, he served as a director of International Barytax Resources Ltd., a Toronto listed company involved in the investment of copper exploration projects in Africa. From 2005 to 2008, he served as a director of Pacific Imperial Mines Ltd., a Toronto listed company involved in gold exploration projects in China, and was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of this company for two years during such period. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Liu served as the president of Asia Pacific operations for CNT Corporation, an agriculture company. Mr. Liu received his Master of Arts in Economics from University of New Brunswick, Canada and his Master of Business Administration from University of British Columbia, Canada.

Jing Lu

 Mr. Jing Lu is an Independent Director of WSP Holdings Limited. From December 1997 to December 2000, Mr. Lu served as the standing vice president of Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau and vice chairman of the board of directors and standing vice general manager of Daqing Oilfield Company Limited. Mr. Lu served as a representative of the 8th National People’s Congress between 1990 and 1997. He was an adjunct professor of the China University of Petroleum from December 2000 to December 2005 and adjunct professor at Beijing Petroleum Managers Training Institute from February 1996 to February 1998. He was also an adjunct professor of economic management of Heilongjiang University from October 1989 to October 1990, and adjunct professor at Daqing Petroleum Institute from October 1989 to October 1992. Mr. Lu was awarded with a special allowance and certificate by the PRC State Council for contribution in engineering in June 2000. Mr. Lu was a consultant to Daqing Oil Field Co., Ltd. from January 2001 to December 2002 and a consultant to Daqing Hanwei Changyuan Glass Steel Tube Company from January 2004 to December 2007. He has been a consultant to Daqing Oilfield Jingtai Engineering Company since July 2006. Mr. Lu graduated from the Department of Oilfield Exploration of the Beijing Institute of Petroleum in August 1964.

Weidong Wang

 Mr. Weidong Wang is an Independent Director of WSP Holdings Limited. He is a partner at DeHeng Law, one of the law firms in China, where he practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance and corporate governance. He has represented clients in a variety of public and private offerings of equity and debt securities. He has advised clients in a variety of industries, including energy, oil field services, manufacturing and finance. Prior to DeHeng Law, Mr. Wang worked in the corporate and securities group of Sidley Austin in Chicago from 1998 to 2002. Mr. Wang received his Master of Law and Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Chicago Law School. He received a Master of Comparative Law from Brigham Young University Law School. He has been an adjunct professor at the International MBA program of Peking University since 2002 and served as a visiting scholar at Peking University Law School. He published a number of articles in the areas of corporate and securities laws in journals and newspapers.

Dennis Zhu

 Mr. Dennis D. Zhu is an Independent Director of WSP Holdings Limited., since November 13, 2007. Since December 2005, Mr. Zhu has been a managing director of Oaktree Capital (Hong Kong) Limited where his responsibilities include developing and cementing investment opportunities and relationships in Greater China. Mr. Zhu was the chairman of Greater China Operating Committee at JPMorgan Chase from March 2003 to June 2005, and also served with J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd., Beijing representative office from May 2001 to November 2005 as a managing director and from May 1999 to April 2001 as the chief representative. Between 1994 and 1999, Mr. Zhu worked at Credit Suisse First Boston in the Equity Capital Markets and Investment Banking departments as Head of China Businesses. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Zhu worked at FMC Corporation’s Investment Analysis Department in Chicago. Between 1982 and 1990 Mr. Zhu worked at the PRC Ministry of Finance in Beijing. Mr. Zhu is the independent director and a member of the audit committee of Aluminum Corporation of China Limited, a joint stock limited company based in China principally engaged in mining and production of aluminum and with its shares listed on NYSE (ACH), the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Mr. Zhu is the independent director of China Forestry Holdings Co., Ltd., a company based in China principally engaged in the management of forests and sales of timber logs with its shares listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Zhu obtained an MBA. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1993, a master of science degree in economics from the PRC Ministry of Finance Research Institute in Beijing in 1985, and a bachelor degree in economics from the Hebei Institute of Geology in 1982.

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