People: Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc (HMIN.O)

Ms. Huiping Yan is Chief Financial Officer of Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc., since April 2010. She was senior vice president of finance and strategy from July 2009 to April 2010. Prior to joining Home Inns, Ms. Yan spent 11 years at General Electric Company (GE) in both the United States and Asia, serving in a number of key roles in corporate financial management including tax controller of GE Energy, chief financial officer and a director of GE Hydro Equipment Asia, Ltd., headquarter chief financial officer and financial planning and analysis manager of GE Energy Inspection and Repair Services, lead finance program manager of mergers, acquisitions & integrations of GE Energy Infrastructure. Ms. Yan worked at Deloitte & Touche (US) from 1992 to 1998 and advanced to the position of tax manager of international services prior to joining GE. Ms. Yan studied at Shanghai International Studies University and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an accounting major from Hawaii Pacific University. Ms. Yan graduated from the GE experienced finance leadership program and is a US certified public accountant.