Ron Chan Tze Ngon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Chan was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1999 at ChinaCast's inception. Mr. Chan previously worked as a sales executive in Sun Hung Kai (China) Limited from 1983 to 1985, and from 1985 to 1986 was sales manager for Unisys China Limited. From 1987 to 1988, he was strategic account manager for Unisys Asia Limited, and thereafter joined Unisys Hong Kong Limited as a sales director until 1990. Mr. Chan then joined CL Computer China/Hong Kong Limited as its general manager prior to founding Technology Ventures Holdings, an information technology company currently listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr. Chan holds a Master of Science, Mathematics and a Master of Computer Science degree, both from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Michael J. Santos, President – International
Mr. Santos has overall responsibility for all international operations including global education and technology partnerships, external communications, fund raising and M&A. He previously worked with Hughes Network Systems from 1988 to 2001, where he was Senior Director, Asia-Pacific, responsible for all sales, marketing, customer support and business development activities in the Asia-Pacific region and was a member of the Hughes deal team that lead the investment in ChinaCast's $17 million Series A venture capital financing round in October 2000. Mr. Santos holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science degree from The George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.
Li Wei, Chief Operating Officer
Prior to joining ChinaCast in 2001, Mr. Li was a business director for China Orient Satellite. From 1987 to 1995, Mr. Li served in the China Liberation Army as an auditor. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Li was the General Manager of Finance for China Venture Investment Co. Mr. Li holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting from the Wuhan Military & Economic College and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the People's University.
Antonio Sena, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Sena is an Australian Chartered Accountant and ran his own management consulting practice prior to joining ChinaCast in 2004. Before that, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Fujitsu PC Asia Pacific and worked with the Byron Richfield Group in Hong Kong as Finance Director. From 1985 to 1990, he was the General Manager of Imagineering Asia, a large Australian listed IT distributor. Mr. Sena holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney (Australia) and a Master of Commerce from the University of New South Wales. He is a fellow of CPA Australia.
Jim Ma Jim Lok, Vice President, Finance
Mr. Ma joined the Group in 1999 and is responsible for managing the Company's financial processes, including financial reporting, fund raising, investor relations and other related corporate finance activities of the Group. Mr. Ma previously worked for Cambridge Neural Dynamics Ltd and for Lippo Securities Limited as an associate director working on initial public offers and M&A projects. Mr. Ma holds a M.Phil (Finance) and M.A. (Engineering), both from Cambridge University (UK). He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Liu Baoqian, Vice President, Education Sales and Marketing
Mr. Liu is responsible for the operation and management of higher education projects, regulatory license applications and the development of new business ventures. He was the General Manager of China Online's (Shenzhen Rayes Group Ltd) Telecom Division prior to joining the Group in 1999. Mr Liu was a lecturer at the Radio Physics Department at the Baoji Art and Science University and has a Master Degree in Wireless Electronics & Physics from Xi'an Electronic Science and Technology University.
Wang Liping, Vice President, Government Sales and Marketing
Mr. Wang, who has been with the Group since 2001, is responsible for all sales and marketing activities for the Group's education/ training solutions for the government sector and is also in charge of the logistics information service for the Group's data networking solutions. Prior to that, Mr. Wang was the General Manager of China Fisheries Huarong Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China National Fisheries Group (CNFG), and as a Technical Inspector for Inner Mongolia Geology Mapping Bureau. He holds an associate degree in Business Administration from the Central Radio and TV University.
Jones Chen, Vice President, Business Development
Mr. Chen joined the Group in 2005 and brings more than 20 years of sales, marketing and business development experience in the IT/telecommunications industry. Mr. Chen has held a wide range of executive level sales and marketing positions at Hughes Network Systems in the US, Taiwan and PRC, including Vice President, Sales and Marketing at HNS Shanghai, Marketing Director at HNS International and Senior Product Engineer, HNS Taipei. Mr. Chen has a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Master of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan).
