Gao Yanming is our Executive Chairman and is responsible for the overall strategic
development and operations of the Group.
He started his career as a technician in Daqing Ninth Oil Production Factory in
1987. In 1992, he joined Daqing Changsheng Engineering Technology Co., Ltd.
as the assistant general manager in sales. He became the chairman and general
manager of Daqing Hi-Tech Development Zone Dafeng Electronic Equipment Co.,
Ltd. (“DDEE”) in 1995 and was in charge of overseeing the electronic engineering
aspects of the business as well as human resources and finance. He maintained the
same duties when he was appointed the chairman and general manager of Daqing
Dafeng Oilfield Technology Co., Ltd. (“DDOT”) in 2002, Daqing Dafeng Technology
Group Co., Ltd. in 2004, and Daqing Dominator Pump Manufacture Co., Ltd. in
2005.
Mr Gao was the People’s Representative of the 10th and 11th People’s Congress of
Heilongjiang Province. He served as a committee member of Daqing City Jiusan
Institute and is also the council member of the 5th China Petroleum Enterprise
Society Council (2004 – 2009). In April 2007, he was awarded the National Labour
Medal by the Chinese National Federation of Trade Unions. He is currently the vice
president of Daqing Beijing Enterprises Chamber of Commerce.
Mr Gao obtained his Master of Business Administration degree in 2003 from the
Harbin Institute of Technology and Executive Master of Business Administration
degree in 2005 from the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.
Wu Fengwu
Executive Director and Vice-President (Sales and Marketing)
Wu Fengwu is our Executive Director and Vice-President (Sales and Marketing). He
oversees the Group’s sales and marketing activities, including market development,
product and service promotion, as well as customer relationship development.
Mr Wu started his career in 1997 as an office secretary in Daqing Mailing Bureau
where he was in charge of the administration and liaison activities of the bureau.
In 2000, he joined DDEE as its deputy general manager and was responsible for
the administrative functions of the company. He joined DDOT in 2002 as deputy
general manager and led the sales and marketing activities of DDOT. In 2004, he was
appointed the general manager of North Winner (Beijing) Technology Development
Co., Ltd. and continued to spearhead the sales and marketing development of our
Group.
Mr Wu graduated from Tianjin University with a Bachelor of Engineering (System
Engineering) degree in 1997.
Liang Yansong was appointed to the Board on 26 June 2007. He is presently a Professor
in the Economic and Management School of Beijing University of Technology,
specialising in business management. He has been providing consultancy services
to our Executive Chairman, Mr Gao Yanming.
Mr Liang graduated from the Harbin Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of
Science degree, specialising in Computer Science and Engineering in 1982 and
further obtained a Master of Science degree in Management Science in 1984.
He was a lecturer of the Management School of Harbin Institute of Technology
from 1984 to 1991. Between 1992 and 1997, he pursued his studies for a Doctor
of Philosophy degree in the University of Salford in the United Kingdom. Upon
graduation, he joined Harbin Institute of Technology as an associate professor at
its Management School in 1997.
From 1998 to 2001, he joined the Technical Assistant Unit of EU-China Dairy
Development Project, a project specialising in the development of the PRC dairy
industry and funded by the European Union, as a business analyst and local
consultant. He was responsible for developing and inspecting the implementation
of business plans, providing annual assessments of the business plans, and training
in business management. Prior to joining the Economic and Management School
of Beijing University of Technology in 2003, he was a professor at the Management
School of the Harbin Institute of Technology from 2001 to 2003.
Er Kwong Wah was appointed to the Board on 31 August 2007. He has served in the Singapore
government civil service for 28 years including the Public Service Commission and
various ministries such as the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education and the
Ministry of Community Development.
He was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education from 1987 to
1994, before becoming the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Community
Development until his retirement in 1998. He had previously held a number of public
sector appointments, including the council member of the National University of
Singapore, as well as a board member of both the Singapore Polytechnic and
Ngee Ann Polytechnic. He had previously also served as deputy chairman of
the Singapore Sports Council, and chairman and director of various Singapore
government-linked companies. He has been the chairman of the Toa Payoh Central
Citizens’ Consultative Committee since 1999, and a member of the Bishan-Toa
Payoh Town Council since 2001.
Mr Er graduated from the University of Toronto in 1970 with a first class honours
degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1978, he obtained a Master of Business
Administration degree from the Manchester Business School, University of
Manchester.
Lai Hock Meng was appointed to the Board on 1 May 2010. With more than
28 years of experience in the financial industry, he has worked in the investment
banking, private banking, stockbroking and venture capital sectors, in addition to
serving at the Monetary Authority of Singapore. His previous key appointments
include Managing Director (Singapore) of Morgan Grenfell Asia & Partners
Securities, Managing Director (Asia Pacific) of SocGen- Crosby Securities, and
Director and Senior Private Banker (Singapore & Indonesia) of Citigroup Private
Bank. He is an independent director of several listed companies including Delong
Holdings Ltd, Xpress Holdings Ltd, PureCircle Ltd, China Essence Ltd and ASTI
Holdings Limited.
He holds a BA (Honours) degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge in
England. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK and a CFA
Lai Hock Meng charterholder from the CFA Institute, USA.
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