Mr. Chan is the Chief Executive Officer and a cofounder of our Group. He is responsible for the overall strategic planning, management, and business development of our Group. He is also in charge of our day-to-day operations and the sales and marketing functions. He brings to our Group extensive management, sales, and marketing expertise.
Prior to joining our Group, Mr. Chan was a Marketing Development Specialist at Kodak (Export Sales) Ltd from 1987 to 1991. Mr. Chan is also a Director of Hontec International Ltd, a company engaged in the trading of photo products, which he co-founded.
Since February 2006, Mr. Chan has taken on the executive duties of Mr. Wing Hak Man due to Mr. Wing's relinquishment of his executive roles in the Company. Mr. Chan holds a bachelor degree in Science from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Mr. Cui joined our Group as Senior Engineer in February 2005 and was appointed Executive Director in April 2005. With over 21 years of environmental engineering experience, he brings to Bio-Treat strong technical expertise and currently leads the project management team.
His career achievements include being in charge of the project design and engineering of the North District Wastewater Treatment Plant in Shanghai, a project which won the Third-Grade Award of Shanghai Science and Research. He also designed many other waste and wastewater treatment projects including commercial, residential, industrial, and municipal projects such as the mobile toilets for China's Ministry of Railway. Mr. Cui also serves as an Assistant Professor in Tonji University, Shanghai, specializing in waste and wastewater treatment. As many of his students are from the environmental protection industry, Mr. Cui brings to Bio-Treat an extensive network of client contracts from both the private and public sectors.
Prior to working at Bio-Treat, Mr. Cui worked as a Senior Engineer in the Shanghai Railway City Transportation Design Department for 20 years.
Mr. Ma joined the Group as Company Legal Counsel and Executive Director in April 2005. He brings to Bio-Treat over 12 years of legal experience from various facets of corporate and commercial law. Mr. Ma is responsible for the Company's legal matters including drafting of company contracts and overseeing legal matters such as patents, company licenses, and negotiations with the PRC government for commercial contracts. He is also in charge of our Group's internal legal controls to ensure that relevant governmental laws and regulations are adhered to by the Company.
Prior to joining Bio-Treat, Mr. Ma was a lawyer at the Economic and Commerce Law Office of Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, the PRC. Mr. Ma graduated from the Northwest Political Science and Law University with a law degree.
Mr. Wong has been working in a sales and marketing capacity with our Group since 1998. He was appointed our Executive Director in February 2006. Mr. Wong has over 10 years of sales and marketing experience in the wastewater treatment industry. He is responsible for the sales and marketing activities of the Group. Mr. Wong studied Business Administration at Hunan Business College.
Mr. Yan has been General Manager and Chief Engineer of our Group since 1994. With extensive experience in chemical engineering and related fields, he is responsible for our Group's research and development activities Prior to joining our Group, Mr. Yan was the Deputy General Manager of China Chemical Equipment Company, Shanghai Branch 中国化工机械总公司上海分公司, a company engaged in the development of machinery, from 1974 to 1994. Mr. Yan graduated from Zhejiang University of China with a bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering.
Cheng Fong Yee was appointed as our Independent Director on 31 July 2007. She is the Chairman of our remuneration committee.
Ms. Cheng is the General Manager of United Fiber Systems Ltd and currently responsible for business development of the company. She has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Ms Cheng is an Associate of the Australian Insurance Institute. She has been involved in major overseas insurance projects, particularly in the Asia Region and is actively involved in utilising insurance as a financial tool for project development in the Region.
Mr. Kwok is one of our Independent Directors and was appointed to our Board on May, 2004. He is the Chairman of our audit committee and also a member of nominating committee.
Mr. Kwok brings to our Group over 12 years of accounting experience. He is currently a Director of Lam, Kwok, Kwan, & Cheng CPA Limited, a Hong Kong based accounting firm. He was formerly a partner of Wong, Lam, Leung, & Kwok CPA from 1993 to 1997.
Mr. Kwok has extensive experience in corporate and financial management work, especially for real estate development and property management industries.
Mr. Kwok received his MA honours degree in Accountancy and Economics from the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Mr. Lim was appointed as our Independent Director on 31 July 2007. He is a member of both our audit committee and nominating committee.
Mr. Lim has over 20 years of banking experience. He is the Founder and Director of TruPartners Asia Pte Ltd and is also a Consultant to Deutsche Bank, AG, Singapore.
Mr Lim was the President Director and Head of Investment Banking of PT Salomon Smith Barney, Indonesia and also the Director of Salomon Smith Barney International Merchant Bankers Limited (Singapore).
Mr. Lim is a Non Executive Director of United Fiber System Ltd, a company listed on the Singapore Exchange Limited.
Mr. Lim obtained his Master Degree in Business Administration, Finance and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).